1. Please take out your vocab
Get ready for week2
Put your totem on the bookshelf

2. Ruby’s pessimism convinced her she was too old to go back to school.
11th Vocab. Week 2
Pessimism – gloominess, belief the bad guy will win
Ruby’s pessimism convinced her she was too old to go back to school.

3. 2) Reprove – to scold, to find fault with
Any mother in her right mind would reprove of her teenage daughter’s forty-year-old boyfriend.

4. 3) Jocular – joking, good-natured
Hoping to ease up the audience, the host tried being a little more jocular by telling jokes.

5. 4) Profligate – extremely wasteful
Since she is a profligate spender, Jill buys tons of items she never uses.

6. 5) Fracas – uproar, brawl
The husband and wife were fined by the judge for starting a fracas in court.

7. 6) Contentious – quarrelsome, prone to fighting, argumentative, combative
The candidate’s stance on abortion will be a contentious topic among voters.

8. 7) Corroborate – to confirm, to substantiate
I prayed my friend would corroborate the lie I told my parents!

9. 8) Miserly – hoarding money, penny-pinching
The miserly man never buys anything unless he has a coupon for it.

10. 9) Fervent – impassioned, intense, ardent, earnest
Jack’s fervent love for Kelly encouraged him to tattoo her name on his back.

11. 10) Embellish – to add details
The student embellished his truck with camo paint.