Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Yellow Class 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.

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At 3:24 PM, Anonymous Patrick H yellow said...

1. The alleged criminal was forced to go into custody with police for questioning.
2. The student went on talking about this arrant nonsense for the whole class.
3. The badinage allows for a light part in the movie in an otherwise serious plot.
4. The two sides finally conciliated and ended the bloody war.
5. The teacher gave instructions that were countermanded by the principal who came over the loudspeaker and made an announcement that said the opposite.
6. The soldier finally reached the upper echelon of forces after working his way up the ranks.
7. Lying while under oath is an easy way to exacerbate an otherwise minor crime.
8. The fatuous remarks came back to haunt the candidate as they sought election.
9. The only way someone can be proven guilty is if there is an irrefutable amount of evidence.
10. The juggernaut of Hurricane Sandy destroyed many areas in the Jersey Shore.

 
At 3:55 PM, Anonymous Alexa M yellow said...

11. The tired and unemotional cheerleading group got a low score on their routine for what the judges called “a lackadaisical performance.”
12. The beautiful funeral service held for those lost in the mass shooting included many prayers and litanies.
13. My boyfriend’s love of macabre movies made watching movies with him unbearable, so we had to find something else to do together.
14. The paucity of incoming freshmen field hockey players caused juniors who should have been on varsity to play for junior varsity instead.
15. The seemingly subtle line murmured by the main character turned out to have portended the biggest plot twist in the book when studied more closely.
16. I suggest that the school raze the old convent that is no longer in use and build a pool there instead.
17. A witness who recants a statement made on the stand is seen as untrustworthy for the rest of the case.
18. When I got off the plane in Dakar, Senegal last summer, my shirt was saturated with sweat in a record time of two minutes.
19. Colin proceeded to walk around in a saturnine way for an entire week after he did badly at the last meet.
20. My mom always tells me to wear more layers than I think are necessary because I can always slough off one or two sweaters if I get too hot.

 
At 5:46 PM, Anonymous AnnieE Yellow said...

11. The lackadaisical performance of the team caused them to fall behind, and unless they could regain enthusiasm, there was no way they could win the game.
12. When asked what was wrong, my extremely negative friend would give a litany of her problems and issues of the day.
13. Even though the theme park was advertized as family-friendly, the macabre haunted house was enough to send even teenagers running.
14. The leaders of the club had expected many more donations, and the paucity of funds caused the cancellation of the annual event.
15. When rereading the first book of the Harry Potter series, I detected small events that portended the last few books.
16. The school decided to raze the old, rickety and hazardous playground and construct a safer, more modern one.
17. As soon as she uttered the offensive words, she realized her mistake and recanted her statement quickly.
18. I quickly grabbed the dropped clothes out of the water, but it was too late; they were already completely saturated.
19. Most students come in to school in a saturnine mood when it is rainy and gray outside.
20. It was raining so hard that it was impossible to even see, but the farmer still sloughed to the barn so he could feed his animals.

 
At 6:04 PM, Anonymous TrevorB Yellow said...

1.In Call of Duty, Juggernauts are extremely feared because they are indestructible force of destruction.

2. The golfers performance at the end of the tournament was lackadaisical due to the fact that he knew there was no way for him to win the tournament.

3. During mass today at school we performed a litany were said a prayer of short appeals to God recited by the leader alternating with responses from the congregation.

4. Sometimes I do not understand why people enjoy horror movies because the whole plot has to do with macabre things.

5. Unfortunately there was a paucity of people at the Blue Gold dance last year.

6. Usually before earthquakes scientists are able to portend that they are coming so that people can be prepared.

7. After black mold was found in an apartment building it had to be razed so that the black mold would go away.

8. After a kid admitted that he cheated on a test he recanted and tried to take back what he had said.

9. When making French toast you really want to saturate the bread with the egg and cinnamon mix.

10. Mr. Farlton always seem to be in saturnine mood and always gives us a ton of homework.

11. During Lent Catholics like to slough off bad habits for the Lenten season.

 
At 6:30 PM, Anonymous JoshanW yellow said...

1. Kevin’s lackadaisical, half-hearted effort on his test caused him to score poorly.
2. The inspiring litany recited in Church was a very inspiring piece of doxology.
3. John’s macabre Halloween costume came with all the bells and whistles, as it had fake blood, fangs, fur, and even a portable fog machine!
4. The paucity of water during the drought was alarming.
5. The passing out of review sheets usually portends the arrival of an exam.
6. The invading fleet razed Korvat III to the ground with their directed energy weapons and antimatter projectiles.
7. Senator Chapman tended to recant his opinions and sayings, and he was widely known as a flip-flopper.
8. The hot chocolate spilled on the Captain’s shirt thoroughly saturated it.
9. A dark, rainy place is a depressing, saturnine place to be.
10. The U.S.S. Defiant sloughed off her aft auxiliary anti-positronic photon emitter and the starboard power coupling to make her go faster in the water, as she now carried around less mass.

