Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Blue Vocab Unit 8

Rows 1-3 work with words 1-10. Rows 4-6 work with words 11-20. As always, post ten sentences giving contextual clues to the meaning of the words.

21 Comments:

At 3:07 PM, Anonymous JakeG Blue said...

1. The main reason I was so lackadaisical in the game was because I was up late the night before studying for my Mr. Fiorelli’s test.
2. The Declaration of Independence consisted on a section that was a long list or litany of complaints to King George III.
3. The images of all the dead bodies left after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War is a macabre sight.
4. The paucity of food at the Christmas party was a result of not going to the grocery store the day before.
5. Dark and cloudy skies usually portend that a storm is going to take place.
6. Veterans Stadium, the former park of the Philadelphia Phillies, was razed or demolished in 2004.
7. Lance Armstrong recently recanted his prior statements that he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs.
8. His shirt was saturated with sweat after his long and tiring baseball workout.
9. Her behavior was very saturnine instead of being lighthearted and cheerful like she usually is most likely because of lack of sleep.
10. In every episode of the reality T.V. show Survivor, the people vote to slough or cast off one person.

 
At 5:37 PM, Anonymous ZachIblue said...

1. The alleged criminal was a prime suspect in the burglary investigation.
2. To say Einstein's work had no effect on modern day physics is an arrant hypocrisy.
3. Award shows, like the Grammys, are full of playful badinage between actors and actresses.
4. I was on my best behavior when I was trying to conciliate my mother.
5. The commander's order was countermanded when the enemy ships changed course.
6. After the lieutenant's critical mistake he was demoted to the lower echelon.
7. The introduction of nuclear weapons has exacerbated the effects of a possible World War III
8. The three-year-old's comments were funny and fatuous.
9. The irrefutable truth is: all life will come to an end one day.
10. The St. Mark's cheer leading team is a athletic juggernaut, winning the championship for the past several years.

 
At 7:09 PM, Anonymous KatyS Blue said...

1. The criminal was alleged to have have murdered six people.
2. Al Capone was an arrant criminal during Prohibition.
3. The comedy was filled with playful badinage between the two main characters.
4. As the mediator it was his job to conciliate the differences between the two parties.
5. The commander countermanded the captain's previous order and led the army to victory.
6. Andrew Johnson rose up through the echelons of politics and eventually became president.
7. The medicine actually exacerbated her condition instead of improving it.
8. The teacher was constantly making fatuous remarks that put down his students.
9. Despite the irrefutable evidence against the defendant, he was declared not guilty because had been bribed.
10. Britain's navy was a juggernaut in colonial times.

 
At 7:50 PM, Anonymous MadelynBblue said...

1. The alleged murderer was taken into custody, however he can't be charged until proven guilty in a court of law.
2. It is in everyone's best interest to ignore the arrant rumors going around school.
3. Even if you don't know someone there is nothing wrong with making polite badinage upon first meeting.
4. It takes a lot to conciliate a teacher after being caught cheating.
5. The students didn't know how to complete their homework after their teacher countermanded the instructions.
6. In most companies, the longer you've been employed, the higher your echelon.
7. Instead of helping the situation, his peace offering did the opposite and only exacerbated things.
8. I lowered my hand, afraid that my question would come off as fatuous instead of the honest question I had.
9. I will not believe in aliens unless there is irrefutable proof saying otherwise.
10. After the team's loss, the coach gave a speech about their lackadaisical effort to win.

 
At 7:54 PM, Anonymous Lauren S Blue said...

11. Her lackadaisical work allowed her to pass the class, but she did not come close to getting an A.
12. The response of a commonly used litany during mass is "pray for us".
13. I prefer to read upbeat stories with happy endings rather than macabre stories with grim subjects.
14. The young girl was very successful in school, but her paucity of "street smarts" held her back in the business world.
15. In The Great Gatsby the author portends Gatsby's death with Nick's dream that he has to tell Gatsby something but it's too late.
16. The wall separating the kitchen and the living room was razed in attempts to open up the floorplan of the house.
17. A heretic in the early church probably would have been punished if they did not recant their statements.
18. After I take a shower, my saturated hair takes about four hours to completely dry.
19. One of Winnie the Pooh's neighbors in the 100 Acre Woods, Eeyore, is well-known for being perpetually saturnine and gloomy.
20. The greatest part of going on vacation isn't the awesome tan, but being able to slough any worries for a short period of time and just relax.

 
At 7:55 PM, Anonymous RebeccaG blue said...

