Look at a set of vocabulary terms (with meanings).
apparel- clothing
beseige- blockade
compress- shrink
denounce- to condemn openly
dispatch- report, kill
douse- soak
expressly- plainly
famished- starving
forsake- to give up, to leave
gainful- profitable
immense- very large or great
inept- totally without skill
ingenious- imaginative
instantaneous- done in an instant
irk- to annoy
Which 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 two of them in a correctly written sentence!
12 comments:
ingenious- imaginative
instantaneous- done in an instant
irk- to annoy
1. Jessie just thought of the most ingenious idea for the science fair.
2. It really irks me when people leave the door open.
Denounce- to make a formal accusation against, as to the police or in a court.
Douse-to plunge into water or the like; drench
Besiege-to crowd around; crowd in upon
1.He will denounce the man to the authorities.
2.They besieged the auditorium.
Maria C. Torres
Inept- Everyone who applied for the position were inept.
Ingenious - My five year old niece is very ingenious.
Angela B.
Ingenious- means being imaginative.
Besiege- Means to crowd around.
Irk- Means to annoy
1.It irks me when my sister leaves a a drop of milk in the carton.
2. My nephew is being such ingenious when he's by his self.
ANgela Richardson
1. It was gainful for us to attend the seminar.
2. Everyone was famished after the long meeting.
Indept - lacking in fitness or aptitude (unfit)
Irk - to make weary, irritated, or annoyed.
Verona H
I knew all the wards expect,
dispatch - kill
inept-totally without skill
deseige- blockade
1.The man at the park dispatch a lady with a knife.
2.Johnny tried to play football inept.
Gail
_INGENIOUS- imaginative, cleverness or originality of invention or contraction.
-He is one of those students that have an ingenious type of mind state.
_IRK- to annoy, to irritate
- I felt as if she didn’t come to the party to celebrate only to irk every with her drama.
_DOUSE- soaks up, or to plunge or be plunged into a liquid.
-After the flood we had to douse up the water with buckets.
nicole cunningham
1. Immense- very large
2.inept- totally without skill
3.gainful- profitable
That was an immense favor she did for the family.
The business was a gainful opportunity.
Maria C. Torres
July 29, 2010
1. inept- totally with skill
She didn't get the job because she was inept.
2. irk - to annoy
She allowed the kid to irk everyone during the movie.
The words I already knew are famished, apparel and irk. The words I did not know were inept, douse and compress.
inept- totally without skill
douse- soak
compress- shrink
1. I doused my dog with water on a hot day.
2. I compressed the size of the picture to fit the page.
The few words I know are:
Apparel-Clothing
Compress-Shrink
Denounce- to condemn openly
The three words I do not know well are:
1. beseige- blockade
In World War Two many Americans were tortured and beseiged by the Vietnam.
2. inept- totally without skill
I was inept in math because it isnt my favorite subject but I have learned to like it.
3. douse- soak
I was outside doing my homework and the rain doused my assignment I was working on.
AngeL Guerrazzi
1. Inept-generally awkward or clumsy
2. Douse- to splash or throw water or other liquid on
3. Instantaneous- occurring, done, or completed in an instant
1. They doused the patio with water.
2. We need the message delivered instantaneously.
Maria C. Torres
8/27/2010
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