1. New words sure taste great to your brain!
VOCABULARY LESSON 7: Take notes on your word chart and your root/prefix chart to submit on day of vocab quiz.
New words sure taste great to your brain!

2. GOALS: 1) Evaluate word meanings and relationships
GOALS: 1) Evaluate word meanings and relationships. 2) Accountable talk (Think-pair-share, Questions, Responses, Hints)

3. ABHOR Def: (v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
Syn: detest, despise, abominate
Ant: admire, cherish, respect, relish
Sent: He tried to tolerate his brother-in-law, even though deep down he actually abhorred him.

4. AMEND Def: (v) to change in a formal way; to change for the better
Syn: modify, improve, correct
Sent: He had to amend his ways after he got caught cheating again.
Common Phrases:
“to make amends”=to make up for what one did wrong
“amendment to the constitution” = change to the rules that govern our laws

5. BUFFET
Def: (v) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one’s way with difficulty; (n) a slap, blow
Syn: (v) batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about
Sent: The army’s advances were buffeted by the ground troops of the opposing side.

6. CHAOS Def: (n) great confusion, disorder
Syn: anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium
Ant: order, regularity, tranquility
Sent: In all the chaos and confusion at the scene of the crime, the criminals easily escaped.

7. COMMODIOUS Def: roomy, spacious Syn: comfortable, ample, capacious
Ant: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient
Sent: A commodious car works best for a large family, especially when one needs to fit in a wide car-seat.

8. Think-pair-share:
Describe a situation in which you would need to MAKE AMMENDS. Explain.
When you get your own car, would you like it to be COMMODIOUS ? Explain why or why not.

9. CORROSIVE
Def: (adj) eating away gradually, acid-like, bitterly sarcastic
Syn: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful
Ant: bland, mild, benign, amiable
Sent: Her corrosive humor often hurt her friends’ feelings.

10. DISCERN Def (v): to see clearly, recognize
Syn: perceive, detect, distinguish
Ant: overlook
Sent: She could not discern the difference between the original painting and the forged one.

11. EXTANT Def: (adj) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost
Syn: surviving, in existence
Ant: extinct, defunct, vanished
Sent: Of the nine known species of tigers, only six remain extant.

12. IMPLICATE Def: (v) to involve in; to connect with or be related to
Syn: incriminate, entangle
Ant: absolve, exculpate
Sent: The cheat sheet that fell from his desk during the exam implicated him.

13. Think-pair-share:
How can you DISCERN the difference between diet soda and sugary soda?
How much longer do you think humans will be EXTANT and why?

14. INTER Def: (v) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion
Ant: unearth, exhume
Hint: to put INTo (“inter”) the earth
Sent: They believed that despite the king’s physical burial, his soul could not be interred in the dark regions of the underworld—at least not without some of his essential belongings!

15. MARTINET Def: (n) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules
Syn: a taskmaster, slave driver
Sent: Our coach didn’t just push us; he was a martinet who made sure we followed the rules to a tee.

16. OBVIATE Def: (v) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, to dispose of
Syn: preclude, forestall, ward off
Sent: When competing in group sports, you cannot completely obviate the risk of injury, no matter how much safety gear you put on.

17. RENEGADE Def: (n) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw
Def: (adj) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox
Syn: turncoat, defector, heretic
Ant: loyalist, patriot
Sent: The exterminators said claimed to get rid of all fleas, but if they missed one single renegade flea, the house could soon be re-infested.

18. REPREHENSIBLE Def: (adj) deserving blame or punishment
Syn: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious
Ant: commendable, blameless, meritorious
Sent: Tripping at the Oscars once may be endearing, but twice is reprehensible to some viewers.

19. SOMBER Def: (adj) dark, gloomy, depressed or melancholy in spirit
Syn: mournful, dismal
Ant: bright, sunny, light-hearted, cheerful, jaunty
Sent: He was somber for months after his girlfriend dumped him.

20. Think-pair-share:
What kind of technology have OBVIATED our need for landline phones and desktop computers?
I don’t mean to be overly SOMBER, but if you could be INTERRED with only one special object what would it be?

21. SQUALID Def: (adj) filthy, wretched, debased
Syn: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject
Ant: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty
Sent: When we saw the squalid conditions of the bathrooms, we decided to wait till we got home.

22. TURBULENT Def: (adj) disorderly, riotous, violent, stormy
Syn: tumultuous, unruly, agitated
Ant: calm, placid, tranquil, still
Sent: We were shocked to see them get married, given the turbulent beginning of their relationship.
Common phrase: “We are experiencing some turbulence.”

23. VOCIFEROUS Def: (adj) loud and noisy; compelling attention
Syn: clamorous, uproarious, blustering
Ant: quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued
Sent: Despite her vociferous complaints to the “manager” the store refused to issue a refund.

24. VOLUMINOUS
Def: (adj) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length
Syn: bulky, massive, copious, plentiful
Ant: scant, meager, brief, succinct
Hint: a large “VOLUMe” of something
Sent: The restriction to three pages meant she would have to cut down the voluminous twelve-page essay she wrote before editing.

25. WAIVE
Def: (v) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer
Syn: decline, relinquish, forgo
Ant: claim, accept
Sent: Signing the papers the doctor offered her meant that she was waiving her right to sue in case of injury.
Common Phrases: “waive your right” and “waive the late fee”

26. Think-pair-share:
Describe a situation not already discussed that would required you to sign a waiver to WAIVE your rights.
Describe a situation not already discussed that could cause an even-tempered person to become VOCIFEROUS.

27. Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes
voc=speak
SUFFIX:
ous/ive/able/ible= forms an adjective

28. VOC=SPEAK/CALL VOCiferous: loud and noisy; compelling attention
Ex: Vocal, Vocalize, Vocabulary, Vocation,

29. ABLE/IBLE= forms an adjective
ReprehensIBLE= deserving of REPREHENSION (blame or punishment)
NounAdjective

30. OUS/IVE=forms an adjective
CorrosIVE= causing CORROSION literally or figuratively (eating away gradually, acid-like, bitterly sarcastic)
NounAdjective
VoluminOUS= having a large VOLUME (of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length)