Soph Yellow Class---Vocab Unit 2 homework
Post (over this weekend) ten (10) sentences using ten different vocabulary words correctly, giving a context clue to the meaning of the word within your sentence.
Your context clue should use restatement, contrast, or inference (see pp. 9-10 of your vocab book if you need help with these).
Of course, identify yourself according to your first name, last initial, and section color.
e.g. Usually slightly nervous and uncertain, most ninth graders entering St. Mark's are somewhat taciturn during their initial days in school.
posted by JTF @ 8:22 AM
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1. I am often aggressively accosted by employees of new companies that want me to give a hefty donation.
2. When I receive a bad grade on an exam, I know criticism and an animadversion about my lack of efforts to prepare will come from my parents.
3. The scientist explained that the brackish water not only had an unpleasant taste but it was also unsafe to drink.
4. My gambit in the finals of the chess tournament was very risky but in the end it proved to be a good choice because I was victorious.
5. Some nights in my house are very calm and halcyon and others are very chaotic and loud.
6. After the investigation, the detectives concluded that the cause of the fire was a complex incendiary device.
7. The myopic boy had a very hard time seeing the notes on the chalkboard from the back of the classroom.
8. It was very obvious and overt that my brother created the mess of food piled on the ground because he had several food stains on his shirt.
9. My grandfather always used to tell me that back when he was a kid the standards of propriety stated that it was unacceptable to wear a hat inside or at the dinner table.
10. When the teacher asked the class a question, Joe knew the answer right away and summarily raised his hand.
1. The animadversion of his parent's opinion on becoming a singer left him sulking and sad.
2. Sea water is impure and brackish due to natural minerals in the water.
3. Most black market operations are devious due to it being illegal.
4. Starting a business is a gambit that can pay out or be a major financial loss.
5. The Emmy Awards are given to actors based on their histrionic talent in the acting world.
6. Char cloth is a incendiary material used to make fires when camping or surviving in the wild.
7. The giant maelstrom sank the ship to the bottom of the ocean.
8. The best lectures are told summarily and briefly.
9. A talisman can be used to ward off evil with magical properties.
10. The waves that come to bay undulate in a rhythmic pattern.
1. The animadversion of the critics drove the movie’s ratings into the ground.
2. The brackish, salty water is not safe to drink.
3. The devious fox tricked the farmer and killed all of his chickens.
4. The U.S.S Halcyon was named after a legendary bird which looked like a kingfisher.
5. The incendiary device set Shane’s house on fire.
6. John’s myopic eyes prevented him from seeing clearly at long distances.
7. The pejorative failure drove Regina’s self esteem down tremendously.
8. Committing sacrilege is like committing heresy.
9. Michael was a suppliant at the figurative alter of the Internet.
10. Ashley tended to get seasick on the undulating decks of a boat.
1. The young boy was an avid chess player who had played enough to win many competitions.
2. Even after filtering it many times, the campers were still unable to use the brackish water.
3. Crocodiles strike with amazing celerity, and they usually capture prey before it escapes.
4. The bank teller became very cautious when she noticed a customer’s devious manner.
5. Parents sometimes tell their children of the halcyon times when they were young.
6. Fireworks are incendiary devices that can be enjoyable if used properly and safely.
7. World War II was a maelstrom that devastated Europe and the entire world.
8. The military usually keeps it operations secret and doesn’t want them overt.
9. The cheating student was summarily removed from the testing room for academic dishonesty.
10. Many people regard a clover with four leaves as a talisman for good luck.
1. The big time NFL star was accosted by many fans on the way to the game.
2. I knew after I played poorly in the football game, I would receive some animadversion.
3. On Halloween, the kids used some devious tactics to scare the children.
4. The avid runner trained six days a week.
5. The water served to us at the restaurant had a brackish taste, so we complained to the manager.
6. Today I completed my homework with surprise celerity, which is strange for me because I usually spend hours on my homework.
7. After a long trial, the incendiary was let free even after it was obvious he set fire to the houses purposely.
8. The teacher questioned the propriety of his remark, because he thought it was very inappropriate.
9. When being interviewed after a big game, the star suppliantly answered all of the questions.
10. After the student got caught with illegal drugs, he was summarily kicked out of school.
1. I use the gambit of giving up the lead in the 400 meter individual medley on the butterfly leg in order to save my energy and catch up on the other stokes.
