1. 1. Use Ten minutes to review Chapter 5 vocabulary.
11/21/18 Aim: How are we going to assess/evaluate our understanding of the assigned SAT vocabulary? Do Now: 10 minutes review of Chapter 5 vocabulary Objective: Students will be able to acquire new vocabulary words in their bank of knowledge.
AGENDA:
1. Use Ten minutes to review Chapter 5 vocabulary.
2. Copy Chapter 5 vocabulary in the notebook and use your phone to define three of the unfamiliar words from the list.
Presentation of 10 vocabulary words in context and definitions. Students will copy the official definition of the words
Sentence Check - review
4. Quiz
Self-scoring and corrections

2. Chapter 5 SAT Vocabulary collaborate rudimentary despondent scoff
instigate
squelch
resilient
venerate
zealot
retrospect

3. Navy trainees collaborating on a task
41 collaborate
– verb
When Sarah and I were asked to collaborate on a science fair project, we found it difficult to work together.
Several writers and editors have collaborated in preparing this vocabulary text, sharing their knowledge and skills.
Choose the meaning closest
to that of the boldfaced word.
Navy trainees collaborating on a task
Photo: U.S. Navy
Collaborate means
A. to compete.
B. to stop work.
C. to act as a team.

4. Navy trainees collaborating on a task
41 collaborate
– verb
When Sarah and I were asked to collaborate on a science fair project, we found it difficult to work together.
Several writers and editors have collaborated in preparing this vocabulary text, sharing their knowledge and skills.
Navy trainees collaborating on a task
Photo: U.S. Navy
Collaborate means
A. to compete.
B. to stop work.
C. to act as a team.
The words work together suggest that collaborate means “to act as a team.” In the second item, since the writers and editors shared their skills, they acted as a team.

5. 42 despondent
– adjective
Devon becomes despondent too easily. If he gets even one bad grade, he loses all hope of succeeding in school.
For months after his wife died, Mr. Craig was despondent. No matter how hard they tried, his family and friends could not cheer him up.
A despondent man
By Sander van der Wel via Wikimedia Commons
Despondent means
A. ill.
B. depressed.
C. angry.

6. 42 despondent
– adjective
Devon becomes despondent too easily. If he gets even one bad grade, he loses all hope of succeeding in school.
For months after his wife died, Mr. Craig was despondent. No matter how hard they tried, his family and friends could not cheer him up.
A despondent man
By Sander van der Wel via Wikimedia Commons
Despondent means
A. ill.
B. depressed.
C. angry.
If Devon loses all hope, he must become depressed. Since Mr. Craig’s family and friends could not cheer him up, he was depressed.

7. 43 instigate
– verb
The rock group’s violent performance instigated a riot in the audience.
An English captain named Robert Jenkins instigated a war in 1738 by displaying his pickled ear, which he said had been cut off by a Spanish patrol. The horrified British declared war on Spain—the “War of Jenkins’ Ear.”
Instigate means
A. to prevent.
B. to predict.
C. to cause.

8. 43 instigate
– verb
The rock group’s violent performance instigated a riot in the audience.
An English captain named Robert Jenkins instigated a war in 1738 by displaying his pickled ear, which he said had been cut off by a Spanish patrol. The horrified British declared war on Spain—the “War of Jenkins’ Ear.”
Instigate means
A. to prevent.
B. to predict.
C. to cause.
A rock group’s violent performance could cause the audience to riot.
Since the British declared war, Jenkins caused the war by claiming his ear was cut off by a Spanish patrol.

9. 44 resilient
– adjective
Children can be amazingly resilient. Even after a sad or frightening experience, they often bounce back to their normal cheerful selves.
Plant life is resilient. For example, a few weeks after the Mount St. Helens volcano erupted in Washington in 1980, flowers were growing in the ashes.
Resilient means
A. widespread.
B. slow to recover.
C. quick to recover.
A resilient plant growing through ash
just days after a volcanic eruption.
By Brewbooks via Wikimedia Commons
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10. 44 resilient
– adjective
Children can be amazingly resilient. Even after a sad or frightening experience, they often bounce back to their normal cheerful selves.
Plant life is resilient. For example, a few weeks after the Mount St. Helens volcano erupted in Washington in 1980, flowers were growing in the ashes.
Resilient means
A. widespread.
B. slow to recover.
C. quick to recover.
A resilient plant growing through ash
just days after a volcanic eruption.
By Brewbooks via Wikimedia Commons
In the first item, the words bounce back suggest that resilient means “quick to recover.” In the second item, since the flowers were growing again in only a few weeks, plant life must be quick to recover.

