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Vocabulary Words for this Week: List Fourteen
1.
bountiful (adj.) plentiful; having a more than necessary amount.
2.
congested (adj.) overcrowded, filled or occupied to excess.
3.
frugal (adj.) economical, avoiding waste and luxury.
4.
perspective (n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally.
5.
elite (adj.) superior, top, best.
6.
obsess (v.) to fill the mind over; to trouble over.
7.
flaunt (v.) to display in a showy, offensive way.
8.
aloof (adj.) withdrawn; standing apart from others by choice.
9.
purge (v.) to wash away impurities, clean up, remove from.
10. scapegoat (n.) a person or thing carrying the blame for others; (v.) to blame a person or group instead of those
responsible for the fault.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from your vocabulary list:
1. You should not ________________________ your possessions in front of those people; it is rude.
2. He was from an _____________________ group of soldiers. Only this group was called upon for
covert guerrilla warfare.
3. The traffic was so _____________________ on Friday that we sat for forty-five minutes without
moving!
4. The story is told from the _________________________ of a 1950s divorced housewife.
5. Steve seems to be a fairly _____________________ person. He stands by himself and usually does
not socialize or talk to anyone else his age.
For Friday, complete a picture and a caption to go with each word. The caption must
be in sentence form and include the vocabulary word.
The traffic on the parkway was so congested that we waited two
hours to travel two exits!