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Vocabulary Words for this Week: List Fifteen
1.
abrasive (adj.) rough, hard-surfaced; tending to grind down.
2.
accessible (adj.) easy to approach; easily obtainable; easily understandable
3.
bard (n.) a poet; a poetic writer.
4.
benevolent (adj.) charitable; generous.
5.
cerebral (adj.) dealing with the brain or with intelligence.
6.
dappled (adj.) spotted, blotched.
7.
dismantle (v.) to take apart; to tear down the structure of.
8.
eccentric (adj.) an odd, irregular, strange person or thing.
9.
flourish (v.) to grow well, to prosper, to expand greatly.
10. glutton (n.) someone who eats too much without thinking twice about it.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from your vocabulary list:
1. William Shakespeare is often referred to as a ______________________ because his
plays are so poetic.
2. After the carnival days are over, the carnival workers ________________________
the roller coasters and other equipment in order to move on to another town.
3. The fawn had ________________________ fur on its back.
4. I think that principal is very nice because I feel comfortable approaching her about
anything. She is very ___________________________.
5. Dennis Rodman, the Detroit Piston basketball player who dyed his hair green and had
many piercings, was considered by many to be an _____________________________.
For homework, write ten vocabulary sentences using each word.