1. The school board alleged that the committee over stepped its authority.
2. The arrant thief robbed the homeowners without shame.
3. It is a delight to see well-educated people, with opposing views, engage in badinage.
4. Sandra used her womanly charm to conciliate an angry competitor.
5. The General countermanded the previous order to advance the troops.
6. I wanted to accelerate in my career to the upper echelon of the company.
7. The multiple road construction projects around the town only exacerbate our traffic problems.
8. The foolish employee was fired for his fatuous and unprofessional attitude toward customers.
9. There is irrefutable proof that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
10. The mountain is known to be a juggernaut, but we decided we wanted to climb it anyway.

 
At 8:20 PM, Anonymous CarolineS Blue said...

1. The actress had a lackadaisical attitude after performing the play many times.
2. For our prayer service, we sang a litany of saints.
3. The macabre auto accident was painful to look at.
4. There was paucity in imagination from the group of young teenagers.
5. The fortune teller portended the future of countless gullible people.
6. After much debate, the company razed an old building to make a site for a new skyscraper.
7. My sister retracted her blame on me once she realized my mother caught her bluff.
8. My clothes were fully saturated with water after riding the log flume.
9. The team soon had saturnine attitudes after losing the big game.
10. Garage sales are good for sloughing unnecessary items that just take up space.

 
At 8:45 PM, Anonymous AllieS Blue said...

11. Because of her lackadaisical attitude in the office, her boss finally fired her and suggested that working from home may be a better fit.

12. At the service, the priest prayed an unusually long litany.

13. Many people find the macabre theme in Poe’s stories to be unsettling.

14. Our school donates money to help with the paucity of basic necessities in third-world countries.

15. The frightened look on her face portended that something tragic was about to happen.

16. Unfortunately, many towns and cities choose to raze old historic buildings rather than to take the time to preserve them.

17. After the first year of presidency, he seemed to have recanted his plans that he promised the country during the election speeches.

18. The drought seemed to have been relieved after the brown grass became saturated during the three straight days of rain showers.

19. Rainy Mondays always seem to add to the saturnine attitude of tired students early in the morning.

20. After talking with his doctor, he realized that he had no choice but to slough his bad habits and start living a healthier lifestyle.

 
At 8:55 PM, Anonymous Lcrouse blue said...

1. Karisa was lackadaisical with her schoolwork because she already knew that she got into the University of Miami, so there was no point in doing any work whole-heartedly.
2. Thomas Jefferson wrote a litany in the Declaration of Independence that contained twenty-eight reasons why we were breaking from the British regime.
3. I abhor the holiday of Halloween because macabre and gruesome costumes give me nightmares for weeks.
4. The paucity of food at the site could lead to some deaths due to starvation.
5. In books, authors like to portend a series of unfortunate events by stormy weather.
6. The young boy was so livid at the boy scout troop that he razed and completely destroyed their most valuable possession: their flag.
7. Once Margaret found out more about Lindsay Lohan, she recanted her belief that she had said earlier saying that Lindsay is not an alcoholic.
8. The instruction book for tie-dying a shirt stated that the colors would be more vibrant if you let the shirt saturate with the dye.
9. The whole team was saturnine after they lost the big game unlike the winning team who was very cheerful with their first place trophy.
10. Because her mother did not want to see her son suffer depression any longer, she called a therapist whom she believed would help him get through his slough.

 
At 9:16 PM, Anonymous Rachel McCabe said...

11. After three months of running, I had a lackadaisical attitude about cross country.
12. When the principal asked for any suggestions pertaining to the new security on the school, she was showered with a litany of complaints.
13. I always wonder what is going through a murder’s mind when they decide to commit such a macabre crime.
14. After my brother comes to visit, there always seems to be a paucity of food in my house.
15. The weather forecaster portended the upcoming hurricane.
16. The construction workers had to raze a couple of trees before starting their work on building the new house.
17. The politician recanted his statement after realizing how offensive it was to people.
18. In order to fully saturate my stomach, I must have dessert after dinner.
19. After failing the test, the boys mood went from cheerful to saturnine.
20. While cleaning out her wallet, the woman decided to slough any receipts to clothing which she had already worn.

 
At 9:17 PM, Anonymous John D Blue said...

1. The prosecutor alleged that the man had killed the woman even though he had very little evidence.
2. The woman was arrantly guilty of murder because her fingerprints were on the murder weapon.
3. Mr. Fiorelli is really on to something with his badinage in class.
4. The country conciliated its foe to reach a peace treaty.
5. The general countermanded the lieutenant’s order much to the lieutenant’s chagrin.
6. Lebron James is officially in the upper echelon of all-time NBA players.
7. The man meant to pacify the argument, but all he did was exacerbate it.
8. The negative reaction to the candidate’s very fatuous, self-serving remark led to his dropping out of the running.
9. The man was convicted because there was no way for his lawyer to disprove the irrefutable evidence.
10. St. Marks baseball is a prime example of a juggernaut.

