Vocab Word of the Day
• Abstruse- difficult to understand; incomprehensible,
unfathomable
When you mean to criticize something for being needlessly
complex or baffling, the word you need is “abstruse.”
Sentence:
The data was so abstruse that the coworkers could not figure it
out.
Write your own sentence!
Affable:
( Adj) friendly, courteous,
amiable
affability n
affably adv
He had a very affable nature, always
saying “ hello” to everyone.
Create any kind of question to ask
using this word.
•Audacity:
• excessive boldness, rashness, daring
• Sentence: My friend had the audacity, at
practice, to call the football coach a wimp.
• You are to list as many synonyms as you
can think of for this word.
Contrite
• Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
• Sentence: Her contrite tears were not enough for her
friend to believe she was telling the truth.
• Draw a picture using this sentence:
• The Mavericks had the audacity to believe the
affable Tigers would let them win the football game
after they offered an abstruse and contrite apology.
Credulous
• Definition:
Believing on
slight evidence,
gullible
Write a
sentence
using the
word
credulous!
DEPRAVITY
• Definition: moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act
• The depravity of the Pirates’ behavior was incorrigible.
• Total depravity is the fallen state of man of Original Sin. The doctrine
of total depravity asserts that people are by nature not inclined to
love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength, as God requires, but
rather all are inclined to serve their own interests over those of their
neighbor and to reject the rule of God. Even religion and
philanthropy are destructive to the extent that these originate from a
human imagination, passions, and will. Therefore, in Reformed
Theology, God must predestine individuals into salvation since man
is incapable of choosing God.
• Application:
• How does “ total depravity” help to explain the
Puritan belief in Calvinism?
DEPRICATE
• Definition: (verb) To disapprove regretfully, to
belittle, to express mild disapproval
• The boss deprecated his employee harshly.
• Self-Deprecation refers to a person who
has a low opinion of himself. This is the
classical "inferiority complex" of
psychoanalysis. The person devalues,
disparages, and slights himself. He feels that
he is of little consequence among the rest of
humanity. He sees others as better than
himself, and looks up to them, and down on
himself.
• Think of another verb similar to depricate?
didactic
• Definition: Instructive, designed
to teach
• Autodidactic means to be self
taught.
Write a question using
the word didactic.
Dormant (ADJ)
• Definition: inactive, sleeping
• Only female polar bears go into dormancy; the
males do not.
Write 2
antonyms for
dormant
Enigmatic (adj)
Definition: Mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling
The disappearance of Amelia Earhart
is an enigma to this day.
Think of something that is an enigma. Write a sentence
similar to mine explaining how it is an enigma.
Erudite
Definition: scholarly
The erudite physics
professor had
spent many years
studying the
theory of relativity.
Use this word in a
sentence.
Exotic
Definition: foreign, unfamiliar
• The exotic animals from Africa were used in the
photo shoot with the exotic models.
• Use exotic & dormant in a sentence together.
• Use enigmatic and Erudite in a sentence
together.
Fuse
• Definition: to mix or join (usually by melting)
• Zinc and Copper can be fused into hard,
bright brass.
• Write 3 synonyms for fuse
Immutable
• Definition: unchanging
• My unwavering love for him will always be
immutable.
Ask a question
with the word
immutable.
Incorrigible
• Definition: incapable of being reformed or
improved
The
leopard’s
temper was
incorrigible
and out of
control.
Utterly
Incorrigible
Write a sentence using the word incorrigible.
Loathe
Definition: to detest; hatred
What do you loathe?
Write a 5 sentence
response in your vocab
section to something you
loathe. You must ALSO
use 3 of the following
words in your response:
Incorrigible, affable,
audacity, deprecate, and
immutable
I like to loathe love.
Mitigate- VERB
• Definition: to cause to
become less harsh or
hostile, to lessen, or to
make less severe
• He brought flowers to his
girlfriend in order to mitigate
her anger towards him.
What have you/ would you do
to mitigate a significant
other’s anger? Use the word
in your 3 sentence response.
Nullify
• Definition: to cause not to be in effect, to
negate.
• I am seeking to nullify the contract
because he has not complied with it.
Use Nullify in a sentence
explaining what you wish
you could nullify.
Pacifistic- ADJ
• Definition: opposed to war or use of force
• Gandhi chose to peacefully protest
because of his Pacifistic beliefs.
Think of 2 words in
association with the term
pacifism. Synonyms or words
with close association will
work.
Pretentious
• Definition: Making an extravagant
outward show, self- important
• Isn’t it a little pretentious the way
she wears her fur and diamonds
when she goes to the grocery
store?
Write a sentence using the word
pretentious.
Prologue
• Definition: introductory remarks
in a speech, play or literary work,
introductory action
• The prologue to the book was
filled with historical facts.
Answer the following questions:
1. Why do books have prologues?
2. What kind of information is
usually found in prologues?
• Definition: to withdraw a statement of belief,
revoke
• Predict: Do you think Abigail will recant the
accusation of Elizabeth Proctor being a witch?
Why or why not?
Definition: overly submissive; slavish
Think of a character who exhibits servile
characteristics in The Crucible. Explain how this
character demonstrates this kind of trait.
Definition: fear, trembling, agitation
Abigail, Tituba, and the other girls felt trepidation
for their lives so they began to accuse others of
witchcraft.
Use this word in a sentence.
Definition: to defame, or slander, to utter abusive
statements against
Abigail vilifies Goody Proctor’s name by accusing
her of witchcraft.
Think of 3 synonyms for Vilify.