11. 45 retrospect
– noun
After hobbling around on her broken foot for a week before seeing a doctor, Mae needed surgery. In retrospect, it’s clear she should have gotten help sooner.
When I took Ms. Klein’s writing course, I thought she was too demanding. In retrospect, though, I realize that she taught me more than anyone else.
Retrospect means
A. looking back.
B. looking for excuses.
C. looking ahead.

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45 retrospect
– noun
After hobbling around on her broken foot for a week before seeing a doctor, Mae needed surgery. In retrospect, it’s clear she should have gotten help sooner.
When I took Ms. Klein’s writing course, I thought she was too demanding. In retrospect, though, I realize that she taught me more than anyone else.
Retrospect means
A. looking back.
B. looking for excuses.
C. looking ahead.
For someone looking back, it is clear that if Mae had gotten help sooner, she might not have needed surgery. Similarly, looking back, it is clear the teacher who seemed too demanding was actually teaching the speaker a lot.
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13. A rudimentary math problem
– adjective
Grammar books usually start with rudimentary skills, such as identifying nouns and verbs.
I’m so used to adding and subtracting on a calculator that I’ve probably forgotten how to do those rudimentary mathematical calculations on my own.
Rudimentary means
A. basic.
B. intermediate.
C. advanced.
2 + 1 = 3
A rudimentary math problem

14. A rudimentary math problem
– adjective
Grammar books usually start with rudimentary skills, such as identifying nouns and verbs.
I’m so used to adding and subtracting on a calculator that I’ve probably forgotten how to do those rudimentary mathematical calculations on my own.
Rudimentary means
A. basic.
B. intermediate.
C. advanced.
2 + 1 = 3
A rudimentary math problem
Identifying nouns and verbs are basic grammar skills. And adding and subtracting are basic mathematical calculations.

15. 47 scoff
– verb
Bystanders scoffed at the street musician playing a tune on a row of tin cans, but he seemed unaware that people were making fun of him.
Tony scoffed at reports that a hurricane was coming until he saw the winds knocking down trees and overturning cars.
Scoff means
A. to laugh at.
B. to watch.
C. to take seriously.

16. 47 scoff
– verb
Bystanders scoffed at the street musician playing a tune on a row of tin cans, but he seemed unaware that people were making fun of him.
Tony scoffed at reports that a hurricane was coming until he saw the winds knocking down trees and overturning cars.
Scoff means
A. to laugh at.
B. to watch.
C. to take seriously.
The words making fun of him suggest that scoff means “to laugh at.” If Tony didn’t believe that a hurricane was coming, he would laugh at the reports.

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48 squelch
– verb
My history teacher shot me a dirty look during class when I couldn’t quite manage to squelch a burp.
Decades of communism in Eastern Europe didn’t squelch the desire for freedom. As soon as they could, the people in these countries began to form democracies.
Squelch means
A. to encourage.
B. to hold back.
C. to release.
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18. 48 squelch
– verb
My history teacher shot me a dirty look during class when I couldn’t quite manage to squelch a burp.
Decades of communism in Eastern Europe didn’t squelch the desire for freedom. As soon as they could, the people in these countries began to form democracies.
Squelch means
A. to encourage.
B. to hold back.
C. to release.
Since the teacher was annoyed, the student must not have been able to hold back a burp. Since the people in Eastern Europe formed democracies as soon as they could, decades of communism must not have held back their desire for freedom.

19. 49 venerate
– verb
The Tlingit Indians venerate the wolf and the raven, and their totem poles illustrate stories in praise of these animals.
The guests at our dean’s retirement banquet made it clear that they venerated her; when she entered the room, everyone rose.
This statue venerates soldiers
who fought in World War II.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer Seth Rossman
Venerate means
A. to pity.
B. to honor.
C. to remember.

20. 49 venerate
– verb
The Tlingit Indians venerate the wolf and the raven, and their totem poles illustrate stories in praise of these animals.
The guests at our dean’s retirement banquet made it clear that they venerated her; when she entered the room, everyone rose.
This statue venerates soldiers
who fought in World War II.
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Warrant Officer Seth Rossman
Venerate means
A. to pity.
B. to honor.
C. to remember.
The word praise suggests that venerate means “to honor.” Since everyone stood up when the dean entered the room, it is clear that the guests honored her.

