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Vocabulary List 1

Vocabulary List 1. By Phinney, Bijoy , Ryan, and Sean. Cataclysm. Noun - any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature. Story Sentence : “Much later, soldiers and volunteers arrived to rescue the living and try to assess the magnitude of the cataclysm.”

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Vocabulary List 1

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  1. Vocabulary List 1 By Phinney, Bijoy, Ryan, and Sean

  2. Cataclysm Noun - any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature. Story Sentence: “Much later, soldiers and volunteers arrived to rescue the living and try to assess the magnitude of the cataclysm.” Our Sentence – “Cataclysms caused by natural processes almost brought life on earth to an end.”

  3. Putrefy Verb • cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor. Story Sentence: “It was calculated that beneath the mud lay more than twenty thousand human beings, putrefying in a viscous soup.” Our Sentence – “The Road kill created a putrefying smell for people walking buy.”

  4. Tenacity Noun - The quality of displaying unstoppable determination. Story Sentence: “For years he had been a familiar figure in newscasts, reporting live at the scene of battles and catastrophes with awesome tenacity.” Our Sentence – “the football team was struggling to keep up but through sheer tenacity trailed by nine at half time.”

  5. Equanimity Noun - mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain Story sentence – “Nothing could stop him, and I was always amazed at his equanimity in the face of danger and suffering.” Our Sentence – “His equanimity during the presentation was impressive.”

  6. Ingenuity Noun - the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness Story sentence – “During those first hours Rolf Carle exhausted all the resources of his ingenuity to rescue her.” Our Sentence – “The designer had fantastic ingenuity.”

  7. Resignation Noun • an accepting, unresisting attitude, state, etc. Story sentence – “She did not seem desperate, as if an ancestral resignation allowed her to accept her fate.” Our Sentence – “His resignation made us feel like it was a lost cause.”

  8. Commiserate Verb - to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; to empathize with Story sentence – “’We can’t wait that long’ Rolf Carle shouted, but in the pandemonium no one stopped to commiserate.” Our sentence – “We commiserated with their sorrow after their loss.”

  9. Futile Adjective - incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful Story sentence – “I concentrated until I was dizzy – a frenzied and futile activity.” Our sentence – “His attempts to beat him at running were futile.”

  10. Imperceptible Adjective • very slight, gradual, or subtle and not capable of being seen or noticed Story sentence – “That night, imperceptibly, the unyielding floodgates that had contained Rolf Carle’s past for so many years began to open.” Our sentence – “His skill at basketball imperceptibly increased.”

  11. Visceral Adjective • coming from strong emotions or instinct and not from logic; felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body Story sentence – “It was impossible for Rolf to flee from himself any longer, and the visceral terror he had lived as a boy suddenly invaded him.” Our sentence – “The scare from the movie was so real it was visceral.”

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