Vocab Word of the Day

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Vocab Word of the Day

• Abstruse- difficult to understand
  incomprehensible, unfathomable
• When you mean to criticize something for being
  needlessly complex or baffling, the word you need
  is abstruse.
• Sentence
• The data was so abstruse that the coworkers could
  not figure it out.
• Write your own sentence!

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Affable( Adj) friendly, courteous,
amiableaffability naffably adv

• He had a very affable nature, always saying
  hello to everyone.
• Create any kind of question to ask using this
  word.

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• Audacity
• excessive boldness, rashness, daring
• Sentence My friend had the audacity, at
  practice, to call the football coach a wimp.
• You are to list as many synonyms as you can think
  of for this word.

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Contrite

• Extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant
• Sentence Her contrite tears were not enough for
  her friend to believe she was telling the truth.
• Draw a picture using this sentence
• The Mavericks had the audacity to believe the
  affable Tigers would let them win the football
  game after they offered an abstruse and contrite
  apology.

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Credulous

• Definition Believing on slight evidence, gullible

Write a sentence using the word credulous!
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DEPRAVITY

• Definition moral corruption, a wicked or
  perverse act
• The depravity of the Pirates behavior was
  incorrigible.
• Total depravity is the fallen state of man of
  Original Sin. The doctrine of total depravity
  asserts that people are by nature not inclined to
  love God wholly with heart, mind, and strength,
  as God requires, but rather all are inclined to
  serve their own interests over those of their
  neighbor and to reject the rule of God. Even
  religion and philanthropy are destructive to the
  extent that these originate from a human
  imagination, passions, and will. Therefore, in
  Reformed Theology, God must predestine
  individuals into salvation since man is incapable
  of choosing God.
• Application
• How does total depravity help to explain the
  Puritan belief in Calvinism?

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DEPRICATE

• Definition (verb) To disapprove regretfully, to
  belittle, to express mild disapproval
• The boss deprecated his employee harshly.
• Self-Deprecation refers to a person who has a low
  opinion of himself. This is the classical
  "inferiority complex" of psychoanalysis. The
  person devalues, disparages, and slights himself.
  He feels that he is of little consequence among
  the rest of humanity. He sees others as better
  than himself, and looks up to them, and down on
  himself.
• Think of another verb similar to depricate?

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didactic

• Definition Instructive, designed to teach
• Autodidactic means to be self taught.

Write a question using the word didactic.
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Dormant (ADJ)

• Definition inactive, sleeping
• Only female polar bears go into dormancy the
  males do not.

Write 2 antonyms for dormant
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Enigmatic (adj)

• Definition Mysterious, inexplicable,
  puzzling
• The disappearance of Amelia Earhart
• is an enigma to this
  day.
• Think of something that is an enigma. Write a
  sentence similar to mine explaining how it is an
  enigma.

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Erudite

• Definition scholarly
• The erudite physics professor had spent many
  years studying the theory of relativity.

Use this word in a sentence.
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Exotic

• Definition foreign,
  unfamiliar
• The exotic animals from Africa were used in the
  photo shoot with the exotic models.
• Use exotic dormant in a sentence together.
• Use enigmatic and Erudite in a sentence together.

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Fuse

• Definition to mix or join (usually by melting)
• Zinc and Copper can be fused into hard, bright
  brass.
• Write 3 synonyms for fuse

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Immutable

• Definition unchanging
• My unwavering love for him will always be
  immutable.

Ask a question with the word immutable.
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Incorrigible

• Definition incapable of being reformed or
  improved

The leopards temper was incorrigible and out of
control.
Utterly Incorrigible
Write a sentence using the word incorrigible.
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Loathe

• Definition to detest hatred

What do you loathe? Write a 5 sentence response
in your vocab section to something you loathe.
You must ALSO use 3 of the following words in
your response Incorrigible, affable, audacity,
deprecate, and immutable
I like to loathe love.
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Mitigate- VERB

• Definition to cause to become less harsh or
  hostile, to lessen, or to make less severe
• He brought flowers to his girlfriend in order to
  mitigate her anger towards him.

What have you/ would you do to mitigate a
significant others anger? Use the word in your 3
sentence response.
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Nullify

• Definition to cause not to be in effect, to
  negate.
• I am seeking to nullify the contract because he
  has not complied with it.

Use Nullify in a sentence explaining what you
wish you could nullify.
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Pacifistic- ADJ

• Definition opposed to war or use of force
• Gandhi chose to peacefully protest because of his
  Pacifistic beliefs.

Think of 2 words in association with the term
pacifism. Synonyms or words with close
association will work.
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Pretentious

• Definition Making an extravagant outward show,
  self- important
• Isnt it a little pretentious the way she wears
  her fur and diamonds when she goes to the grocery
  store?

Write a sentence using the word pretentious.
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Prologue

• Definition introductory remarks in a speech,
  play or literary work, introductory action
• The prologue to the book was filled with
  historical facts.

Answer the following questions

1. Why do books have prologues?
2. What kind of information is usually found in
   prologues?

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Recant

• Definition to withdraw a statement of belief,
  revoke
• Predict Do you think Abigail will recant the
  accusation of Elizabeth Proctor being a witch?
  Why or why not?

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Servile

• Definition overly submissive slavish
• Think of a character who exhibits servile
  characteristics in The Crucible. Explain how this
  character demonstrates this kind of trait.

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Trepidation
Definition fear, trembling, agitation

• Abigail, Tituba, and the other girls felt
  trepidation for their lives so they began to
  accuse others of witchcraft.
• Use this word in a sentence.

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Vilify
Definition to defame, or slander, to utter
abusive statements against

• Abigail vilifies Goody Proctors name by accusing
  her of witchcraft.
• Think of 3 synonyms for Vilify.