 
At 9:21 PM, Anonymous RandyM Blue said...

1. The criminal allegedly shot the school teacher.
2. Tom is an arrant fool, but others see him as a genius.
3. Lucy, Cole, and Spencer enjoy the badinage they exchange among each other.
4. Because Jack frequently neglects to do his homework, he must conciliate his teacher's trust that he can complete his assignments without having to turn them in for a grade.
5. Her father's explanation of where babies come from completely countermands her mother's explanation on the subject.
6. Colonel is a highly prestigious echelon in the military.
7. Joan's rude comment immediately exacerbated the argument between her and her teacher.
8. He has been known to make highly fatuous remarks when under heavy pressure.
9. Michael Jordan being the greatest player to ever play the game of basketball is irrefutable.
10. By some the St. Mark's volleyball team is known as a juggernaut.

 
At 9:26 PM, Anonymous CaseyB Blue said...

1. The news reporter did not have a lot of proof about the case, but alleged who the suspect was.
2. The arrant and unmitigated fool was completely gullible to every lie someone told him.
3. The group of friends had a badinage, or banter, about the movie that they saw together over the weekend.
4. There were attempts to conciliate and pacify the dispute between the two sides.
5. The general countermanded the previous order to advance the troops, and now wants them to stand back and guard the area.
6. I was tired of belonging to a low rank in the company, so I needed to work harder in order to advance to a higher echelon.
7. The student was already exacerbating his teacher, and being even more obnoxious only made the situation worse.
8. The employee was fired for his fatuous and inane attitude toward customers.
9. The movie was undeniably good that it was irrefutable for the audience not to enjoy it.
10. The army was an unstoppable juggernaut in which it destroyed everything it came in contact with.

 
At 9:49 PM, Anonymous AndrewK Blue said...

1. For years, Lance Armstrong has denied his alleged doping, citing that there was no proof that he did dope.
2. While commercials during the Super Bowl are usually funny, this year they took a turn for the worse by airing some very arrant commercials.
3. To pass the time after school before being picked up, I usually engage in badinage with whomever is around, even with people I don't know.
4. The goal for every presidential candidate when campaigning is to conciliate the swing states in your favor, because having them on your side usually leads to a victory.
5. For most anti-gun law people, any gun law or restriction passed countermands the 2nd amendment.
6. For a short period after the Civil War, in the reconstructed South, it was possible for an African American to rise up the echelons and become a senator or a representative in Congress.
7. Before the invention of the gun, soldiers had always marched straight forward into the enemy. Then the musket came along and exacerbated warfare, as soldiers would just march straight into enemy fire and get killed by the hundreds.
8. The Blacks of the early 1800s created a fatuous character named Sambo who was a clueless slave that did not work very hard.
9. At this point in time, thanks to science, it is irrefutable to say that the dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid, humans evolved from monkeys, and that the earth and even the sun are not the center of the universe.
10. In space, something you never want to encounter is the juggernaut that is a black hole. A black hole sucks everything in, has infinite gravity, and is undetectable because it even sucks in what little light there is in space.

 
At 10:27 PM, Anonymous TinaN Blue said...

1. The cheerleaders' performance at the basketball game during half time was lackadaisical because they had no interest in being there, especially on a friday night.
2. When the priest offers up a petition during mass and the congregation responds, "Lord hear prayer," it is an example of a litany.
3. A popular costume on Halloween is a zombie because it is scary and macabre.
4. A paucity of the necessary nutrients needed for the average person could lead to malnutrition.
5. Meteorologists were good at portending the hit of Hurricane Sandy, making it easier for people to prepare for the worst situations possible.
6. Instead of re-building the run down church into a decent place again, the community decided to raze it and build a day care where the church once stood.
7. Apple made a strong statement to Jack saying that the 49ers were going to beat the Ravens in the Super-bowl, but Apple recanted when he saw that the 49ers were down by 22 points in the second half.
8. The girl's hair was saturated and still dripping after her shower, leaving the back of her shirt drenched in water.
9. Everyone likes Stacy's mom because unlike Carol's mom, she does not have a saturnine attitude, making her seem stand-offish.
10. After, Allie's death, Holden was in a slough and seemed to act out because he didn't know how to handle being sad.

 
At 10:39 PM, Anonymous KFish blue said...

