Academic English 10
You have a right to learn! After reviewing the meaning and use of each word, write a sentence of your own. Be sure to use context clues to reinforce the word’s meaning. You have to write to learn!
(adj) really good at doing stuff with his/her hands I admire __________________ because he/she is so adroit at _____________
(adj) friendly ◦ Amigo=friend I have an amicable relationship with _____________; we have ______________.
(adj) extremely opposed or against
(adj) likes to fight, combative (n) someone involved in a war
(adj) kind, giving -does things that are “bene”ficial for others
Complete Sentences#5, 7, 12, 13 and 20 On page 29
(adj) quickly, not looking at the details enough
(n) deceitfulness ◦ Trying to “dupe” someone ◦ “Duplicate” personas
(v) to praise a great deal ◦ “ex”claim about their greatness
(adj) possible, able to be done ◦ Easy-ible
(n) pained facial expression (v) to make a pained face ◦ Face caused by something “grim”
Complete on pages 29 and 30: 1, 6, 9, 16 and 19
(n) large-scale destruction ◦ “Costs” people a lot
(adj) not affected or hurt by; admitting no entrance
(n) a moving force, impulse, stimulus
(n) danger ◦ Puts you in jeopardy of losing you life
(adj) extremely careful, particular about details
8,10,11,14 &17
(n) wanting to go back to the way things were, longing for something past
(n) purest form of something or the best example ◦ The very “essence” of it
(v) to move backward, return to earlier condition ◦ “retro”-from a before period
(v) to examine closely
(adj) not especially interested, lukewarm