 
At 7:29 PM, Anonymous ChrisB Yellow said...

1. The captured suspect was alleged to have been involved in various local crimes.
2. The arrant politician gave his opinion without thinking it could have been offensive.
3. Many families come together for Thanksgiving for dinner and playful badinage.
4. The police tried to conciliate the rioting crowd peacefully before using force.
5. The army commander countermanded his attack order, telling his men not to move.
6. Small companies hope to be successful and reach a higher echelon in the world.
7. The dispute over oil only exacerbated the tensions between the two countries.
8. The stupid, fatuous attempts to move up in the company resulted in the man being fired.
9. The detectives were finally able to imprison the suspect with irrefutable evidence of his involvement in the crime.
10. The juggernaut of the United States army has helped keep the country safe and protected.

 
At 7:49 PM, Anonymous JustinE yellow said...

1. The gossip magazine alleged that the newly married country singer was having an affair, but the rumor was later denied.
2. Life is too short for such arrant nonsense.
3. Every once in while I like to have badinage over a cup of coffee with my friends.
4. I had finally conciliated my mom to let me go to the dance on Saturday.
5. St. Mark’s new security rules completely countermand the previous rules regarding the student’s freedom.
6. Even though he was in a lower echelon in the army, he was recognized for his heroic acts and immediately promoted.
7. Taunting your opponent in a game is a quick way to exacerbate a fight or quarrel.
8. The employee was fired for his foolish and fatuous remarks towards customers.
9. It was irrefutable to say the man was innocent when he was caught stealing something on video.
10. The hurricane became a massive juggernaut that destroyed trees, houses, or whatever was in its path.

 
At 8:07 PM, Anonymous KatieL yellow said...

1. Even though the student was capable of earning great grades, her lackadaisical attitude kept her from reaching her full potential.
2. We prayed for those suffering from the hurricane in our litany as mass.
3. The grotesque and macabre themes of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories both horrify and intrigue readers.
4. During the horrible famine, hundreds of people died from the paucity of food.
5. Dark clouds almost always portend a coming storm.
6. She was amazed by how quickly the bulldozer razed and demolished the old shed.
7. Many Christian martyrs were killed when they refused to disavow their religions, even if refusing to recant meant losing their lives.
8. When I placed the paper towel over the spilled water, it immediately became saturated.
9. Her saturnine attitude could make even the most cheerful people feel gloomy.
10. The travelers would not be able to pass through a mire on foot, so they spent an extra day of travel going around the slough.

 
At 8:19 PM, Anonymous AlyssaS-yellow said...

1. TMZ alleged that Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez had recently gotten back together after their four month break.
2. The man was such an arrant fool for trying to break into the house when the family was home.
3. The badinage between the team stopped an hour before game time because they needed to get their minds focused on the game.
4. Even though the girl was not that great of a singer, her cute look and bright personality helped her conciliate the audience to vote for her.
5. The principal countermanded the teacher’s dress code mandate to her class.
6. Many people don’t realize that most major league baseball players start in the lower echelons, such as the minor leagues, before making it up to the big leagues.
7. The boy exacerbated his sun poisoning by putting an herb mixture on his body which made his condition even worse.
8. During campaigns for elections, the voters always tend to pick on the fatuous things each of candidates do instead of focusing on all of the sensible and intelligent things they have done.
9. The defendant’s arguments were so irrefutable that the judge made the verdict very quickly being as it was obvious that the defendant was not guilty.
10. The juggernaut of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center destroyed the building within a few hours because the plane had such a massive force.

 
At 8:26 PM, Anonymous Todd P Yellow said...

1. The alleged victim was broadcasted on the news.
2. My friend is an arrant scoundrel.
3. The badinage I had with my mom this morning was quite nice.
4. He was conciliating in the dispute.
5. He countermanded the changes proposed by the club.
6. The echelons of command are paid more.
7. When he hit me it exacerbated our dispute.
8. His fatuous remarks made the teacher angry.
9. The video replay evidence of the play was irrefutable.
10. He used the perk juggernaut to beat the enemy.

 
At 8:27 PM, Anonymous CaitlinM Yellow said...

