Flocabulary
Adventures of Carlito
Day 1: Adventures of Carlito
Glue, staple, hole-punch, or tape a copy of
the lyrics into your notebook. You will need to
have a separate binder section for your
vocabulary because you will TURN IN your
vocabulary work at the end of each unit for a
class work grade!
 Listen and follow along and circle the words
you think may be new vocabulary.
 Double-check your list with the following list.
Add/highlight the words you need to know.
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Check your word list…
fortify
dictate
diminutive
goad
lachrymose
obsequious
laud
sycophant
officious
abide
punctilious
propriety
laceration
arbitrator
retribution
berate
bereft
trek
circumspect
amble
prudent
scurrilous
nefarious
inimical
petulance
malevolent
repudiate
malicious
accede
truculent
accommodating
pugnacious
poised
belligerent
masticate
accost
spurious
invective
abate
timorous
abase
altercation
mediate
restitution
retaliation
umbrage
upbraid
atone
benevolent
concede
Day 2: Understand the Song
Answer the questions in your notebook
1. What was that song about?
2. From whose perspective was it told?
3. Were there any lines that you especially
liked?
4. What characters were mentioned in the
song?
5. What is the timeframe for the song? When
did that action take place?
6. What new information about this
event/time period did you gain from the
song?
Day 3: Show the Flow
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Get out your lyrics
Match the synonyms below; do not simply write letters
and numbers. USE THE VOCABULARY WORDS
Goad _____
Amble _____
Inimical _____
Pugnacious _____
Timorous _____
Nefarious _____
Masticate _____
Altercation _____
Upbraid _____
Benevolent
a. Hostile
b. Scold
c. Truculent
d. Chew
e. Provoke
f. Evil
g. Kind
h. Confrontation
i. Stroll
j. fearful
Day 4: Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
My dog is so well trained, she ___________
fetches my slippers every time I whistle.
a. Indignantly
b. Obsequiously
c. Often
d. Aggressively
e. Ostentatiously
Day 5: Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
“Nothing irritates me more in the classroom than a
______________,” Ms. Elliott exclaimed. “They’re
always complimenting my hair to get better
grades.”
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Arbitrator
Sycophant
Invective
Laceration
petulance
Day 6: Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
Stacey D. was __________, and never listened to her iPod in
study hall because the sign strictly forbade it.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Hypocritical
Pugnacious
Officious
Scurrilous
Punctilious
Day 7 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
Some comedians make their living on
______ jokes, but in my opinion, a funny
person can keep it clean and still get
laughs.
a) Truculent
b) Accommodating
c) Scurrilous
d) Benevolent
e) Timorous
Day 8 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
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Of all of the Batman characters, the ____________
Penguin comes to mind as the most haunting.
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Benevolent
Bereft
Accommodating
Spurious
Nefarious
Day 9 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
The ball was going, going, and then, diving into a
pine tree at the fence, Sheena came up with it, her
arms covered in_____________ from the sharp
needles.
A) Lacerations
B) Invectives
C) Altercations
D) Propriety
E) Retaliation
Day 10 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses
beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up any
words you do not know.
There seems to be some ___________ on Billy’s
part ever since Zhuyan stole his girlfriend; he
scowls at Z. every time he passes him in the
hall.
A. Accede
B. Poise
C. Umbrage
D. Fortify
E. Amble
Day 11 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
My father ______________ the dog for stealing a piece
of turkey from the table.
A. Conceded
B. Abated
C. Abided
D. Upbraided
E. fortified
Day 12 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
 The
_________ old magician smiled down
at the small boy as he shared the secrets
of his best card trick.
A. Petulant
B. Malevolent
C. Benevolent
D. Prudent
E. bereft
Day 13 – Sentence Completion
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Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each
answer choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
A raid by hungry brown bears on a recent
camping trip left me ________ of food.
A. Truculent
B. Timorous
C. Nefarious
D. Bereft
E. poised
Day 14 – Reading Comprehension
 Please
get a reading comprehension
worksheet from the front of the room.
 Read
the directions carefully and then
complete the worksheet.
SAT Word Wall Time!
Angelica: fortify, dictate, diminutive, goad,
lachrymose
Mubashar: obsequious, laud, sycophant, officious,
abide
Nick: punctilious, propriety, amble, scurrilous,
inimical
Carlos: trek, malevolent, malicious, truculent,
pugnacious
Tial: belligerent, accost, invective, timorous,
circumspect
Luis: prudent, nefarious, petulance, repudiate,
accede
Jay Rose: accommodating, poised, masticate
spurious, abate
Napoleon: abase, laceration, altercation, mediate,
arbitrator