Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Vacabulary

Please find the list of vocabulary we have done in class this week, make sure students know the meaning and spelling for the quiz on Sunday!

Basic Words List

1.Feast: (Noun) 
: a special meal with large amounts of food and drink
: a religious festival

2. Stray: (Verb) strays; strayed; straying
: to go in a direction that is away from a group or from the place where you should be

3. Greet: (Verb) greets; greeted; greeting
: to meet (someone who has just arrived) with usually friendly and polite words and actions.

4. Praise: (Verb) praises; praised; praising 
: to say or write good things about (someone or something) : to express approval of (someone or something)
: to express thanks to or love and respect for (God)

5. Display: (Verb) displays; displayed; displaying
: to put (something) where people can see it
: to show that you have (an emotion, quality, skill, etc.)

6. Sheepish: (Adjective) 
: showing or feeling embarrassment especially because you have done something foolish or wrong

7. Sway: (verb) sways; swayed; swaying
 to move slowly back and forth

8. Training: (noun) 
: a process by which someone is taught the skills that are needed for an art, profession, or job
: the process by which an athlete prepares for competition by exercising, practicing, etc.

9. Remain: (verb)  remains; remained; remaining
: to be left when the other parts are gone or have been used

10. Release: (verb) releases; released; releasing
: to allow (a person or animal) to leave a jail, cage, prison, etc. :to set (someone or something) free
:to stop holding (someone or something)

11: Awake: (adjective) 
: not asleep

12. Braces: (noun)
: a device that is attached to teeth to make them straight

13. Thief: (noun)
: a person who steals something

14. Ashamed: (adjective)
:feeling shame or guilt

15. Sleeve: (noun)
:the part of a shirt, jacket, etc., that covers all or part of your arm

16. Waist: (noun)

: the middle part of your body between the hips and chest or upper back that is usually narrower than the areas above and below it

17. Beneath: (adverb)
:in or to a lower position

18. Niece: (noun)
: a daughter of your brother or sister

19. Disease: (noun)
:an illness that affects a person, animal, or plant : a condition that prevents the body or mind from working normally

Challenge Words List

Terrain: (noun) 
: land of a particular kind

 Upheaval: (noun)
: a major change or period of change that causes a lot of conflict, confusion, anger, etc.

Succeed: (Verb) succeeds; succeeded; succeeding
: to do what you are trying to do : to achieve the correct or desired result

Betray: (Verb) betrays; betrayed; betraying
: to give information about (a person, group, country, etc.) to an enemy
: to hurt (someone who trusts you, such as a friend or relative) by not giving help or by doing something morally wrong

15. Motivate: (Verb) motivates; motivated; motivating
: to give (someone) a reason for doing something

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