VOCABULARY
WORKSHOP
C
Unit 1; English 10A
DO NOW 9/16/13
1.Take a book from the front desk.
2.Grab a vocabulary flashcard handout from the
corner of my desk.
3.Copy the definitions for the first five vocabulary
words.
1. ADULTERATE (verb): To corrupt, make worse by the
addition of something of lesser value
2. AUGMENT (verb): to make larger, increase
3. DEPLOY (verb): to position or arrange; to utilize; to form up
4. FORTITUDE (noun): courage in facing difficulties
5. GIBE (verb): to utter taunting words
DO NOW 9/17/13
1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word from the five
vocabulary words you learned yesterday.
A. Do you believe that the curriculum has been __________ by the
inclusion of
courses on aspects of popular culture?
B. Recruits who complain of a cold should try to show a little more
intestinal
____________ in facing the elements.
C. Let us not forget that the early fighters for women’s rights were
greeted with
the ___________ of the unthinking mob.
D. The speaker __________ all the facts and figures at her
command to buttress her argument.
E. By studying the reactions of simpler life forms, researchers have
greatly ___________ our knowledge of human behavior.
DO NOW 9/18/13
1. Take out your vocabulary flashcards.
2. Copy the definitions for the last five vocabulary words.
6. INSIDIOUS (adj): intended to deceive or entrap; sly,
treacherous
7. OPULENT (adj): wealthy, luxurious, ample, grandiose
8. REITERATRE (verb): to say again, repeat
9. TENTATIVE (adj): experimental in nature; uncertain;
hesitant
10. VERBATIM (adj, adv): word for word; exactly as
written or spoke
DO NOW 9/23/13
Match the correct vocabulary word to each synonym. Please write BOTH
the vocabulary word AND the synonym.
1. ______ contaminate
2. ______ rich
3. ______ exact
4. ______ restate
5. ______ indefinite
6. ______ cunning
A. insidious
B. verbatim
C. adulterate
D. opulent
E. reiterate
F. tentative
DO NOW 9/24/13
• Match the correct vocabulary word to each ANTONYM. Please write
BOTH the vocabulary word AND the synonym.
1. __________ fearfulness
A. Gibe
2. __________ decrease
B. fortitude
3. __________ poverty-stricken
C. Opulent
4. __________ compliment
D. Verbatim
5. __________ definite
E. Augment
6. __________ paraphrased
F. Tentative