Let’s Improve That Vocabulary!

1. Let’s Improve That Vocabulary! English 9 Unit 2

2. Isn’t this fun? • adjourn (v.) • to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place • feint (n.) • a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; • (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

3. You’ll be good at the dictionary game after this. • fortify (v.) • to strengthen, build up • subjugate (v.) • to conquer by force, bring under complete control • unflinching (adj.) • firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

4. We need to fortify our vocabulary! • jeer (v.) • to make fun of rudely or unkindly; • (n.) a rude remark of derision • alien • (n.) a citizen of another country; • (adj.) foreign, strange

5. It’s not time to adjourn yet. • erratic • (adj.) not regular or consistent; • different from what is ordinarily expected; • Undependable • fodder • (n.) food for horses or cattle; • raw material for a designated purpose

6. Though erratic, Animal proved to be a good addition to the Stones.

7. Learning makes you smarter • (adj.) not regular or consistent; • different from what is ordinarily expected; • Undependable • erratic • (n.) food for horses or cattle; • raw material for a designated purpose • fodder

8. to stop proceedings for a time; to move to another place • adjourn (v.) • (n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; • (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of • feint

9. My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. – Steven Wright • (v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; • (n.) a rude remark of derision • jeer • (n.) a citizen of another country; • (adj.) foreign, strange • alien

10. Your brain can’t be full! • to strengthen, build up • fortify (v.) • to conquer by force, bring under complete control • subjugate (v.) • firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back • unflinching (adj.)

11. I’m not comfortable with the speed scorpions proliferate.

12. The more you memorize, the easier memorizing becomes. • sully (v.) • to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch • compensate (v.) • to make up for; to repay for services • mediocre (adj.) • average, ordinary, undistinguished

13. Are you feeling smarter yet? • tantalize (v.) • to tease, torment by teasing • comely (adj.) • having a pleasing appearance • illegible (adj.) • difficult or impossible to read

14. It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it. – Steven Wright • terse (adj.) • brief and to the point • proliferate (v.) • to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly • lucrative (adj.) • bringing in money, profitable

15. Is that all you’ve got? • expulsion (n.) • the process of driving or forcing out • dissolute (adj.) • loose in one’s morals or behavior

16. The transportation business was not lucrative, so drivers packed on as many customers as they could.

17. I could do this by myself . . . • the process of driving or forcing out • expulsion (n.) • loose in one’s morals or behavior • dissolute (adj.)

18. What is red and looks like a fire truck? • to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch • sully (v.) • average, ordinary, undistinguished • mediocre (adj.) • to make up for; to repay for services • compensate (v.)

19. A fire truck, of course! • brief and to the point • terse (adj.) • to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly • proliferate (v.) • bringing in money, profitable • lucrative (adj.)

20. Congratulations, you know more than you did earlier. • to tease, torment by teasing • tantalize (v.) • having a pleasing appearance • comely (adj.) • difficult or impossible to read • illegible (adj.)

21. It took years before humans were able to subjugate the South American Tapir.