Oct 14, 2009

New Vocab Words

1. Seizure- A bad cramp, when you're muscles contract, but don't expand. Example: Heart Seizure, Stomach Seizure

2. Swarming-

  • A crowd of people going in different directions at the same time
  • Bees swarming outside the hive

3. Venture- Like adventure, but in the form of a verb, the beginning of something

4. Dignity- Proud, head held high

5. Knead- A massaging motion, kneading bread

6. Illuminating-

  • To light up
  • A good idea
  • Understood (this is an illuminating sentence)

7. Virility- Extremely good look, describes only male

8. Jittering- Small inconsistent movement, like vibrations

9. Hispanic- South American, Central American, Mexican, Spanish etc. From Spanish speaking countries

10. Trepidation- Dread, bad feeling, ominous

Oct 1, 2009

10 Vocab Sentences

1. The skilled ventriloquist did an act for all of us.

2. The person was malicious and very sneaky.

3. There is to be no bellowing in this classroom!

4. I was in mortal danger at that moment.

5. That math problem was so overwhelming to me.

6. Oops, it was a blunder to forget my assignment notebook.

7. Stop sitting there idly and get to work!

8. Hmm... That was a perplexing sentence you read.

9. The waves were extremely rampant in the waterfall.

10. The amazing vast landscape was beautiful!