Vocabulary List 7 Introduction Lesson

Vocabulary List 7

Introduction Lesson

cordial

• Heidi was cordial to Mr. Fugi when he was introduced as the new principal.

• Leonard was nervous about meeting the president, but she greeted him with such a cordial handshake that he soon felt very comfortable.

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to be cordial?

• cruel and insensitive

• warm and friendly

• nervous and anxious

• meeting new people

acquitted

• Bud's friends were all relieved when he was acquitted of the charges against him.

• Because Gina was acquitted of shoplifting, she did not have to go to jail.

Multiple Choice

What does acquitted mean?

• to be found not guilty

• to be guilty of something

• the get away with something

• to not care about something

virtue

• Beth's parents can't wait for her to discover the virtue of keeping her bedroom clean.

• The senator was a man of great virtue and was never once involved in a scandal of any kind.

Multiple Select

What does virtue mean?

• good business practices

• being an excellent housekeeper

• goodness; moral excellence; a good quality or feature.

• lacking good judgement; unethical; a poor quality or feature.

significant

• The strange weather patterns are significant because they may suggest an overall change in world climates.

• The gold locket that Denise wears is significant to her because it once belonged to her grandmother.

Poll

What does significant mean?

• wild weather

• jewelry

• not important; not having any impact

• full of meaning; having great impact

dignity

• Mr. Santini told his four children to behave with dignity at their grandfather's funeral.

• "If you behave with dignity in this classroom, you will do well and have my respect," said the new chemistry teacher.

Multiple Choice

What is dignity?

• disrespect and disgrace

• doing whatever you feel like.

• self respect and honor

• being foolish and silly

melodramatic

• The actors were so melodramatic that it was hard to take the play seriously.

• Midge was being melodramatic when she accidentally dumped a slice of pizza in her lap and then shouted, "That does it! I'm never eating again for as long as I live!"

Multiple Choice

What does melodramatic mean?

• a hatred of pizza

• outstanding acting

• lackadaisical

• overly emotional

eternal

• "My love for you is eternal," Romeo whispered." I will never love another."

• Harvey was eternally grateful to his father for letting him drive his Corvette to the prom. He never forgot the favor.

Multiple Select

What does eternal mean?

• nonexistent

• existing always, without beginning or end.

• true love

• car enthusiast

paranoid

• My sister is paranoid. She's convinced that someone is spying on her.

• When Brooke saw that her locker door was ajar, she became paranoid and thought everyone in school was trying to steal her stuff.

Poll

What do you think paranoid means?

• extremely trusting

• overly suspicious

• excessively disorganized

• beautiful

emerge

• The excited crowd held up banners as the football team emerged from the locker room and ran onto the field.

• The very Saturday that Melody was supposed to go out with Gabe a pimple emerged on her forehead.

Multiple Choice

What does emerge mean?

• aggressive acne

• excitement and chaos

• submerging

• to rise from; to become visible or known

chaos

• The earthquake and power outage threw the city into chaos. the police, fire department, and ambulances couldn't keep up with all the calls.

• The halls were chaotic when the students burst out of the classrooms at the last bell on the last day of school.

Multiple Choice

What does chaos mean?

• natural catastrophe

• extreme confusion or disorder

• neat and organized

• parades

impeccable

• Walter's reading of the poem was impeccable. He didn't stumble once, and everyone could hear him clearly.

• JoAnn's taste in clothing was impeccable. That's why she was voted "Best Dressed."

Poll

What do you think impeccable means?

• messy; full of error

• faultless; free of error

• high reading ability

• having great fashion sense

grovel

• "I guess I'm going to forgive Tim for breaking our date," said Julia, "but I'm going to make him grovel first."

• No matter how she groveled, Ericka could not persuade her sister to loan her the beautiful black sweater.

Multiple Select

What does it mean to grovel?

• to humble yourself in a degrading way before someone.

• to argue

• to be very difficult

• to be a terrible boyfriend