Senior Red Class Vocab Homework
1. Choose any ten (10) vocabulary words from the list below and write sentences using them correctly in context and giving clues to their meanings.2. Post your sentences as comments on Schoolsville using your first name, last initial, and section color to identify yourself. If you have trouble posting, print out your sentences to bring to class tomorrow.
I hope to make up your vocabulary test (on Tuesday Sept. 27) from your class's sentences.
Here's the list:
Antebellum—before the war
Antithesis--opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
Autocratic—rule by a single person, dictatorship
Benefactor--a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
Asynchronous--not occurring at the same time.
Circumlocution—talking in circles; roundabout speaking
Convene--to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
Counteract—to act in opposition to
Credo—any creed or formula of belief
Verdict—the outcome of a trial, the “true words”
Dissuade--to deter by advice or persuasion
Equidistant---same in distance
Extract –to get, pull, or draw out, esp. with effort or skill
Fluctuate—to change continually; to flow back and forth
Hyperbolic—in an exaggerated manner
Innocuous—not harmful
Intermittent stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again
Malady--illness
Neophyte--beginner
Omnivorous—something that eats all types of food
Multifaceted having many aspects or phases
Permeate—to spread throughout
Sanctimonious—holier than thou
Retrospect—(n) contemplation of the past; (v) to look back in thought
Divert—to change the direction of; turn aside from a path or course
posted by JTF @ 10:40 PM
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1. In order to keep Thomas from using drugs, I 'dissuaded' him by telling him about the horrible effects they have on people.
2. The group will 'convene' again on Thursday to further discuss the issue.
3. When I saw the teaching glaring at me, I 'diverted' my gaze from my neighbor’s test.
4. I guess in 'retrospect' I should never have said that; I only wish I knew that then.
5. The jury finally reached a 'verdict' and said that the suspect was not guilty.
6. In the 'antebellum' period before World War 2, the United States was facing a major economic depression.
7. The dentist finally 'extracted' my tooth after half an hour of getting me ready and attempting to force it out of my mouth.
8. The 'intermittent' windshield wipers on my car were working very well, until the rain sped up and I had to switch to a continuous setting.
9. I could tell her 'malady' was getting worse each day, but she still insisted on not going to the doctor.
10. I quickly 'counteracted' his proposal when I realized that it would hurt the entire group instead of helping it.
1. He was the antithesis of the ideal “Spartan”; he did not achieve excellence, embody humility, or uphold integrity.
2. The nonprofit organization’s benefactor made a substantial donation at their yearly fundraiser.
3. The circumlocution of the two high school girls disrupted the entire class from the review for the upcoming test.
4. The credo of the Catholic faith, the Nicene Creed, is recited during every mass.
5. When the jury’s verdict found Casey Anthony not guilty, all who had followed the case were enraged.
6. The rising debt of the United States caused representatives from both parties to convene and find a solution.
7. In retrospect, I realize I should’ve taken the last few years of schooling more seriously.
8. The religious hypocrite did everything in a sanctimonious manner, but no one believed it for a minute.
9. Although the unknown plant was thought to be innocuous, it proved harmful by the red rash it caused on the child’s arm.
10. The moody old woman fluctuated between kind and belligerent and the children on the street learned to stay away.
At the extreme, autocratic leadership can take the form of a dictatorship.
Most politicians use circumlocution to avoid admitting wrongdoings and ignorance to a subject.
The crowed convened at the stage for the president’s speech.
To counteract the snake venom, doctors injected the injured man with an antidote.
The juries’ verdict was that the man was guilty on all charges.
The group’s stance fluxuated to and fro until they finally agreed on a decision.
The cancer cells had permeated through the man’s body.
We had diverted from our path which resulted in us getting lost.
He had done well on the final, but in retrospect it was easy to tell he fell asleep during the lectures.
It was easy to tell he was a neophyte at chess when he sacrificed his queen to take out a pawn.
1. After weeks of preparation, the youthful soldiers were fearful antebellum but knew they were qualified to succeed.
2. By means of a generous benefactor, the basketball team was given fresh new uniforms to replace their outdated and unfashionable ones.
3. He knew the ignorant student was lying when he kept talking in circumlocution about doing his homework.
4. The entire student body will convene in the gym on Friday to hear every student enthusiastically shouting their grade cheer.
5. After the sophomoric student carelessly poured two different mixtures together they counteracted and started leak out of the beaker.
6. The reputable student tried to dissuade the trouble maker from pulling the fire alarm by listing all the repercussions that could come from doing so.
7. Since the two friends houses are equidistance from the park, they left at the same time so they would arrive together.
8. After an ample amount of pinching and squeezing, the boy eventually was able to extract the splinter from the palm of his hand.
9. Being a neophyte at golf, it wasn’t unusual to completely miss the ball when trying to hit it.
10. In retrospect, I realized I should have studied more for the test instead of socializing with my friends.
1.The antebellum of Pearl Harbor was a stark contrast to the aftermath of the bombing.
2.Driving should asynchronous with texting.
3.The verdict of the trial was in favor of the defendant.
4.My dad circumlocution was sounding like a broken record.
5.The malady that plagued the town was chicken pox.
6.The neophyte missed the ball many times before he finally hit it.
7.A Swiss Army Knife is a multifaceted tool, it can be used as: a knife, a screw driver, and scissors.
8.In retrospect, my five year old self wasn’t very smart, eating three tubs of cream cheese sure can make you sick.
9.The band convened at the school before heading off to the game.
10.I extracted the box out of the small tight space call my car trunk.
