WORDLY WISE LESSON 5 SLIDE SHOW

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WORDLY WISE LESSON 5 SLIDE SHOW

• By Anthony Critelli
• Teacher Mr. Tetreault

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Audacious

• Adj. 1. Willing to take risks daring.
• The boy was said to be audacious since he was not
  afraid to jump off a roof or go parachuting.
• 2. Showing disrespect or a lack of courtesy.
• The child was sent to the principals office for
  the audacious remarks he made during the period.
• Audacity n. Willingness to take risks by showing
  excessive boldness.
• The one boy was the only one in the whole group
  with the audacity to ask the teacher why they had
  all gotten conduct reports.

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Confiscate

• V. To seize, by force if necessary to take
  possession of.
• If you have your cell phone or other electronic
  device out during the school day, it will be
  confiscated by a teacher or staff member.

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Conscientious

• Adj. 1. Thorough careful.
• The firemen made a conscientious search of the
  building to see what had started the fire.
• 2. Honest principled.
• Although he was accused of purposely missing the
  pass, the wide receiver had made a conscientious
  effort to catch the ball, but it fell just out of
  his reach.

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Depict

• V. To give a picture of to describe.
• Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl depicts the
  life of a Jewish family that is in hiding during
  the Holocaust.

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Embark

• V. 1. To go on board a ship or airplane at the
  start of a voyage.
• On April 11th, we embarked The Atlantic Princess
  for our cruise in New York Harbor.
• 2. To start out to begin.
• We embarked on our weekend camping trip at 500
  p.m. on Friday evening.

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Inkling

• N. A slight suspicion a vague idea.
• The boy had an inkling that his dog, who wasnt
  allowed upstairs, was asleep upstairs on the
  boys bed, since the dog wasnt visible on the
  first floor.

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Lackadaisical

• Adj. Showing little spirit or enthusiasm.
• The team was very lackadaisical on the bench when
  they were winning they clearly didnt really
  care about the sport.

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Mutiny

• N. Deliberate refusal to obey orders given by
  those in command, especially by sailors.
• In stories, sailors who committed mutiny may have
  been killed.
• V. To rebel openly against a commander.
• The crew wanted to mutiny against the captain
  because of the terrible working conditions and
  low pay.

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Pilfer

• V. To steal repeatedly small amounts or things
  that are of little value.
• The boy pilfered pieces of food from the
  refrigerator to feed to the dog he kept hidden
  from his parents.

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Profusion

• N. A plentiful supply a great or generous
  amount.
• There was a profusion of weeds in the yard after
  the house had been abandoned.
• Profuse adj. Given or occurring in generous
  amounts abundant.
• The basketball players were sweating profusely at
  the end of the game.

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Prudent

• Adj. Very careful showing judgment and wisdom.
• The boy thought that it would be prudent to bring
  a GPS navigation system along on the camping
  trip it paid off when he lost the trail and had
  to find his way back to civilization.
• Prudence n. The avoidance of risk carefulness
  in what one says or does.
• The presidential candidate showed prudence when
  asked about the controversial subject.

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Rankle

• V. To cause continuing anger or irritation.
• The mans injury continues to rankle him every
  time he exercises, the pain comes back he finds
  this annoying because he did exactly what his
  doctor suggested but still has not healed
  correctly.

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Rebuke

• V. To critiscize strongly to reprimand.
• The father rebuked his son for not stopping the
  car at the stop sign.
• N. A sharp criticism.
• The coaches rebuke of the childs game made him
  feel that his game was terrible and everything
  was wrong with it.

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Serene

• Adj. Calm and untroubled peaceful
• Looking out over the ocean as the sun was setting
  was a very serene sight.
• Serenity n. A calm and untroubled state.
• Some people can achieve serenity by laying down
  and listening to calming music.

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Slovenly

• Adj. Untidy carelessly done.
• Since the slovenly boy shoveled the snow on the
  driveway, there were still small piles throughout.