1. The cheering of the fans appeared to be truly lackadaisical after the team failed to put any points on the scoreboard.
2. Even asking her a simple yes or no question results in a litany of the girl’s trivial inconveniences.
3. The crime scene of the brutal murder was a macabre sight.
4. Although the team captain was charismatic, he had a paucity of innovative ideas.
5. No one recognized that the stormy sky overhead portended one of the most devastating natural disasters the state had ever known.
6. The beautiful antebellum house was razed despite the numerous protests.
7. The girl realized that it was too late to recant the incriminating statement she had told the police.
8. After running through the downpour, she arrived at school completely saturated.
9. The saturnine old man always sat on his porch glaring at anyone who came past after his wife died.
10. During Lent, she planned to slough off her bad habits and resolved to be more amiable to those around her.


 
At 9:05 PM, Anonymous ShaneT yellow said...

1. The team had given a very lackadaisical effort during their pitiful 15-game losing streak.
2. The bishop gave a short litany at the end of mass for one of the student’s family members who had recently died.
3. The macabre situation at the scene of the crime was so awful that even the experienced detective could not stand to look at it.
4. By the time the war had started the allied nation had a paucity of trained soldiers.
5. In the new hit television show a strike of lightning would always portend a horrible event that would occur.
6. The construction company is going to raze the extensive forest to make room for a new neighborhood.
7.The politician had to recant his earlier statements he had made to his campaign opponent after they had been seen as obscene and offensive.
8. After getting caught in the unexpected water balloon fight the kid’s shirt had become completely saturated.
9. The bright and sunny day had quickly turned after the saturnine clouds had rolled in.
10. The family decided to slough many of their unwanted things at their garage sale.

 
At 9:16 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 9:52 PM, Anonymous DylanC Yellow said...

1. Freshmen during pep rallies are often lackadaisical because they know they will never win.
2. The seniors' litany, “bow down freshmen,” won them the spirit stick.
3. Holden's story about killing the vandal who wrote obscene words on the school wall was very macabre.
4. The famine in Ireland led to a great paucity of potatoes.
5. Throughout The Catcher and the Rye, Holden portends his psychiatric evaluation by talking about how depressed he was.
6. The September 11th terrorist attacks razed the World Trade Center, leaving piles of ruins on the streets.
7. The United States government recanted prohibition because it was such a failure.
8. Saturating a picture in photoshop will cause it to be filled with more color.
9. Poe often wrote in a depressing, saturnine mood; probably because he was a very unhappy man. (sopoe)
10. Poe was probably in a slough his entire life because his writing was very gloomy and dark.

 
At 10:22 PM, Anonymous SamanthaK Yellow said...

1. The lackadaisical effort on the part of the student kept him from receiving the grade he hoped for.
2. On the feast of All Saints the choir sang the Litany of the Saints, which lists all the major saints.
3. Edgar Allan Poe works tend to have macabre themes such as in The Tell Tale Heart or The Cask of Amontillado.
4. The paucity of cheering from the student section during football games enrages me because they should be the ones cheering the loudest.
5.Alexie's comment about the flat being a terrible place to be locked up in portended her locking the two main characters inside the flat.
6. Protesters surrounded the historic building to protect it from the people who were scheduled to raze it.
7. Someone who always recants what they believe cannot be expected to stand up for anything.
8. People seeking justice saturated the court for the trial.
9. I find that when I'm around people with saturnine attitudes for a long enough time, I begin to become cranky myself.
10. When writing a paper, I usually have to slough some of the small details so that it doesn't become too long.
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At 10:33 PM, Anonymous NicholasC Yellow said...

1. The detective alleged the janitor to be the murder without any proof.

2. The terrorists were arrant as they stated their names and intentions to the public.

3. The guys exchanged playful badinage while playing a casual game of poker.

4. The army conciliated the neutral country after beating their enemy in a large battle.

5. The general countermanded the other general's command to attack the enemies' base, so the army stayed put.

6. In society you start at the bottom of the echelon and work your way up over time.

7. The abuse received as a child exacerbated the man to a point of violence.

8. The comedian resorted to being fatuous and clownish to amuse the audience.

9. Scientific laws are irrefutable as they are all around us and proven.

10. The team was a juggernaut at basketball as they were tall and skilled shooters.

 
At 10:35 PM, Anonymous RegineC Yellow said...