1. The two different drugs counteracted with each other and neither worked properly.
2. Julie will be able to make it to both the volleyball game and the soccer game because the are asynchronous.
3. The press was please when the jury announced the verdict deciding that the killer was guilty.
4. The doctor used surgery to extract the tumor and help cure the cancer.
5. In retrospect, Lisa was pleased with her four years in high school, even though they seemed stressful at the time.
6. The girl tried to divert her parents attention so she could sneak out without them knowing.
7. The group will convene at seven PM Thursday to discuss plans for the weekend.
8. The circumlocution of Dave's speech made it tedious and boring.
9. Although the dog was scary looking, his kisses and playfulness showed that he was innocuous.
10. Humans mixed diet of meat, grains, vegetables, and fruits makes us omnivorous.
1) Seniors like to believe they have complete and autocratic rule of the school.
2) The jury waited for the family of the accused to leave before they delivered the guilty verdict.
3) The traitor tried to dissuade the new recruits from joining by telling grim stories of war and death.
4) By donating to the institution, I became one of the many benefactors.
5) The spy tried to extract the files from the computer before the security guards arrived.
6) During the winter when the water pipes froze, I noticed that the water flow in the show would fluctuate often.
7) The other car and I were equidistant to the only parking spot left in the lot.
8) In retrospect, I would have never turned left at the light knowing that I would end up waiting in traffic for hours.
9) I like to believe that the positive attitude in people permeates into area surrounding them, in turn putting others in a better mood.
10) Imagine what the perfectly timed “synchronous swimming” would look like if one day they decided to rename it to “asynchronous swimming”.
1. I tried to divert my eyes from the car accident while driving by but I couldn’t help myself from looking.
2. Her malady made her miss school for two weeks because she was bedridden.
3. The weatherman said the weather would be fluctuating during the day so I brought a hoodie.
4. I had to extract the important information from the reading and write it down in my notes in order to study for the test.
5. It wasn’t raining hard enough to have my windshield wipers all the way one so I set them to intermittent.
6. The defense had such a good case and in the end the verdict rightfully turned out to be “not guilty”.
7. I knew that you would regret your decision so I had to dissuade you from it.
8. She was blatantly lying to my friends so I had to counteract to everything she said.
9. It is good to be multifaceted in sports, arts, and academics so you can be a well-rounded person.
10. I could tell by her circumlocution that she didn’t study and had no idea what the answer was.
Even though an election is held to choose the Pope, the Vatican is not a democracy but an autocratic nation.
A donation was made to the ice rink by an anonymous benefactor.
A focus in reference to a parabola is a point equidistant from both the directrix and any point on the parabola.
It did not take long for the smell of the smoke from the grill to permeate the house.
The malady causing my weight loss was a mystery to the doctors even after the battery of tests.
The neighbor down the street seems somewhat innocuous but no one really knows him.
The pressure in the hyperbolic chamber is maintained at the same level and not allowed to fluctuate.
It takes a bit of practice to learn the proper ways to counteract submission holds in MMA.
The members of our club convene on every Thursday for a meeting.
In retrospect, perhaps buying the stupid tie was a mistake even though it was funny in the moment.
1. The country of Cuba is an autocratic government, it has been under the rule of the same person for over 40 years.
2. A wealthy benefactor contributed a large sum of money to the charity raising millions of dollars.
3. The council was convened to discuss the problems in the country.
4. After the council met they decided to counteract the growing hunger problem by providing more food to the poor.
5. The Marine Corp credo is “Semper Fi”.
6. After the trial the judge reached a verdict and proclaimed the defendant guilty of all charges.
7. The man dissuaded the kids from swimming in the lake because it was dirty and full of leeches.
8. Poison Control extracted the venom from the woman’s arm as fast as possible to insure her safety.
9. The weather man said there would be intermittent showers throughout the day, so it would be hard to give exact times of when it should start or stop.
10. The smell of sweet juicy steak permeated the air in the backyard so even the neighbors could smell it.
1. After many days of trial, the jury finally announced their verdict, a vote 9 to 1 in favor of the plaintiff.
2. Our star player was a benefactor in our twelve and zero season.
3. When Alex became sick, his mom did not want him in school because she was scared the other kids might pick up his malady.
4. All of the inexperienced Neophyte skiers stick to the bunny hill.
5. Many Jews convened to see Jesus preach in Nazareth, there were so many there some needed to stand in trees to see.
6. St. Marks is the best place in the world to permeate a secret to the whole student body.
7. By crashing the ball into the other I diverted both balls original paths.
8. The bible is one example of Christian’s credo.
9. It was a tough challenge trying to distract the bottle from the babies hand without waking him.
10. Even if the small creature seems to be innocuous, you should still caution because they may still turn out to be deadly.
1. The short passage was extracted from the novel they read in English class the year before.
2. Although they were frustrated with the boys’ lack of skill on the instrument, they couldn’t really get mad since he was just a neophyte.
3. The leader’s speech, which was supposed to be profound, was instead full of a bunch of circumlocution, where he continued to beat around the bush and never actually got to the point.
4. The clocks, which were set to be the same time, had become asynchronous and no one could figure out which to follow.
5. The benefactor of the generous donation was anonymous, therefore the school could not send out a thank you note.
6. The teachers would convene for the meeting as soon as all of the classes were dismissed.
7. The kids ran from the dinosaur because they were unsure if he was omnivorous or an herbivore and did not want to be eaten.
8. The man tried to dissuade himself from stealing by thinking of all the consequences he would have to face if he was caught.
9. The two runners appeared to be equidistant from the finish line up until the last leg of the race, where one had finally gotten ahead.
10. The jury had finally reached a verdict and found the two men guilty of murder in the first degree.
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