21. This fan is a football zealot.
– noun
Annie, a zealot about health, runs a hundred miles a week and never lets a grain of sugar touch her lips.
The Crusaders were Christian zealots during the Middle Ages who left their homes and families and went off to try to capture the Holy Land.
This fan is a football zealot.
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Zealot means
A. an extremist.
B. an observer.
C. a doubter.

22. This fan is a football zealot.
– noun
Annie, a zealot about health, runs a hundred miles a week and never lets a grain of sugar touch her lips.
The Crusaders were Christian zealots during the Middle Ages who left their homes and families and went off to try to capture the Holy Land.
This fan is a football zealot.
© Swa1959 | Dreamstime.com
Zealot means
A. an extremist.
B. an observer.
C. a doubter.
Someone who runs a hundred miles a week and never touches sugar is an extremist about health. If the Crusaders left their homes and families to try to capture the Holy Land, they must have been Christian extremists.

23. Complete the item with the correct word from the box.
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
1. Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to helping the poor, is ________(e)d by Catholics worldwide. She became a saint in 2016.

24. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
1. Mother Teresa, who devoted her life to helping the poor, is ___________ by Catholics worldwide. She became a saint in 2016.
venerated
If she was made a saint, people must respect her deeply.

25. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
2. Dawn is a __________ about gun control. She has walked for miles in protest marches and stood in the rain for hours during demonstrations.

26. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
2. Dawn is a __________ about gun control. She has walked for miles in protest marches and stood in the rain for hours during demonstrations.
zealot
Dawn’s actions show she is an extremist, totally devoted to the cause.

27. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
3. The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which exposed the horrors of slavery, helped to _________ the American Civil War.

28. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
3. The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which exposed the horrors of slavery, helped to _________ the American Civil War.
instigate
A book exposing the horrors of slavery would help bring about the Civil War.

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Unit One / Chapter 2
Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
4. Jaime was __________ over the death of his dog, his companion for fourteen years.
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30. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
4. Jaime was __________ over the death of his dog, his companion for fourteen years.
despondent
Losing a companion of fourteen years would make Jaime downhearted.

31. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
5. My ability to speak Spanish is ___________, but I can at least manage to ask directions or order a meal.

32. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
5. My ability to speak Spanish is ___________, but I can at least manage to ask directions or order a meal.
rudimentary
Asking directions and ordering a meal indicate a basic ability in a foreign language.

33. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
6. Athletes need to be _________. After a defeat, an individual or a team must be able to come back and fight for victory the next time.

34. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
6. Athletes need to be _________. After a defeat, an individual or a team must be able to come back and fight for victory the next time.
resilient
The words able to come back tell you athletes must be quick to recover.

35. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
7. Since I’d like to be a photographer, I can see, in _________, that I would have gained valuable experience if I’d taken pictures for the school newspaper.

36. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
7. Since I’d like to be a photographer, I can see, in _________, that I would have gained valuable experience if I’d taken pictures for the school newspaper.
retrospect
Looking back, the speaker can see the value of taking pictures for the paper.

37. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
8. Kim’s parents nagged her so hard about practicing the piano that they finally _______(e)d any interest she might have had in music.

38. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
8. Kim’s parents nagged her so hard about practicing the piano that they finally __________ any interest she might have had in music.
squelched
Constant nagging can crush a person’s interest.

39. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
9. Marie and Pierre Curie ________(e)d on important scientific experiments involving radioactivity.

40. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
9. Marie and Pierre Curie ___________ on important scientific experiments involving radioactivity.
collaborated
The Curies worked together on the experiments.

41. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
10. The Cord, in the 1920s, was the first car with front-wheel drive, but in those days most people considered the idea ridiculous and ________(e)d at it.

42. Sentence Check 1
A. collaborate B. despondent C. instigate
D. resilient
E. retrospect
F. rudimentary G. scoff H. squelch
I. venerate
J. zealot
10. The Cord, in the 1920s, was the first car with front-wheel drive, but in those days most people considered the idea ridiculous and ___________ at it.
scoffed
People would mock an idea they considered ridiculous.