Vocabulary Unwind #2

Vocabulary Unwind #2

Usage and examples

Gripe

Verb: To complain by grumbling

Gripe

All of the workers were griping about the new regulations.

The students griped that they had too much homework.

Multiple Choice

Which line of text is an example of griping?

• You look lovely, today. What a great outfit!

• Thank you for thinking of me. It was very considerate!

• Go! Team! Go! You can do it!! Never give up!!

• Every morning I leave the house with a clean sink, but when I come home there is a sink FULL of dishes!

Charade

• an empty or deceptive act or pretense

• Facade

• Guise

• Pose

• Masquerade

Charade

At first, she looks like she is taking safety precautions until she opens her mouth and eats a snack.

Multiple Choice

Which example shows that someone's concern is just a charade?

• The girl came over and acted really nice but laughed and made fun of her silently as she walked away.

• The girl left a kind note in her sibling's lunchbox because she knows they are nervous about today's school concert.

• The surfer untangled the sea creature from the plastic trash that it was trapped in as it flailed for its life.

• The dog's ears are laid flat on its head and its teeth are bared. The low warning growl was a sustained, menacing sound.

Brazen

• Bold and without shame

• Audacious

• Cheeky

• Impudent

• Impertinent

Brazen

The teacher's brazen behavior grabs the attention of the students.

Multiple Choice

Which is not an example of brazen behavior.

• Proudly admitting your wrong doing.

• Breaking the law in front of the police.

• Sharing your lunch with someone who looks hungry.

• Drag the driver out of the car and steal their car.

Trifle

• A thing of little importance (noun)

• Treat someone or something without seriousness or respect. (verb)

Trifle

The daydream is a little thing but it keeps his spirits up.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of a trifle?

• Healthy food to nourish our bodies

• A button that fell off a coat

• The air we breathe

• The water we drink

Indignant

• feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.

• Resentful

• Disgruntled

• Aggrieved

Indignant

"he was indignant at being the object of suspicion"

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would cause someone to be indignant.

• Borrowing a book with permission.

• Lending someone money they ask for.

• Being accused of cheating when you are caught on camera cheating.

• Being accused of cheating when you are innocent.

Expediency

• the quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being improper or immoral; convenience.

• Speed, haste, or urgency. Something that is expedient. Advantages and benefits

Expediency

It is a little inappropriate to make someone stop talking by covering their mouth with tape... or a bandaid but it is expedient.

Multiple Choice

How would you expedite a kid's bedtime if you had to babysit a child?

• Read them as many stories as they ask for.

• Let them get back up for a glass of water or to look for their blankey.

• Set the clock ahead and tell them it is already time for bed.

• Let them watch "one more" youtube video.

Ought

• used to indicate something that is probable.

• used to indicate duty or correctness, typically when criticizing someone's actions.

Ought

The rich ought to pay their fair share or the working class and poor will have to take a page out of France's history books.

Multiple Choice

Which of these ought you not do if you want a successful future?

• Be a very talented entertainer.

• Work harder than everyone around you.

• Be lazy and never try.

• Be very smart and situationally aware.

Pronouncement

• a formal or authoritative announcement or declaration.

• assertion

• declaration

• proclamation

Pronouncement

They said the Gettysburg Address was to dedicate a plot of land to the memory of soldiers who gave their lives but his pronouncement actually inspired people to keep fighting.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses pronouncement correctly?

• I speak well, I pronouncement all of the words well.

• I now pronouncement man and wife.

• The pronouncement that "all men were created equal" had to be amended to include ALL men and women.

• It annoys me when people pronouncements all of their words incorrectly.

Diffuse

• spread or cause to spread over a wide area or among a large number of people.

• spread out over a large area; not concentrated.

Diffuse

When you strap a headlamp to a gallon of water the light diffuses and makes the tent more bright with ambient light.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of diffuse?

• A rock

• An outfit

• The smell of burnt popcorn permeates down the hall and into my room.

• Shoes

Recesses

• a small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest.

Recesses

"In the dark recesses of the mind, a disease known as FEAR feasts upon the souls of those who cannot overcome its power... And so fear is forced deep within the soul of a hero.

Multiple Choice

What part of a theatre would be an example of "the recesses of a theatre"

• The stage

• The wings

• The vestibule

• The audience