Week 1 Vocabulary Practice for George Washington's Socks

Week 1 Vocabulary for George Washington's Socks

by Mrs. Rodgers

​Week 1 Vocabulary Words

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1. ​reluctant

2. ​coaxing

3. ​emphatically

4. ​ominous

5. ​transfixed

​reluctant

​hesitant, not willing or enthusiastic

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​Example Sentence: Tiger was reluctant to come down from the tree since there were many dogs barking at the bottom.

​coaxing

​to get someone to do something by gentle urging

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​Example Sentence: She needs a bit

of gentle coaxing to feel confident

enough to share her opinion with

her classmates.

​emphatically

​forceful, determined, or insistent in speech or action

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​Example Sentence: The coach emphatically told his team to take a time out and regroup.

​ominous

​giving a sign of future trouble or evil

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​Example Sentence: The sky was ominous, and it felt like a storm was moving in.

​transfixed

​to fix in place or hold motionless by horror, wonder or astonishment

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​Example Sentence: I transfixed my eyes

on the screen, because I could not

believe I had just beaten the

video game.

Multiple Choice

hesitant, not willing or enthusiastic

• reluctant

• coaxing

• emphatically

• ominous

Multiple Choice

forceful, determined, or insistent in speech or action

• coaxing

• emphatically

• ominous

• transfixed

Multiple Choice

to get someone to do something by gentle urging

• ominous

• reluctant

• coaxing

• transfixed

Multiple Choice

to fix in place or hold motionless by horror, wonder or astonishment

• reluctant

• coaxing

• ominous

• transfixed

Multiple Choice

giving a sign of future trouble or evil

• ominous

• transfixed

• coaxing

• emphatically

Open Ended

Select one of your vocabulary words and use it in your own sentence.

ominous, transfixed, emphatically, reluctant, or coaxing