1.Last weeks newspapers alleged that the ex-police officer in Los Angeles had gone into hiding.
2.The arrant thief continued to rob stores and banks even with the police tracking his every move.
3.Mr. Fiorelli’s badinage conversation in English class today was very amusing.
4.The boy conciliated her father by asking his permission to take his daughter on a date.
5.Our practice today countermanded the other practices we have had all week.
6.In order to succeed, you must start at the very bottom and work your way to the top in an echelon way.
7.The road construction projects around town have only exacerbated our traffic problems.
8.The fatuous toddler thought that he could jump off the high dive without a life jacket or floaties.
9.My sisters story about how I took her clothes without asking was so irrefutable that I knew no matter what I said to defend myself, my parents would never believe me.
10.The other night I had a dream that a huge juggernaut invaded the state of Delaware and destroyed everything.

 
At 11:05 PM, Anonymous RachelF Blue said...

1. The angry store owner alleged the young boys of stealing candy.
2. Instead of easing her way into firing the man, the boss was arrant and directly fired him.
3. There is no such thing as badinage at a funeral; not one conversation is light.
4. The UN helps conciliate issues between nations.
5. The new judge was inexperienced and could not follow the cases as each side continued to countermand each other's statements.
6. West Point finally released their well trained echelon to the battle field a month ago.
7. Putting hand sanitizer on a cut will only exacerbate the pain.
8. The class clown made a fatuous face after he finished his joke.
9. It is irrefutable that the word irrefutable begins with the letter i.
10. Kansas's last tornado acted as a juggernaut when it destroyed the towns and farms.

 
At 12:17 AM, Anonymous BrendanO Blue said...

1. Although the police claimed that Tom was the alleged burglar, his friends thought it could not possibly be him.
2. The wild student was arrantly disrespectful to the teacher in front of the principal.
3. I enjoy some nice badinage with my friends.
4. The cat conciliated the dog and soon enough they were inseparable.
5. Whenever Bill’s mom would say no he would ask his father in hopes that he would countermand what Bill’s mom said.
6. The smart soldier quickly rose to the upper echelon of military officers.
7. My attempts to break the fight up only ended exacerbating the issue.
8. The fatuous girl thought she was much smarter than she really was.
9. The trial wrapped up quickly once the prosecution presented irrefutable evidence that proved the suspect guilty.
10. The school’s basketball team was a juggernaut, they won 5 straight titles.

 
At 7:03 AM, Anonymous JamesH BLUE said...

11. The lackadaisical football team was dead silent on the bus ride home after losing the championship game by one point.
12. Sunday's litany had a good message but, it was difficult to follow as well as the response was long and hard to recite.
13. The macabre serial killer was wanted for countless gruesome and violent murders.
14. During the Irish potato famine, their was a paucity of potatoes which is the reason that so many Irish immigrated to America.
15. In movies the characters often portend, or foreshadow what will take place later in the picture.
16. At one time many wanted to raze "Old Ironsides" but thanks to Oliver Holmes the ship was spared.
17. Often times, lousy politicians recant a statement they have made on an issue in order to benefit their campaigns.
18. The man saturated the rags in a large bucket of water in order to wash his car.
19. I can always tell when someone is in a saturnine mood, and sometimes it's nice to attempt to cheer them up, but others it is better to just stay out of their way.
20. As the ship began to sink the passengers began sloughing all unnecessary objects overboard.

 
At 10:28 PM, Anonymous KevinP Blue said...

11. I have to skate hard every shift or my coach will you yell at me for being lackadaisical in my efforts on the ice.
12. I feel as if some priests just like to hear themselves talk, and it shows in their litanies.
13. The macabre theme of the movie I saw last week was awfully disturbing.
14. We did skating drills because there was a paucity of pucks to play with.
15. The stern tone in her voice portended that I was about to be in trouble.
16. I remember watching the old Phillies stadium being razed on television.
17. As I sat in the dean's office, I had to recant statements made to my teacher from me.
18. After the snow, the ground was saturated and was wet for days.
19. Having the flu put me in a saturnine state of mind.
20. I work on my skating to slough any bad habits that I have under game time pressure.

 
At 4:26 PM, Anonymous Mattw Blue said...

1. Dectectives tend to allege suspects to try to get them to confess to a crime.
2. Alot of the time, the enemy in a plot is arrant and shameless.
3. When flirting, two people tend to have bandinage conversations.
4. You must hope your wife ronciliates you and remains your lover.
5. Bad soldiers countermand their superior officers and disobey.
6. In warfare there is a variety of echelons such as infantry, snipers and artillery personnel.
7. R rated films exacerbate the original script to make it more appealing to grown ups.
8. Sometimes, the funniest people are the most fatuous because they are funny to laugh at.
9. Good lawyers usually settle when the opposing counsel has irrefutable evidence agaisnt their client.
10. Tanks are often called juggernauts on the battlefield because they crush things in their way.

 

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