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English 9 Vocabulary Unit

English 9 Vocabulary Unit. Survive. Example: The remarkable story of how 16 members of a rugby were able to survive 72 days after their plane crashed in the Andes Mountains gained worldwide media coverage and was even turned into a movie Definition: outlive; remain alive after. Revive.

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English 9 Vocabulary Unit

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  1. English 9 Vocabulary Unit

  2. Survive • Example: The remarkable story of how 16 members of a rugby were able to survive 72 days after their plane crashed in the Andes Mountains gained worldwide media coverage and was even turned into a movie • Definition: outlive; remain alive after

  3. Revive • Example: When fashion designers can offer no new styles, they usually revive old ones such as bell bottoms and peasant blouses. • Definition: bring back to life; restore

  4. Vivid • Example: By using carefully chosen verbs and adjectives, you can turn dull descriptions into vivid ones. • Definition: having the vigor and spirit of life; sharp and clear; graphic

  5. Convivial • Example: When Tamara went to Spain as a foreign exchange student, she was thrilled that her host family was so convivial; they threw a party upon her arrival and continued to make her feel at home during her entire stay in Madrid. • Definition: fond of eating and drinking with friends; sociable; jovial; hospitable

  6. Vivify • Example: A few inexpensive art reproductions, cleverly arranged, can vivify an otherwise drab, boring wall. • Definition:enliven; make vivid

  7. Vivisection • Example: Animal rights activists protested outside of a lab that used vivisection on pigs; protestors claimed this method injured the animals horribly in order to test the effectiveness of a new surgical method. • Definition: the act or practice of cutting into or otherwise injuring living animals, especially for the purpose of scientific research.

  8. Viviparous • Example: Unlike animals whose young hatch from eggs, most mammals are viviparous, for their offspring develop inside of the mother and then are born alive. • Definition: giving birth to living offspring that develop within the mother’s body

  9. Vivacious • Example: Though Scarlet O’Hara was not particularly beautiful, she was so vivacious and charming that she had a great number of suitors interested in her. • Definition: Full of animation and spirit; lively

  10. Vivarium • Example: Many believe that the National Zoo is only there for tourist enjoyment, but it should actually be considered a rather large vivarium. Not only are animals given a place to live that resembles their natural habitat, but scientists at the zoo also carefully monitor and record animal behavior, hoping to learn more about the animal kingdom. • Definition:A place, especially an indoor enclosure, for keeping and raising living animals and plants under natural conditions for observation or research.

  11. Homework Use every vocabulary word in a sentence. The word’s sentence must demonstrate its meaning. Viv- Live, Alive

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