1. Senioritis is a “disease” in which a senior relaxes too much and becomes lackadaisical regarding schoolwork the minute that he or she gets accepted into the college of his or her choice.
2. During the awards ceremony, the principal went through a litany of names of those who had completed at least twenty service hours during the school year.
3. Some people can be macabre enough in their minds to corrupt an innocent game for kids by uploading an inappropriate video onto YouTube that relates to the game.
4. Although many actors auditioned for the lead roles, there was a paucity of truly qualified people who would fit those parts well.
5. The dark gray clouds above us portended the vicious thunderstorm that would strike in just a few minutes.
6. In only three hours, the seemingly invincible army razed through the enemy’s defenses as if the enemy were just a thin sheet of tissue paper.
7. When Christians were being persecuted, many of them had such strong faith that they refused to recant their beliefs even when they were threatened with torture and death.
8. No one wanted to touch the jersey that was lying on the floor of the locker room because it was saturated with the sweat of someone who had just played soccer in the summer heat for two hours.
9. It is not surprising that the saturnine man is friendless because he always makes gloomy, pessimistic comments on basically everything that everybody says.
10. On the night before grades were due, the procrastinating teacher sloughed through the piles of quizzes and tests that have been waiting to be graded for a while.

 
At 10:56 PM, Anonymous annW yellow said...

1. When the police spotted the alleged criminal, she was immediately taken to the station to be interrogated.
2. The arrant nonsense was clearly the reason he got sent to the principle’s office.
3. The complicated problem could not be solved by the badinage that took place between the board members at the meeting.
4. After he heard that there might be a revolt by the peasants, the king tried to conciliate them to keep peace.
5. The lacrosse team seemed to countermand all of the plays that were practiced the day before costing them the game.
6. In the food chain, the echelons of animals range from sharks to plankton.
7. Sometimes it is better to leave a tense situation than to make a comment and exacerbate the problem.
8. Her fatuous questions irritated the teacher and most of the students.
9. The child made an irrefutable argument that gained his parents’ approval to go to the party.
10. In the military, the juggernaut of war can cause not only take a physical toll, but also a mental toll.

 
At 10:58 PM, Anonymous GabiD Yellow said...

1. The alleged thief stole money from a convenience store.
2. The arrant thief robbed had no empathy for the people he stole from.
3. Every blind date needs to begin with badinage to get to know each other.
4. After fighting with a friend, you should attempt to conciliate her.
5. The placing of ashes on our foreheads countermanded the gospel reading in mass.
6. When you first enter the military, you are ranked in the lower echelon, but with time and experience, you can raise your rank.
7. By making it obvious you don't like someone, you are exacerbating the tension between you and that person.
8. She made fatuous, unnecessary comments at the end of her report.
9. If you have many witnesses to a crime, the evidence is irrefutable.
10. The holocaust was a juggernaut, crushing Jews.

 
At 10:59 PM, Anonymous KelleyK yellow said...

11. I get annoyed when people on my team don’t take it seriously and act lackadaisical.
12. She almost feinted when she saw the litany of things that she needed to do before the next day.
13. Soap operas tend to be macabre in order to keep the watcher interested.
14. There was a paucity of people who signed up for the class, so the school was not able to offer it anymore.
15. I am always afraid that my dreams are going to portend my reality.
16. The near-perfect student was razed when he received his first failure on a test.
17. When a witness in mock trial recants is his statement, it shows a lack of credibility on the part of the witness.
18. After the boat got a small hole, the shoes became saturated instantly.
19. Some people become instantly saturnine whenever someone else tries to help them.
20. Many girls tend to slough off the bad things that guys say to them whenever the guy says something sweet.

 
At 11:01 PM, Anonymous HannahC Yellow said...

1. The alleged criminal was shortly arrested once all the evidence was gathered.
2. In The Dark Knight Rises, Bane is clearly the arrant criminal of the movie.
3. On Valentine’s Day, the new couple engaged in loving badinage during their date.
4. It took a very long time for the dog to conciliate the grumpy cat.
5. At the last second, the judge countermanded the man’s prison sentence.
6. We heard many alarms going off in one of the upper echelons of the building.
7. The bitter sisters started throwing punches which surely exacerbated their fight.
8. Many people worry about having fatuous material items.
9. There was no point to fight the irrefutable truth that the child did not do his geometry homework.
10. The little town in Oklahoma could not escape the juggernaut of the tornadoes.

 
At 11:24 PM, Anonymous AndreaL-Yellow said...

