1. Context clues Exacerbate is a really big word.
I don’t want to exacerbate the problem.
If you continue to antagonize the puppy, you will exacerbate his injuries.

2. affable
“He was finding the general a most thoughtful and affable host, a true cosmopolite.”

3. Vocabulary skills word with the contextual sentence
Origin, prefix, suffix (as applicable)
Applicable definition with part of speech
Original sentence with a personal connection to the word

4. Four ways to incorporate clues
Definition
Antonym
Synonym
Example

5. Vocabulary List One “The Most Dangerous Game”
palpable
lacerate
indolently
affable
naive
scruples
grotesque
solicitously
precariously
futile

6. Foreign words
Caveat emptor
Carte blanche
Tete a tete