Thursday, April 2, 2009

Vocabulary - Use It Or Lose It (Part 19)

Look at this next set of vocabulary terms (with meanings).

AB
apparelclothing
beseigeblockade
compressshrink
denounceto condemn openly
dispatchreport, kill
dousesoak
expresslyplainly
famishedstarving
forsaketo give up, to leave
gainfulprofitable
immensevery large or great
inepttotally without skill
ingeniousimaginative
instantaneousdone in an instant
irkto annoy

Which 1 or 2 words did you already know? Which 2-3 words did you not know that well (prior to this activity)? Please post those words with their meanings. Then, challenge yourself to use one of them in a correctly written sentence!

9 comments:

Tierra Madison said...

Words I knew:
Apparel- clothing
Forsake- to give up, to leave

Words I learned:
Irk- to annoy
Denounce- to condemn openly

Sentence: You irk me every single time you denounce my friend.

Anonymous said...

words I knew:
gainful: profitable
douse: soak

words I didn't know
inept:totally without skill
irk:to annoy

douse:He doused himself into the heated water pool whole day long.

irk:It irks me to stay at home on such a warm weather Sunday.

suetto chan

Anonymous said...

Words I knew are:
Douse - soak
Forsake - to give up, to leave

Words I didn't know are:
Beseige - blockade
Farmished - starving
Irk - to annoy

In the bible Jesus said to forsake all others and follow him.

There are so many farmished children in the world.

Allison

Anonymous said...

Words I knew:

apparel-clothing
famished-starving

Words I learned:

douse-soak
immense-very large or great

Gitty

Anonymous said...

Sentence:

I had an immense headache the other day.


Gitty

Anonymous said...

Words I knew:

apparel - clothing

compress - shrink

Words I did not know:

beseige - blockade

famished - starving

inept - totally without skill

Sentence: The children in Africa are famished.

Karla Banton

Sandra B said...

Words I know

inept: totally without skill
ingenious: imaginative

Words I learnt

beseige: blockade
expressly: planily

The army beseiged its enemy.

Mianta said...

Words I knew:
denounce-to condemn
--The child's friend denounced the friend's bad deeds.
profitable-immense, very large or great.

Words I learned:
douse-soak
inept-totally without skill

Anonymous said...

Words I already knew quite well:
famish
instantaneous

Words I did not know quite well:
besiege - blockade
douse - soak

My clothes were doused by the rain.

Leonie Florestal