Vocab Lesson 5
Write the following words on page 7 of your
notebook. Skip lines.
1. Behold
2. Discernment
3. Envision
4. Foresee
5. Gape
6. Impressionistic
7. Insight
8. Myopia
9. Perceptive
10. Survey
Pre-assessment
• Look at the words.
• Evaluate how well you know the word going in to this lesson.
• Annotate with
• (1) if you know the word well enough to use confidently
• (2) if you’ve heard it before, but don’t really know what it means.
• (3) if you’ve never heard it
Behold
• The new mother beheld the sleeping baby in the crib.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
Discernment
• The baseball player was complimented on his discernment of bad
pitches when up to the plate.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
Envision
• Try to envision yourself getting straight As.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
Foresee
• Tupac talked of foreseeing his own death.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
gape
• Everyone gaped at the tragic accident on the road as they drove by.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
impressionistic
• Even though I knew nothing about him, my impressionistic view of
him the first time I saw him, was that he was a complete loser.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
insight
• The talented teacher had a lot of insight into students and could
always catch them cheating or skipping school.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
myopia
• The myopia of many young and middle aged workers results in their
not having sufficient savings for retirement.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
perceptive
• Shelly was perceptive to the fact that her friend was upset even
though she didn’t know why.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
survey
• High school students should survey the possibilities of colleges and
what they offer before making a decision.
• Guessed meaning: ______________________________________
Check your guesses
• Now look in your vocab book and decide see how well you did.
• Make sure to add to the definitions if they need clarity or correction.
• Nice job!
• Do exercises 1-4 of lesson 5.