2. When we are doing butterfly drills at practice, my coaches tell us to undulate our bodies in order to move swiftly across the surface of the water.
3. After her latest appearance in court, Lindsay Lohan was surely accosted by paparazzi outside the courthouse.
4. I am such an avid reader, that I used to read to and from school every day.
5. The sample we received at the beginning of our lab in chemistry was too brackish for consumption; our goal is to make the water consumable.
6. The celerity with which Haley ran down the field was so surprising that she quickly overtook her adversary.
7. I look back on summer as the halcyon days before swimming, field hockey, and school started.
8. Having four girls in one house will surely produce many histrionics, usually over trivial matters.
9. Before I knew it, I was caught up in the maelstrom of activities that my new school had to offer.
10. Many people believe that ordinary, every-day objects are talisman that actually bring them luck.
1. I was very upset by my art teacher’s animadversions of my painting.
2. As soon as she started to drink the brackish water, she made a disgusted face and spit it out.
3. The devious character in the book was spying on the main character for the enemy.
4. During the hectic school year I always miss the halcyon days of my summer.
5. The crazy incendiary had already set half of the building on fire before the firefighters were able to put it out.
6. Although she tried to avoid it, she soon got caught up in the maelstrom of her friends’ fighting.
7. When she rolled her eyes it was an overt sign that she was annoyed.
8. The entire Catholic community was horrified by the sacrilege of burning a cross.
9. The old woman had a collection of talismans that she claimed warded off evil and brought her good luck
10. After spilling water on my paper, it began to undulate and ripple as it dried.
1. When visiting New York City, the group of tourists was continually accosted by the homeless lining on the streets.
2. The boy’s avid passion for collecting baseball cards led him to have over twenty binders full of baseball cards.
3. After accidently swallowing the brackish water from the ocean, I wanted a nice glass of purified water.
4. When Hannah would talk to her grandmother, Hannah would find herself listening to her grandmother’s stories about the halcyon days of her childhood.
5. Sometimes actors struggle with being low-key in everyday situations, since they are always histrionic on stage.
6. Maura seemed to be in a maelstrom of stress because of all her school work, extra-curricular activities, and family and friend problems.
7. Sarah tried to hold in her excitement about getting the part, but she had so much excitement that it was quite overt.
8. The propriety of the Islam culture is for women to have their heads covered at all times.
9. It seemed impossible for the girl to turn down the boy’s suppliant request for her to go to prom with him.
10. The fortune teller uses many talismans such as a crystal ball to help reveal peoples’ futures.
1. I was overwhelmed by my art teacher’s animadversions on my first day of art class, but I soon realized that she was simply trying to help me improve.
2. My avid love of Irish dancing began ever since I took my first class in first grade, and it has added so much more to my life since then.
3. The celerity with which he spoke caused all of us to quickly become overwhelmed and confused by his fast-paced lecture.
4. The halcyon of the small, peaceful pond made me feel like I was in a dream.
5. Because of her histrionic personality, she is often the one to start drama or fights.
6. We spent our last day of summer realizing that we would soon be swept up in the maelstrom of schoolwork and stress.
7. It can sometimes be difficult to contain emotions, but in some situations it is important to avoid an overt reaction.
8. Some people acquire a pejorative attitude toward people younger than them.
9. The elderly women were shocked at the sacrilege of the young girls who were disrespectful to their parents.
10. As soon as her favorite song came on the radio, she summarily began to sing along; she knew every single word straight from the beginning.
1. I am often and annoyingly accosted by employees at the mall.
2. He made a suppliant plea to his girlfriend on his knees to forgive him for all the wrong he had done.
3. The man had been an avid, almost obsessive, collector of stamps since he was a young boy.
4. I was in hysterics as my sister spewed the brackish water out of her mouth.
5. It was a good thing the students moved with celerity during the fire drill, because there actually was a fire in the kitchen.
6. The devious route she used took about a half hour longer than the normal drive, but was much more scenic.
7. The wanna-be actress’s histrionic speech consisted of her voice getting louder and louder, and her hands moving around more and more.
