TKAM VOCABULARY
In order to both do well on your Vocabulary Test AND successfully expand
your vocabulary, you will need to not just know the definition, but be
comfortable using these words correctly in a sentence. To help, you will be
working in groups to help create a presentation that teaches your group of
words to the class...
Working with your group, creatively convey the definition of the word via a
presentation and visual aid page for each of the words given to you
containing the following elements:
1. Write the definition AND the part of speech.
2. Write a sentence for each word that uses the word correctly and
contains context clues.
(For example – Mottled is an adjective meaning dappled, spotted, splotchy.
In a sentence you could write: After Mom ate too many strawberries, her
skin developed a mottled rash because of an allergic reaction.)
3. Draw a cartoon that illustrates the word OR incorporate the word into a
drawing that illustrates the meaning. Use color and be neat.
4. Be ready to PRESENT your words in an entertaining, but brief minilesson – may include a mini-skit, song, mnemonic device, puzzle, etc. It is
your job to make your words and their definitions memorable.
5.
Make sure you know how to pronounce the word correctly.
1. assuage
2. amiable
3. waned
4. wary
5. austere
6. malevolent
7. fractious
8. aberration
9. unsullied
10. asinine
11. deportment
12. rudiments
13. myopic
14. indigenous
15. edification
16. donned
17. oblique
18. wallow
19. quelled
20. ingenuous
21. undulate
22. placidly
23. acquiesce
24. furtive
25. temerity
26. garish
27. altercation
28. spurious
29. veneer
30. impertinence