Vocabulary Words
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Set 3 of 6
Set 4 = Next Monday
Quiz = Thurs, OCT 29

Remember: You need…
• Word
• 1 Example definition
• Part of Speech
• Synonym
• 1 Original sentence
– Do all of these things for FULL credit.
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accountability
• Voters should always expect accountability from their elected officials.
• The owner was held accountable for his dog’s biting of the child.

Definition - accountability
• Required to justify answers or decisions
POS: Accountability - Noun
POS: Accountable - Adjective
Synonyms: liable, responsible, answerable
Don’t forget to write your original sentence, playas.

expectant
• The expectant crowd eagerly awaited for the band to start performing.
• The expectant mother was 8 months pregnant.

Definition - expectant
• Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen
• POS: adjective
• Synonyms: excited, anxious, psyched

terminal
Maria’s family rejoiced when they found out the cancer was not terminal.
My grandfather passed away after suffering from a terminal illness.

Definition - terminal
• Of or relating to an end, extremity, or boundary
• POS: adjective
• Synonyms: final, closing, end, severe
• Don’t forget to write your original sentence.

lumbered
• The heavy man lumbered across the room and plopped into his chair.
• The sleepy giant lumbered through the forest knocking down many trees that were in his path.

Definition - lumbered
• Move in slow, heavy, awkward way
• POS: verb
• Synonyms: waddle, shuffle, stumble
• Don’t forget your original sentence.

extortion
• The mobsters were found guilty of money laundering and extortion.
• Governor Blagojevich and his aides were accused of bribery and extortion.

Definition - extortion
• Act of securing money, favors, etc. by intimidation or violence.
• POS: Noun
• Synonyms: blackmail, threaten, pressure