8. The maelstrom of the war left an immense amount of destruction and sorrow in its wake.
9. When the boy was caught cheating during the test, he was summarily sent to the discipline office.
10. Her grandmother had many talismans that she steadfastly believed determined her luck.
1. It is so hard for me to control my guilt when I hear the animadversion in my parents’ voices.
2. My throat burns when I swallow the brackish salt water of the ocean.
3. It is very annoying when you walk through the mall and every worker at the stands accosts you when you walk by.
4. People tend to have a myopic view when they are going through tough situations because they can’t see the big picture.
5. Ideally, every parent wants to see their child grow up getting perfect grades and never getting in trouble; however, most teenagers take devious routes, getting in adventurous trouble and slacking on their schoolwork.
6. My mother always tells me that I get my histrionic behavior from my father, but she doesn’t realize that she is just as dramatic as I am.
7. Propriety has definitely changed in the last century; it used to never be appropriate for children to speak at dinner unless they were spoken to.
8. I want to have an overt relationship with the people who claim to be my friends when, in reality, they are embarrassed to be seen with me.
9. The second the test came back positive for gun powder residue, the police summarily arrested the suspect.
10. As much as people want to believe otherwise, relationships undulate, and there are definitely times when they are low rather than high.
1. The producer was very hurt by the animadversion the critic gave because it was very harsh criticism and showed much disapproval.
2. After being stranded on an island for many days the man died do to drinking brackish water, which was salty and not safe to drink.
3. Although sumo wrestler looked big and fat he moved with certain celerity and won the match with beautiful swiftness.
4. The devious little boy was very tricky when he snuck a thumbtack on his teacher’s chair when she left the room for a second.
5. The General performed an interesting maneuver when he used a gambit to draw the enemy out to his bait so he could ambush them.
6. When I was hunting on the creek I saw a halcyon sight of a beautiful king fisher flying through the air.
7. The actors in the school play were very histrionic and acted very theatrical.
8. After the attacks on 9-11, Al-Qaida became an overt threat and it was very obvious how dangerous they are.
9. The video disrespecting the Muslim religion was a clear sacrilege and was very disrespectful.
10. The fans at the super bowl began to undulate in a wave like fashion when the cheered for the players.
1. Most people who are avid readers have an enhanced vocabulary.
2. I don’t like to swim in rivers because instead of the water being clear it’s brackish.
3. The devil used devious tactics to try and temp Jesus in the desert.
4. The attack on the World Trade Center was an overt act.
5. When celebrities or people in the public eye make pejorative remarks everyone finds out within a few hours.
6. The class valedictorian gave a somewhat histrionic speech at the graduation ceremony.
7. Homeless men tend to accost you when you walk down the city blocks.
8. The fire at Friends School was supposedly done by and incendiary.
9. As soon as the man was proven guilty of the murder, he was summarily put into a police car on his way to prison.
10. The young student made a suppliant address to the school board about the dress code.
1. The man choked as he realized the disgusting liquid he tasted was brackish pond water.
2. After he discovered that he had only seconds to escape his burning house, Jacob reacted with great celerity.
3. The two boys substantiate their hate for each other in an overt manner.
4. Apparently keeping a golden talisman in my pocket will bring me seven years of good luck.
5. The avid gamer scolded me when I touched his huge collection of video games.
6. The student had a very myopic view of the researching paper as he thought he could finish it all in one night.
7. After finishing my last final exam, I found myself in a very halcyon state.
8. Even I discovered the cure for cancer I could still expect an animadversion from the bitter old lady.
9. Thinking I knew the whereabouts of the thief, I was aggressively accosted by the officials.
10. As the American flag slipped out of his hand and touched the ground, the old man immediately knew he committed a sacrilege.
1.)The little boy, who usually avoids confrontation, decided to accost the school bully.
2.)The expired milk had a taste worse than brackish seawater.
3.)The shady bystander turned out to be the devious thief the police were searching for.
4.)The trading vessel had sunk, due to the huge maelstrom it got caught in.
5.)Even though the clumsy man was trying to help, his pejorative actions just made things even worse.
6.)The duchess was disgusted at the lack of propriety that the rude, messy peasants had.
