Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Fall Vocabulary #3

1. slapdash- very ignorant
2. reprimand- lecture from a higher rank in society
3. annihilate- to obliderate, destroy
4. arbitrary- your personal decision
5. brazen- bold, without shame
6. catalyst- molecule that causes a chain reaction or change
7. exodus- movement of people; massive departure
8. facilitate- to make something easier
9. incorrigible- bad, beyond correction
10. latent- hidden
11. militant- aggressive
12. morose- gloomy or sulky outlook 
13. opaque- stain glass window, unclear, vague
14. paramount- most important, highest, superior
15. prattle- go on and on, like people gossiping
16. rebut- to disprove evidence
17. servitude- the condition of being a slave or being forced to obey someone
18. stagnant- no activity, to stay the same, not changing or improving
19. succumb- to give in to superior force; to stop opposing someone or something, and allow him, her, or it to take control

SENTENCES: 
1. Old people are very SLAPDASH because they don`t really want to hear you reprimanding them. 
2. Time and time again, my mother has REPRIMANDED me on participating in clubs and sports throughout high school. 
3. I will ANNIHILATE the enemy army in Call of Duty by using every resource I have in inventory. 
4. My ARBITRARY is to start catching up on the blog posts because I haven`t been posting like I had before. 
5. President Obama has the BRAZEN attitude to send troops to Syria, even when the public has an arbitrary against him. 
6. The student body president`s speech was a CATALYST for the students to start participating in fundraisers for the school clubs and general supplies. 
7. The Trail of Tears was an EXODUS for the American Indians because they were forced out of their native lands into reservations to make way for new industry and housing. 
8. The technology of today has FACILITATED our everyday life to the fields of medicine, finance and even sports events. 
9. The car, gone to the plains to rust, is in an INCORRIGIBLE state of driving anymore because it has also grown with the earth and the weeds. 
10. A police car was LATENT behind that mound of dirt a few miles back. 
11. My eighth grade U.S. History teacher, which was also my sixth grade World History, was very MILITANT because she had us cut and paste papers into our notebooks in little as 45 seconds. 
12. Eeyore is very MOROSE when he is confronted with a situation. 
13. The test was very OPAQUE because it had material that we had never learned before and that we were going to learn soon in the year. 
14. Hopefully, I turn out to be a PARAMOUNT of a really successful corporation and not be an Earth hater. 
15. Those two ladies sitting at the back of the bus have been PRATTLING since I boarded this bus. What are they talking about? Who knows.
16. In any English class, it is encouraged that you REBUT the teacher in any you can so the teacher can get a feel for the student`s thinking capacities. 
17. SERVITUDE was a huge deal back before the Reconstruction period. Any slave that had left the plantation for freedom in the North was, by mandatory, to be sent back to the slave`s owner and be punished very harshly. 
18. After a Thanksgiving dinner, the family waddled to the living room and sat there very STAGNANTLY. The turkey is the culprit!
19. Do not SUCCUMB to other people when you have the right answer, in some situations.   

Monday, September 23, 2013

Fall Vocabulary #1

1. expository-to describe something 
2. composition-the ingredients that compose an object, literally or figuratively
3. assuage-to appease, to make milder or severe, to soothe, calm or mollify
4. decadence-deterioration, moral degeneration or decay, excessive self indulgence 
5. hackneyed-made commonplace or trite; stale; banal
6. coalition-combination or alliance, temporary one too; union into one body 
7. transcend- overpass or exceed; elevation, extent; independent of 
8. meritorious-deserving praise, reward, esteem; praiseworthy
9. lurid-gruesome, horrible; glaringly vivd or sensational; terrible in intensity
10. petulant-moving to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance

SENTENCES: 
1. The journalist was very EXPOSITORY when he said the airplane ran on only diesel fuel. 
2. The blog will be COMPOSED of posts that are very critical thinking questions. 
3. I hope we can ASSUAGE the baby down because he has been crying alot lately. 
4. Over the course of time, the DECADENCE of our nation`s bridges begin to lose their strength due to natural wear and tear and weather beating. 
5. The loaf of bread has become HACKNEYED because we don`t eat the bread that`s bought for that specific reason.   
6. Cesar Chavez started a COALITION to end the discrimination against the grape and farm workers of the San Joaquin Valley. 
7. We are TRANSCENDING our national debt by comparison of any other country on Earth. 
8. The parents gave the student a very MERITORIOUS gift at the end of high school, a brand new computer for college.
9. The 70`s were LURID period in our history because there were new trends in fashion at that time. 
10. Some people that are very PETULANT, especially the kind that can`t stop talking, are the kind that I can`t tolerate. 

Fall Vocabulary #2

1. obesity-the condition of being very fat or overweight 
2. accumulate-to pile something on, form a steadily increasing quantity
3. mass-body of coherent matter, usually of indefinte shape and size 
4. disease-toxicity from poison, etc.,that harms the body
5. diet-such a selection or a limitation on the amount a person eats for reducing weight 
6. prevalence- condition of being prevalent or widespread
7. stigma-mark, wound, or place that is a stain, reproach, or an ID to someone 
8. prevent(able)- to stop something from happening, or stop someone from doing something that could otherwise be irreversible
9. adolescent-encompasses both physiological and psycological changes
10. cardiovascular- of or relating to the heart and blood vessels
11. excessive(ly)- going beyond the usual, necessary or proper limit 
12. mechanism- assembly of moving parts performing a complete motion
13. sedentary- to take little exercise
14. predispose- give an inclination or tendency to beforehand
15. syndrome- a group of symptoms that together are characterized as a specific disorder, disease, or the like. 

SENTENCES: 
1. OBESITY is a very big problem around the world because the fast food corporations are stationing in other countries aside from the U.S. locations.
2. I should start posting the assignments up on my blog, or I will have an ACCUMULATION of other posts to create. 
3. Most of the time, very well built corporations create their own products by the MASS to keep up with the public`s demand.
4. The Black Plague DISEASE killed many people in Europe during the early 16th to the late 17th centuries.
5. Keeping a DIET to lose weight is alot worse than not keeping a diet at all because you tend to double your weight after a few months the diet has come to its end. 
6. You should be really PREVALENT in high school especially so colleges know are very active in everything. 
7. Middle-Easterns tend to have a STIGMA toward the United States, for most of the anti-democrats, because they believe we have caused the chaos in their country. 
8. Fires can be PREVENTABLE if everyone does their part to put the campfire out. 
9. The ADOLESCENT needs to shape up if he really wants to participate in the army or to get a job.
10. The CARDIOVASCULAR system tends to work faster because when you are obese, the heart is weighted down by the fat molecules. 
11. The high class society spend an EXCESSIVE amount of money on themselves and don`t help out to pay off the national debt. 
12. In the near future, human body MECHANISMS will be replaced with bionic parts to help the disabled achieve basic tasks such as grabbing and walking. 
13. I, just like most of America, like to be SEDENTARY, especially when the winter season comes around. 
14. I give a PREDISPOSITION toward eating that plate of ribs by myself. 
15. Children with down SYNDROME can`t really speak or move any body parts.