Vocabulary Lesson 6 – Thought and Belief CONTEMPLATELUCID CONVICTIONMORAL DISSEMINATEPROFOUND ENGROSSPURITANICAL INTUITION SANCTIFY
CONTEMPLATE To consider carefully and thoughtfully. (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
CONTEMPLATE To consider carefully and thoughtfully. This young man is contemplating his next step in solving a math problem. Rodin, the sculptor of “The Thinker”, stated that this statue has his “Fist pressed against his teeth as he sits lost in contemplation.”
CONVICTION a. A very strong belief or opinion b. Being found guilty (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
CONVICTION a. A very strong belief or opinion Many teachers have strong convictions, or beliefs, that their students can succeed.
CONVICTION b. Being found guilty A person who has a previous conviction for shoplifting will have difficulty getting a job.
DISSEMINATE To make widely known; to spread (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
DISSEMINATE To make widely known; to spread Dissemination of information is quick and easy with the use of social media sites and smart phones.
ENGROSS To occupy the mind completely; absorb (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
ENGROSS To occupy the mind completely; absorb This baby gorilla watches as his mother is engrossed in playing a hand-held video game. Some people find their smart phones so engrossing that they don’t pay attention to where they are walking!
INTUITION A feeling; a sense; understanding gained without thinking (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
INTUITION A feeling; a sense; understanding gained without thinking
LUCID Easy to understand; clear (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
LUCID Easy to understand; clear Good teachers will explain lessons in a lucid manner.
MORAL a. Conforming to a standard of right or good behavior b. The lesson taught by a story, fable, or an event (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
MORAL a. Conforming to a standard of right or good behavior b. The lesson taught by a story, fable, or an event
PROFOUND Deep; deeply thought or reasoned (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
PROFOUND Deep; deeply thought or reasoned This profound quote from Mahatma Gandhi has inspired many people to do good deeds.
PURITANICAL Strict in matters of religious or moral conduct (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)
PURITANICAL Strict in matters of religious or moral conduct Puritan law was extremely strict. For example, a child could be severely punished for talking back to his/her parents. Some teenagers may think that their parents’ rules are puritanical.
SANCTIFY To make holy or sacred