1. Vocabulary

2. Group 1 1. Insinuate-hint 2. Interminable- seeming to have no end 3. Trivial- unimportant 4. Barren- empty landscape 5. Recompense-pay back 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 2. Create a flash card for each word. I tried to recompense my neighbor for turning my barren yard into an interminable garden, but she started to insinuate that it was a trivial job, so she didn’t need pay

3. Group 2 1. Contribute- offer 2. Influence- affect indirectly 3. Irrelevant- not important 4. Generalization- broad statement about a group 5. Practical- uses common sense 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 2. Create a flash card for each word. I wanted to contribute my practical opinion in Socratic seminar to influence the class away from the generalization that they were making about irrelevant details in the story.

4. Group 3: Quiz Friday! 1. Indifference- doesn’t care 2. Indispensable- too important to get rid of 3. Unscathed- unharmed 4. Customary- normal in a culture 5. Dissuade- persuade against 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 2. Create a flash card for each word. I was indifferent about the assignment, but my teacher told me it was indispensible, and if I wanted to come out of class unscathed, I would let her dissuade me; it is customary to listen to teachers, so I did.

5. Group 4 1. Indulge – to enjoy a special treat 2. Loom - hover 3. Miscellaneous – various, assorted 4. Seethe – to be filled with anger 5. Verify – prove that something is true 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. My mother loomed over me, seething, when she verified that I indulged in miscellaneous Halloween treats, even after she asked me not to.

6. Group 5 1. Animated – Full of life, energetic 2. Alliance – Union of people working toward a common goal 3. Controversial – Causing public disagreement 4. Mortify – To cause extreme embarrassment 5. Wayward – Disobedient, rebellious 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. Parents were angry and animated that the controversial alliance of wayward bullies should not be allowed to remain in tact, since they mortified so many students.

7. Group 6-Quiz Friday 1. Consolidate – Combine many things into one single thing 2. Dominate – To control completely 3. Potential - Possible 4. Tactful – Showing sensitivity in dealing with people 5. Uncertainty – Unknown, having doubt 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. I tactfully consolidated all the students who were potential distractions to the class into one group in the back corner of the room because, otherwise, they would dominate the class with no uncertainty.

8. Group 7: retakes tomorrow only 1. Incredulous- unbelieving 2. Vague- nonspecific 3. Gallantly- heroically 4. Aloofness- emotionally distant 5. Ornery- bad tempered 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. 1.My story about gallantly saving the cat was so vague that my mom was incredulous, so I just became ornery and sat in a state of aloofness when she tried to talk to me.

9. Group 8 1. Contemptuous-scornful 2. Apprehensive-anxious or fearful 3. Abiding-enduring 4. Conformity- corresponding actions, behaviors and/or looks 5. Adhering- sticking to 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. 1.I was apprehensive while entering the room because my need for conformity, caused me to stop adhering to the rules, and my principal was contemptuous and had and abiding temper..

10. Group 9: Quiz WEDNESDAY! 1. Skeptical-having doubts 2. Divert- cause a change of direction 3. Judicious-showing good sense 4. Liable- responsible for 5. Nonchalant-casually calm 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. I tried to divert our road trip because I was skeptical of the route, despite my friends being nonchalant, and it turns out, it was a judicious decision that I was liable for.

11. Group 10 1. Dynamic- full of activity, change and/or energy 2. Eradicate-put an end to 3. Marginal- on the edge or margin of something 4. Prominent- Stands out 5. Reluctant- holds back 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. I was looking at the dynamic speaker and wanted him to eradicate some of the generic things he was saying because the prominent things he spoke on did not help the more marginal people in society, so I am reluctant to go back.

12. Group 11 1. Amiss- wrong, not quite right 2. Domestic- pertaining to the home 3. Foremost- most important 4. Proficient- competent or skilled 5. Vigilant-watchful for danger 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. I am proficient at spying, and I could sense that something was amiss so I became vigilant for any domestic problems because my home is foremost in my life.

13. Group 12-Quiz Friday! 1. Disputatious- starts arguments 2. Insubordinate- defiant of authority 3. Incentive- bribe 4. Onslaught- a fierce attack 5. Pervade- spread through 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

14. Group 13 1. Downtrodden – Treated badly by people in power 2. Entice - Tempt 3. Melancholy - Sad 4. Ratify – Approve something to make it official 5. Stifle – Hold back 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. The downtrodden villagers were melancholy because their attempt to get a new bill ratified that would give them more freedom was stifled by a government enticed by holding all the power.

15. Group 14 1. Bystander – A person who is near, but not participating 2. Erode – Slowly wear away 3. Flounder – Struggle clumsily 4. Persist – Continue even though something is difficult 5. Vital – Absolutely necessary 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. The woman who fell in the river knew it was vital that she persist until she reached the shore; so she saved herself, with no help from the bystander who didn’t help because his confidence had eroded and he knew he would flounder.

16. Group 15 1. Dilapidated – Worn down 2. Grueling – Extremely tiring or demanding 3. Hospitable – Friendly and welcoming 4. Lavish – Extravagant and luxurious 5. Notorious – Famous for a bad reason 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. After a grueling escape from prison, the notorious criminal planned on sleeping in a lavish hotel where he remembered that the people were hospitable, but it had gone out of business and was now dilapidated.