7.)After accidentally breaking a window, the arrogant braggart was forced to make a suppliant apology to the store owner.
8.)The boy did a histrionic reading of his poem, almost as if he were acting it out.
9.)Once his victim was dead, the murderer used an incendiary device to burn the house down.
10.)Since the movers were on a tight schedule, they needed to get everything out of the house summarily.
1. A salesperson accosted my family and me while we were walking around the city and tried to make us buy the product that he was advertising.
2. Some of my friends are avid One Direction fans who try to know everything that the boys in that band do in their lives.
3. Most plants would die if they were placed in salt marshes, but certain grasses and other salt-tolerant plants thrive when they absorb the brackish water in the marshes.
4. The army’s devious plans focused mainly on faking a retreat and having a second line of soldiers who would shoot at the charging enemy.
5. Sometimes my grandparents would think of the halcyon days when the economy was prosperous, and everything seemed perfect.
6. The histrionic boy always exaggerated his emotions as if he was performing in a play every single minute of the day.
7. The director’s incendiary anti-Muslim movie that was uploaded online sparked international protests from countries in the Middle East.
8. The shy girl was embarrassed by the boy’s overt declaration of love for her that was said in front of the whole class.
9. I could not believe that the naughty boys committed the sacrilege of throwing bibles at each other when the theology teacher was not inside the classroom.
10. The criminal was summarily pronounced “guilty” in his trial when he slipped up and accidentally said something that contradicted the facts that he stated in his made-up alibi.
1. My dad was accosted by a man on the streets of San Francisco who was asking for a donation for his foundation.
2. I am an avid collector of state quarters; I never use them to pay for anything.
3. During the fire drill, the students made it out of the building with such celerity that the principal thought that they had set a record time.
4. The man used such devious tactics of persuasion that I thought he was trying to blackmail us.
5. The halcyon years of the fun-filled “Roaring Twenties” came to an abrupt halt when the stock market crashed in 1929.
6. The incendiary actions of Katniss and Peeta in the 74th Annual Hunger Games caused the nation of Panem to erupt in rebellion.
7. The pejorative comment that the girl made about my swim team set off many years of animosity between our two teams.
8. After badly messing up an assignment, the employee was summarily dismissed from her position.
9. My dad believes that his Mardi Gras beads serve as talismans for good luck for when the New Orleans Saints play football.
10. Although the waves weren't huge, we could clearly see the water undulating.
1. The author was disappointed to hear so many animadversions from unsatisfied readers after he released his first book.
2. I am always very disgusted after feeling the brackish taste of the salty, swallowed ocean sea.
3. I was surprised by the celerity of the quick sled gliding over the snow.
4. My little sister often comes up with devious ways to frame me for things and get me in trouble.
5. The one-act plays are the most histrionic and over-acted shows all year.
6. Katniss and Peeta twisting the rules of the Hunger Games and both coming out as victors was a very incendiary event that caused uprisings throughout Panem.
7. Sometimes placing something in an overt place ends up being the hardest to find, even though its right out in the open.
8. In some religions, you can commit a terrible sacrilege just by placing your bare hands on a sacred book.
9. Speeches don't have to be long to be good, because a short speech can summarily describe a view-point without the audience getting board.
10. Some people use a snake's fang a talisman for good luck.
1. Due to the brackish water added to the food during the cooking, the food tasted especially salty and unappetizing.
2. The critic gave a strong animadversion that it may have hurt the author's self-esteem.
3. The boy did his chores in such celerity that it took him only a short time to complete.
4. I awoke from a dream that the legendary halcyon was flying through the sky looking down at the world.
5. The histrionic voices of the actors led me to believe that there was something more getting ready to happen in the play.
6. The myopic girl failed to see the correct view of how to solve the problem.
7. The child always had a pejorative nature by getting in the way and making bad situations even worse.
8. She summarily submitted her complaint so that she could quickly get the problem solved and taken care of in a brief amount of time.
9. The talisman looked like the amulet straight from the movie but was just a small souvenir.
10. The ways all the cheerleaders undulated their arms up and down with all of the motions, gave them a ripple effect.
1. The dawdling business man, eating his oat-bran muffin, was accosted by a ravenous seagull that took the muffin right out of his hand.