1. The tabloids allege scandalous stories, such as affairs, break-ups, and marriages, in order to make a profit.
2. The arrant disgust she had toward her classmate was clearly seen in her spiteful words.
3. The badinage between my friends and I makes even the worse day better.
4. In an attempt to conciliate her friends, Sally swore to never break a promise again.
5. In order to confuse the enemy, the army general countermanded his troops from attacking and sent them all back home.
6. After hard work, dedication, and persistence, I was able to rise among the echelons of the company to now be the Chief Executive Officer.
7. Wounds left open can exacerbate due to germs and infections since proper disinfectant and bandaging were not used.
8. The mysterious cookie thief was given away by the fatuous smile on the little culprits face.
9. The defense attorneys had a hard time proving the innocence of their client due to the irrefutable evidence in the prosecution’s favor.
10. The upset of the year was when the winless team beat the juggernaut basketball team in the last minute of the regular season.

 
At 11:44 PM, Anonymous AllanC yellow said...

1.Some students were very lackadaisical and didn’t dress down in their school colors for the pep-rally.
2.We said many prayers and litanies for the people affected by Hurricane Sandy.
3.The video game was very macabre, containing gory violence and killing.
4.We couldn’t fund a school trip to Hawaii because of the paucity of money.
5.Mr. Fiorelli never portends whether or not he will give us one of his pop quizzes on The Catcher and the Rye.
6.Because the building was dilapidated, the county had ordered it to be razed and replaced with a beautiful public park.
7.Because opposing counsel objected on the grounds of speculation, the lawyer was forced to recant his statement and have it stricken from the record.
8.Because of the morning rain, the newspaper was saturated with water.
9.I don’t like to surround myself with saturnine friends, but instead with humorous and happy ones.
10.During Lent, people try to slough off bad vices in order to become closer to God.

 
At 11:44 PM, Anonymous AllanC yellow said...

1.Some students were very lackadaisical and didn’t dress down in their school colors for the pep-rally.
2.We said many prayers and litanies for the people affected by Hurricane Sandy.
3.The video game was very macabre, containing gory violence and killing.
4.We couldn’t fund a school trip to Hawaii because of the paucity of money.
5.Mr. Fiorelli never portends whether or not he will give us one of his pop quizzes on The Catcher and the Rye.
6.Because the building was dilapidated, the county had ordered it to be razed and replaced with a beautiful public park.
7.Because opposing counsel objected on the grounds of speculation, the lawyer was forced to recant his statement and have it stricken from the record.
8.Because of the morning rain, the newspaper was saturated with water.
9.I don’t like to surround myself with saturnine friends, but instead with humorous and happy ones.
10.During Lent, people try to slough off bad vices in order to become closer to God.

 
At 12:08 AM, Anonymous Ashley H Yellow said...

1.The lackadaisical and overconfident student began to neglect their studying to do other things that proved to be less productive.
2.The candle light litany was gathered together as a community to pray for the two innocent victims that were hit and killed by the drunk driver the night before.
3.The macabre horror movie scared even the strong-stomached of the audience.
4.The paucity of punch left towards the middle of the dance disappointed the thirsty dancers that were looking for something to drink.
5.His girlfriend was obviously portending something big for Valentine’s Day the next week.
6.The company razed the building so that they could have a clear plot of land to construct the new building upon.
7.The authorities immediately recanted what they had said when they realized that the order against them was called unjustly.
8.My basement is now saturated by a lot of water on the floor due to the weather.
9.Sometimes the child can be very saturnine after realizing that he won’t get what he wants.
10.He sloughed the bad test grade right off of his mind when he smelled food.

 
At 10:16 PM, Anonymous MichaelG Yellow said...

11. The contestant on the game show was lackadaisical in his answers once he realized he was far enough ahead to be unbeatable.
12. Sometimes I have a so big a litany of tasks and jobs to do that I completely forget one or two.
13. Some people enjoy watching macabre movies that flash gruesome scenes of death and suffering in one's face, but others cannot stand to watch such gory violence for a second.
14. I have a plethora of shows I'd like to watch, but a paucity of time to do so.
15. A small pain in the forehead early in the morning can sometimes portend a migraine in the afternoon.
16. The barbarians raided and plundered the castle's coffers and razed the rest of the castle, leaving the once glorious kingdom nothing but a pile of rubble and smoldering wood.
17. After the teacher said that postponing the test would give him time to make it harder, the student recanted his proposal of moving the test.
18. By the time the man who forgot his umbrella reached his house, his clothes were thoroughly saturated with rainwater.
19. A small, corny joke can sometimes pull someone out of the most saturnine and gloomy mood.
20. The man had forgotten that it had rained earlier that afternoon, for he was thoroughly suprised when he found himself trapped in a slough.

 

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