Vocab
5
beleaguer
To besiege, best,
surround, harass
LINK: Big leaguer
The little leaguers
beleaguered the
big leaguers.
verb
milieu
Environment or
surroundings
LINK: MILDEW
The bathroom
was a milieu of
mildew.
noun
porcine
adj
like a pig, resembling a pig
LINK: PORK
It was a poor
scene when Mark
arrived with his
porcine date.
quixotic
Idealistic and totally
impractical
LINK: IDIOTIC
You’re a bit idiotic
if you’re quixotic…
adj
• The art!
quixotic
Quixote
1. Novel
Author =
Miguel
Cervante
s
quixotic
• The art!
3. Plot = He
thinks he’s a
knight… that
she’s
beautiful…
that the
windmill is a
dragon…
that he has a
MISSION
quixotic
• The art!
IRONY:
We see he is
fooled and
ignorant
quixotic
• The art!
BUT!
In the end,
she falls in
love with his
courage and
OPTIMISM
and HOPE
quixotic
• The art!
quixotic
• The art!
quixotic
quixotic
• The art!
quixotic
• The art!
histrionic
Overly dramatic, theatrical
Link: history
My teacher’s histrionic style =
ADJ
My teacher’s histrionics =
NOUN on the histrionic
History
side.
bludgeon
Noun,
verb
A short heavy thick club
LINK: dungeon
(BLOODgeon?)
The bludgeon = NOUN
He bludgeoned us with questions = VERB
Bludgeons in the dungeon.
arduous
adj
Hard, difficult, tiresome
LINK: HARD ON US
The arduous snow-covered
trail
is hard on us.
reminisce
verb
To recall the past
LINK: RIM MISS
(remember?)
She reminisced about their chat = VERB
It was reminiscent of The Matrix = ADJ
REMember by REMINISCING
adj
opportune
adj
Occurring at a good, favorable
time
LINK:
opera
tune
(opportunity?)
Opportunity = N Opportunist = N
The conditions were opportune for…
No one likes an opportunist…
An opportune time for an opera
tune...
dulcet
adj
Melodious, soft- or sweet
sounding
LINK: dull sit (dulce?)
Dulcet tones are DULCE.
Dulcet tones make a dull sit.
Greek + Latin
WORD PARTS
Know these, know 1000’s!
Word root
Meaning
Related words
Eu
Good,
advantageou
s
euphony
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chart
Pleasant sound;
sonorous noise
eulogize
phony
sounds
(cacophony
symphony)
logos
ize
word
To do
To praise highly
ism
euphemism
Notice:
*milieu*
-ing
Pleasant word for
inappropriate or
unpleasant
concept
eugenics
Using science to
improve genetics
of a population
Gen
birth
Word root
Meaning
macro
large,
long
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Related words
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macrocosm
cosmos
world
Overall structure
macrobiotic
s
bio
life
Science of
extending life
macroscopic
Visible to naked
eye
scope
vision
Word root
Meaning
Related words
micr
o
small,
minute
microcosm
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chart
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cosmos
world
smaller structure
within larger
organism
microorganis
m
organ
ism
Living tissue
-ing
Miniature form of
life
microfilm
Miniature photo of
library materials
film
skin
Vocab
definition
drill
1.
• Overly dramatic,
theatrical
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2.
• Environment or
surroundings
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3.
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• A short heavy, thick
club
4.
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• To besiege, beset,
surround, harrass
5.
• Resembling a pig
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6.
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• Occurring or coming
at a good time
7.
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• Idealistic and
totally impractical
8.
• Melodious, soft,
soothing
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9.
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• The act of recalling
the past
10.
• Hard, difficult,
tiresome
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11.
eu
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WORD PARTS
12.
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micro
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13.
WORD PARTS
macro
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14.
WORD PARTS
To praise with words
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15.
WORD PARTS
Science of extending
life
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16.
WORD PARTS
Miniature photos of library
articles
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17.
WORD PARTS
Smaller structure within
the larger system
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18.
WORD PARTS
Pleasant sounding term
for an unpleasant
concept
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19.
WORD PARTS
Miniature form of life
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20.
WORD PARTS
Pleasant sounding noise
(opposite of cacophony)
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Answers1
1. histrionics
2. mILIeu
3. bluDgeon
4. beleagUer
5. porcine
Answers2
6. opportune
7. quixotic
8. dulcet
9. remini e
10. arduous
sc
Answers3
11. good
12. small
13. large, overall
14. eulogize
15. macrobiotics
Answers4
16. microfilm
17. microcosm
18. euphemism
19. microorganism
20. euphony
Vocab
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minimum
The Interlopers
Vocabulary
It was quixotic of him to expect to pass the vocab
test without studying.
Why was it quixotic?
a. He never gets good
grades.
b. His hopes were not
realistic.
c. Vocab tests never
are easy.
The Interlopers
Vocabulary
It was quixotic of him to expect to pass the vocab
test without studying.
Why was it quixotic?
a. He never gets good
grades.
b.His hopes were
not realistic.
c. Vocab tests never
are easy.
1.The lunchline is a
________ of frenzied
activity during noon hours.
2. The police arrested the
English teacher on suspicion of
________ a student with a red
pen.
3. During the movie,
Christopher’s bladder required
attention at the least _______
moment.
4. It’s just ________ to think
you’ll be ready for the SAT just by
getting by with C’s in English and
math classes.
5. At the start of class, students
like to _________ teachers with
insignificant details so that class
time is put off.
6. The long, ________ block day
was made even worse by the
grammar lesson and the essay
assignment.
7. Look out for those sirens!
They’ll woo you to your death
with deceiving, ________ sounds.
8. Guys think it’s cool to burp,
throw food, and act __________.
9. Every August, the Fair is a
______ of ag-culture and rock
and roll.
10. Oh, spare me your
__________! We’re through,
Sally. I’m breaking up with you.
Test today
1. kwiksotik
6. ahhpoortoon
2. hiztreeonnik
7. poorseen
3. rhemminisssss
8. beeleeghur
4. duullllsssitt
9. milloooo
5. bluhjin
10. ahrjewusss
Vocab
basics
Vocab
problems!
Vocab problems!
The _________ smell of sweat
and bacteria brought back
memories of P.E.…
Vocab problems!
The man felt
beleaguered
_________ when the kids
made fun of him…
Vocab problems!
You may feel a little
________.
milieu