2. The mother hoped her son, who was an avid reader, would one day fulfill his dream of becoming a writer.
3.On this extremely hot day, even the brackish bay water looked like a good place to cool off.
4.One memory I will forever cherish is when we hiked in the halcyon woods of Virginia, leaving the chaotic city life behind.
5. Emily usually could care less about sports, but her incendiary comment about the Eagle’s loss lead to a big ole ruckus from her brothers.
6.An innocent jogger was not very pleased when he got caught up in the maelstrom of the snowball fight.
7.Poor Mary felt very excluded when Stacy and Morgan overtly talked about the sleepover she was not invited to.
8.The conceited girl totally disregarded the propriety of the dress code when she wore a very revealing, tight dress.
9. John made a very suppliant request to dance with the beautiful Rebecca, but sadly he was instantly shot down.
10.As soon as his owner pulled in the drive way, the dog summarily awakened from his mid-afternoon nap.
1. The purpose of a fire drill is to make sure everyone moves with celerity if a real fire should occur.
2. The avid baseball card collector has a huge box of cards that date back to when he was three years old.
3. Now that my brothers have gone to college, my house is calm and halcyon.
4. The crowd at the football game began to undulate when they all stood up and did the wave.
5. The country got caught up in the maelstrom of the war one of their allies was fighting.
6. Rivers and lakes that connect with the ocean can sometimes have brackish water.
7. Many athletes are very superstitious and carry a talisman with them for good luck.
8. The chess player made a huge gambit in the championship that he was never able to overcome.
9. The boy’s myopic vision required him to get glasses so he could see far away.
10. The candidate presented himself in an overt manner which won him the election.
1. It can sometimes be intimidating at first when accosted by a stranger, but they usually mean no harm.
2. Those with knowledge of survival skills know how to make brackish seawater into drinkable water using few tools.
3. While some people may complete their assignments with celerity, I tend to take a long time to concentrate and complete my homework.
4. The halcyon sea was very calming and I felt my mind emptying itself of all of my problems and worries.
5. I know several drama queens who tend to give histrionic speeches over everything that bothers them.
6. I am aware that sometimes pointing out possible problems could be useful, but making incendiary comments does nothing but irritate everyone.
7. One of a sailor's worst nightmares is to have his ship dragged under the sea in a spinning maelstrom.
8. The girl was myopic and therefore had to wear glasses in order to clearly see objects far off in the distance.
9. The boy carried a talisman around with him at all times, hoping it would ward off evil and bring him good luck.
10. Watching the ocean's undulating waves and listening to its rhythm can relieve one's tension.
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1.My cousin felt threatened when the strange woman accosted her in the park, asking for her name.
2.Due to the fact that I love magic tricks, I am an avid collector of playing cards.
3.When the little girl was pulled under by the big wave, she was left with a brackish taste in her mouth.
4.The celerity of the runner was unmatched by any of his opponents in the race.
5.The devious prankster filled his friend’s toothpaste tube with cream cheese.
6.The chess player opened the game with the queen’s gambit, sacrificing his pawn for control of the board.
7.The lector’s histrionic proclamation of the first reading made us feel as though we were in a theatre watching a play.
8.The firefighters fighting the blaze looked through the crowd to see if they could identify an incendiary.
9.During the storm, the ship’s captain found it difficult to navigate through the maelstrom.
10.The burning of the Quran is considered a great sacrilege to the Muslim people.
1. Many homeless people accosted the well-dressed wealthy looking man begging him for money.
2. The snakes quick strike was one of intense celerity.
3. The water in the Chesapeake Bay is brackish because it is not salt water but also not quite fresh water.
4. The devious hoodlum managed to pickpocket my dad's wallet as he conversed with me.
5. The soldiers incendiary rounds lit the monster on fire as he shot it.
6. The myopic man asked me to read the street sign off in the distance because he could not see it.
7. I always carry my talisman with me because it gives me better luck.
8. The young author was saddened by the critic's animadversion.
9. The overt operation was ordered by General Lee as a distraction as he sent in two spies to secretly steal enemy info.
10. The boy was summarily expelled when the principal was notified of his attempt to attack his English teacher.
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