Vocabulary log : Students ( that's particularly me) are to learn 5 new words per day. Students must write sentence demonstrating the meaning of each word. If a word has multiple meanings, then students must write 1 sentence for EACH meaning.
So,shall we start?
#SUNDAY
1. Notorious
~ Publicly or generally known as a particular trait.
" The Moon is a newspaper that is
for its sensationalism."
2. Fidget
~ To move about restlessly , nervously, impatiently
" They can help you learn not to fidge . and explain that you need to floss before going on camera. "
3. Billow
~ A great wave or surge of the sea
" Curtain, for example still billow in cold showers.
~ Any surging mass
" The billows of smoke is heading straight to my house. "
4. Snot
~ A mucus from the snot
" Some snails excrete bioluminescent trails of snot or blink their muscly foot to attract mates. "
~ A disrespectful or supercilious person.
" No wonder kids get the snot kicked out them at school. "
5. Enthusiastic
~ Full of characterized by enthusiasm : ardent
" He seems very enthusiastic about his role in a play. "
# MONDAY
1. Discard
~ To cast aside or dispose of; get rid of
" Every crisis makes us discard our traditional way of looking at things."
2. Dauntless
~ Not to be daunted or intimidated; fearless; intrepid; bold
" The dauntless heart that fear'd no human pride. "
3. Excruciating
~ Extremely painful; causing intense. suffering; unbearably distressing; torturing
" The suspense of the robbery is excruciating. "
~ Exceediny elaborate or intense; extreme
" The songs and arias can be lovely but the warmups happening every hour are excruciating. "
4. Fidelity
~ Strict observance of promises, duties
" A servant's fidelity belongs to his master. "
~ Faithfulness to a person, cause or belief, demonstrated by continuing loyalty and support
" His fidelity to Annie is amazing although its she is mentally retarded. "
5. Incorrigible
~ (Of a person or their behaviour) not able to be changed or reformed.
" She's an incorrigible flirt."
~ An incorrigible person.
" All repeat offenders, but none of them real hard-cased incorrigibles."
#TUESDAY
1. Idiocy
~ Extremely stupid behaviour.
" The idiocy of his actions really freaking me out."
2. Ally
~ A state formally cooperating with another for military or other purpose.
" Allies begins to form between Finnick and Katniss in the arena."
~ Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.
" He allied his racing experience with experience with his father's businessmen acumen."
3. Pasture
~ Land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals,especially cattle or sheep
" Areas of rich meadow pasture is located in Wisconsin."
" They pastured their cows in the water meadow."
~ Used to refer a person's situation life
" She left the office for pastures new."
4. Rebel
~ A person who refuses allegiance to resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
" The citizens of district 12 start to have a rebel against the capitol."
~ A person who resist any authority, control or tradition.
" In my experience underachieving teenagers are likely to rebel at any such suggestion."
5. Assure
~ To declare earnestly to: inform or to:
" She assured us that everything would turn all out all right."
~ To cause to know surely; reassurely
" He assured himself that no one was left on the bus."
#WEDNESDAY
1. Repent
~To feel sorry, self-reproachful, or concrete for past conduct; regret or be consciences stricken about a past action, attitude
" He repented after his thoughtless act"
2. Insolent
~Boldly rude or disrespectful, contemptuously impertinent; insulting
" Taylor gives an insolent reply to Ed's Sheeran confession. "
3. Fret
~ To feel or express worry, annoyance, discontent, or the like
" Fretting about the lost ring isn't going to help"
~ To cause corrosion; gnaw into something
" Acid that fret at the strongest metals are sulphuric acid. "
4. Pulverize
~ To reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
" That night before serving, pulverize the ice in blender or spice grinder. "
~ To demolish or crush completely
" The bag was supposed to pulverized in the sky, letting loose cement particles to seed the cloud. "
5. Scoundrel
~ An unprincipled, dishoronable person; villain
" The scoundrel who killed her made good his escape eight full hours before the police had any knowledge or the crime. "
#THURSDAY
1. Loathsome
~ Causing feelings of loathing, disgusting, revolting, repulsive
" In all her miserable experience, there was nothing else so awful and so loathsome as this sense.
2. Obliterated
~ Destroy utterly; wipe out
" The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind."
~ Make invisible or indistinct; conceal or cover
" Clouds were darkening, obliterating the sun. "
~ Cancel ( something; especially a postage stamp) to prevent further use.
" The special stamp should be placed on the left-hand side and not to be used to obliterate the postage stamp."
3. Substantial
~ Of considerable importance, size or worth.
" A substantial amount of cash."
~ Concerning the essentials of something
" There was substantial agreement on changing policies. "
4. Clandestine
~ Keep secret or done secretively especially because illicit
" She deserved better than these clandestine meetings. "
5. Refuge
~ The state of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or difficulty.
" He was forced to take refuge in the French embassy. "
~ A place or situation providing safety or shelter
" The family came to be seen as a refuge from a harsh world. "
~ An institution providing safe accommodation for women who have suffered violence from a spouse or partner.
" The refuge has been Johanna house since she getting abuse by her husband a few years ago. "
#FRIDAY
1. Retaliate
~ Make an attack in return for a similar attack.
" The blow stung and she retaliated immediately. "
~ Repay ( an injury or insult ) in kind
" They used their abilities to retaliate the injury. "
2. Demolish
~ Pull or knock down
" My house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre. "
~ Comprehensively refute (an argument or its proponent )
" I look forward keenly to demolishing my opponent. "
~ Overwhelmingly defeat ( a player of team)
" Arsenal demolished City 3-0. "
3. Strenuous
~ Requiring or using great effort or exertion.
" The government made strenuous efforts to upgrade the quality of teaching proffesion. "
4. Vigilance
~ The action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.
" Security duties that demand long hours of vigilance. "
5. Indelible
~( of ink or pen ) making marks that cannot be removed.
" An indelible marker pen only costs a penny. "
~ Not able to be forgotten
" Her love story made an indelible impression on me. "
#SATURDAY
1. Imprinted
~ Impress or stamp ( a mark or outline) on a surface.
" Tyre marks were imprinted in the snow. "
~ (A young animal) come to recognize ( another animal, person, or thing ) as a parent or other object of habitual trust.
" The little wolf thought I was its mother and imprinted me. "
2. Frugal
~ Sparing or economical as regards money or food.
" I'm a bit too frugal to splash out on designer clothes. "
~ Simple and plain and costing little.
" A frugal meal is just what I need. "
3. Squirm
~ Wriggle or twist the body from side to side, especially as a result of nervousness or discomfort.
" He looked uncomfortable and squirmed in his chair. "
~ A wriggling movement.
" The toddler gave a sudden squirm. "
4. Ramble
~ Walk for pleasure in the countryside.
" I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing."
~ Talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.
" Will rambled on about Norman archways. "
5. Surreal
~ Having the qualities of surrealiasm, bizzare.
" That novel is a surreal mix of fact and fantasy."
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