1. Unit 5 Level A

2. Homework Schedule: Monday: Completing the Sentence, Synonyms and Antonyms (CTS, S&A) Tuesday: Choosing the Right Word, Vocabulary In Context (CTRW, VIC) Wednesday: Parts of Speech practice Thursday: Flashcards with Synonyms and Antonyms Next test:

3. acute (adj) with a sharp point; keen and alert’ sharp and severe; rising quickly ti a high point and lasting for a short time.

4. A bee has an acute sense of smell.

5. bluster (v) To talk or act in a noisy or threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts; (n) speech that is loud and threatening

6. Piglet has been swept up in a blustery wind.

7. bungle (v) To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness

8. Amelia Bedelia is known for bungling her tasks.

9. commentary (n) A series of notes clarifying or explaining something; an expression of opinion

10. These men are going to give their commentary on the radio.

11. duration (n) The length of time that something continues or lasts

12. The duration of a basketball game is four quarters.

13. eerie (adj) causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious

14. The figure in the window is eerie.

15. facet (n) One aspect or side of a subject or problem; one of the cut surfaces of a gem

16. A diamond has many facets.

17. fidelity (n) The state of being faithful; accuracy in details, exactness

18. A court reporter must exercise fidelity; he or she must be very accurate when they record.

19. fray (n) A brawl, a noisy quarrel; (v) to wear away by rubbing

20. The edges of this blanket are beginning to fray.

21. headstrong (adj) willful, stubborn

22. The donkey can be a headstrong animal.

23. inhabitant (n) One living permanently in a given place

24. Fred and Wilma are the inhabitants of this house.

25. numb (adj) having lost the power of feeling or movement; (v) to dull the feelings of; to cause to lose feeling

26. This man has been paralyzed; his legs are numb.

27. pacify (v) To make peaceful or calm; soothe

28. You use a pacifier to pacify a crying baby.

29. ravenous (adj) greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction

30. The man ravenously ate his chicken.

31. refute (v) To prove incorrect

32. The man is trying to refute the woman’s point.

33. remorse (n) Deep and painful remorse for one’s past misdeeds; pangs of conscience

34. The child is showing remorse for breaking the dish.

35. setback (n) Something that interferes with progress; a disappointment, unexpected loss, or defeat; a steplike recession in a wall

36. In the game of golf, landing in the sand trap can be a major setback.

37. smug (adj) overly self-satisfied, self-righteous

38. This cartoon character has a very smug attitude.

39. synopsis (n) A brief statement giving a general view of some subject, book, etc; a summary

40. This is a synopsis of a very old book.

41. tarry (v) To delay leaving; to linger, wait; to remain or stay for a while

42. The woman is tarrying at the mailbox, hoping the mailman will come soon.