17. Group 16 1. Obligatory-required 2. Prophet- a person that speaks to a higher power and spreads the word 3. Massacre- a mass killing 4. Tyranny- cruel/oppressive government rule 5. Degenerate- Showing decline 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

18. Group 17 1. Conscience – Part of the mind that makes you aware of what is right or wrong. 2. Bleak – Hopeless, depressing 3. Martyr – A person who suffers, or is killed, for religious or other beliefs. 4. Declaration – A formal announcement 5. Liberated – Set free 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. The martyr had a clear conscience because she knew she had done the right thing, even though her future was bleak because there was a declaration stating that she would not be liberated.

19. Group 18- Quiz Friday 1. Subversive – Sneakily trying to disrupt those in power 2. Diabolical – Extremely evil 3. Exile – To be forced to leave your native country 4. Denounce – To publicly say that something is bad or wrong 5. Permissive – Giving people freedom to do what they want to do 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. After the man’s diabolical plan to denounce the government failed, the normally permissive king exiled the subversive man to a deserted island.

20. Group 19 1. Asylum-protection granted by a country 2. Optimism- hopeful for the future 3. Pessimism- not hopeful for future 4. Vengeance- punishment inflicted as revenge 5. Dignity- Being worthy of honor or respect 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

21. Group 20 1. Bolster – to strengthen or support 2. Frivolous – of little value or importance 3. Peruse – to read carefully 4. Sustain – to maintain or keep going 5. Qualm – a feeling of doubt about whether you are doing the right thing. 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. After I perused my own frivolous writing, I had no qualms about bolstering my essay so others could sustain interest while reading it.

22. Group 21- Quiz Friday 1. Nonentity-Nonexistence 2. Ornate-complex decoration 3. Prone- likely to 4. Ample- plenty 5. Assert- State a fact confidently 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

23. Group 22 1. Adage- an old, common saying 2. Churlish- rude in a mean, childish way 3. Jostle- shake 4. Laggard- a person who falls behind 5. Revert- go back to 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

24. Group 23 1. Antics-foolish behavior 2. Banter- friendly exchange of teasing 3. Bountiful- large in quantity 4. Detriment- the state of being harmed 5. Frugal- does not spend much money 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

25. Group 24- Quiz Friday 1. Invalidate- make invalid (not worth anything) 2. Oblique- slanting 3. Glut- a lot of something 4. Venerate- look at with great respect 5. Wanton- deliberate violent action 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. My dog had an oblique stance causing the judges to invalidate him since they had a glut of dogs that they venerate, but it made me want to pursue wanton vandalism against the show!

26. Group 25 1. Discordant-disagreeing or not matching 2. Excerpt- piece taken from text 3. Audacious-willingness to take risks 4. Comply- go along with 5. Devoid- lacking 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. Feeling audacious, I tried using a strange excerpt for my essay but it was discordant and did not comply with what I was trying to say so my essay was devoid of evidence!

27. Group 26 1. Amass-accumulate 2. Grapple- struggle 3. Incapacitate- stop the movement of something 4. Instigate- initiate action 5. Longevity- having a long life 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. I grappled to incapacitate the weeds in my yard, but they continued to amass, and they have longevity, so I need to instigate my husband to help me so we can kill them all!

28. Group 27 - Quiz THURSDAY 1. Myriad- a lot! 2. Prodigious- remarkably great 3. Vie- compete to achieve something 4. Willful- intentional 5. Unison- all together 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word. The mobsters willfully vie for a myriad of territories to become the most prodigious, but in each battle, they kill each other in unison!

29. Group 28 1. Oust – to force someone out of their position or place 2. Aghast – filled with horror or shock 3. Facetious – not seriously meaning what you say (joking) 4. Plausible - possible 5. Proximity - nearness 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

30. Group 29 1. Abashed – ashamed or embarrassed 2. Aloof – emotionally distant 3. Anguish – severe pain or suffering 4. Forthright – straightforward and honest 5. Instill – to implant a principle in someone’s mind over time 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

31. Group 30 – Quiz Friday 1. Attribute – a quality, characteristic, or trait 2. Convey – to communicate or make something known to someone else. 3. Belittle – to make someone else feel as though they are not important 4. Haggard – looking exhausted or sick 5. Juncture – a particular point in time 1. For each word, write the definition, create your own sentence, and draw a picture. 1. Create a flash card for each word.

32. Group 31 1. Wallow 2. Waver 3. Avail 4. Divergent 5. Infiltrate

33. Group 32 1. Nullify 2. Apt 3. Defile 4. Capitulate 5. Encroach

34. Group 33 - Quiz Friday 1. Dire 2. Impunity 3. Pertinent 4. Predominant 5. Recluse

35. Group 34 1. Curt 2. Devise 3. Dexterous 4. Engross 5. Entail

36. Group 35 1. Habituate 2. Impending 3. Personable 4. Scoff 5. Trepidation

37. Group 36 - Quiz Friday 1. Appease 2. Belated 3. Conventional 4. Impart 5. Judicious