1. Vocabulary 3 Review
Meixsell/Gordon

2. Do Now
Circle the 3 words that you find to be the most difficult to understand or apply to a sentence.

3. Resume (v.) To start again; begin again
Other forms: resumed, resumes, resuming
She will resume her work once her child goes to sleep.

4. Container (n.) An urn, jug, pot or vase
Something that holds other things
Other forms: containers, containing, contains
The container held about two-thousand jelly beans.

5. Refugee (n.)
A person who has fled their homeland to escape political problems or war
Other forms: refugees, refuge (v.)
The Syrian refugees traveled to Europe for political asylum (safety).

6. Sudanese (adj.) A person or item from Sudan, a country in Africa
Other forms: Sudan (n.)
The Sudanese boy was first a refugee, and now a citizen.

7. Herding (v.) To group, guide or flock animals together
Other forms: herd, herds, herded, herder (n.)
John was a goat herder in Guatemala.

8. Aimless (adj.) To do something without point or direction
Other forms: aimlessly
The child wandered aimlessly on the streets looking for his mom.

9. Backfire (v.) To fail, go wrong To boomerang and rebound
Other forms: backfired, backfiring, backfires
The car backfired and it scared everyone within earshot.
The plan to create a surprise birthday party backfired when Susan realized our scheme.

10. Hunching (v.) To bend, huddle or crouch
Other forms: hunch, hunched, hunches (n.)
She was hunching over in the closet during a game of Hide-and-Go-Seek.

11. Thumping (v.) To thud, or beat Other forms: thump, thumps, thumped
The monster was thumping on the walls to scare the family on Halloween night.
They call Bambi’s friend, Thumper, because he always thumps his foot.

12. Droned (v.) To hum, buzz or go on endlessly
Other forms: drone (n. and v.), drones, droning
The teacher droned on and on about the importance of vocabulary and new words.