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Exploring Vocabulary: Laudable, Insidious, Incredulous, Vestige, and Haughty

This vocabulary lesson delves into five intriguing words: laudable, insidious, incredulous, vestige, and haughty. We explore their meanings, provide contextual examples, and discuss their implications in language. Highlighting a hero's commendable actions, the subtle dangers of deceit, the doubts of disbelief, traces of the past, and airs of superiority, this lesson enriches your vocabulary and enhances your understanding of nuanced language.

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Exploring Vocabulary: Laudable, Insidious, Incredulous, Vestige, and Haughty

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  1. Vocabulary Unit 5

  2. laudable – (adjective) deserving praise laud (verb) to praise A Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Dakota Meyer earned the award for his laudable actions during war time.

  3. insidious – (adjective) working or spreading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner; harmful. The evil spirits overcame the boy in an insidious manner.

  4. incredulous (adjective) expressing disbelief; unwilling to accept the information presented as true. Scott was incredulous when Jay told him there was no tooth fairy. “How can this be???” he cried.

  5. vestige – (noun) a trace, mark or visible sign left by something vanished or lost If you look very closely, you’ll see the vestiges of a sandpiper’s footprints.

  6. haughty – (adjective) conceited As she tipped her chin in the air, Jordan Baker remarked in a haughty manner, “East Egg is far better than West Egg.”

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