Vocabulary List 11 Introduction Lesson

Vocabulary List 11 Introduction Lesson

By Nicky Motos

• Her mother seemed to have an infinite number of questions about Jenny's date with Silas. ​

• The teacher ​had infinite patience and never lost her temper, no matter how far her students pushed her.

​Infinite

Multiple Choice

What does infinite mean?

• Asking questions

• never-ending; going on forever

• ending abruptly

• a small amount

• Mrs. Jenkin's biggest fear was that her daughter would be abducted, so she watched her closely whenever they went to the park.​

• ​Kent's parents didn't believe his story about being abducted by aliens and taken away in their spaceship for three hours.

Abduct

Multiple Choice

What does abduct mean?

• to return something

• a great fear

• to kidnap

• to tell wild stories

• The interior designer had a collection of textiles for her customers browse through.

• ​Clothing manufacturers make many purchases from textile factories.

Textiles

Multiple Choice

What are textiles?

• books

• designer clothing

• to dislike

• woven materials; cloth

• George loathed cooked carrots and groaned every time his dad made them for dinner.

• ​"I loathe cleaning the toilet," said Mike. "I'd rather vacuum the whole house every day for a week."

Loathe

Poll

What does loathe mean?

• to love

• to hate

• hating of vegetables

• dislike of toilets

• ​The unscrupulous coach encouraged his team to cheat whenever they could.

• The businessman was so unscrupulous that he cheated people who lived in nursing homes. ​

Unscrupulous

Multiple Choice

What does unscrupulous mean?

• poor coaching

• dishonest; immoral

• having great integrity

• Making the wrong decision

• ​The decision to eliminate school uniforms at St. Mary's School was quite controversial.

• Many of Madonna's music videos are controversial. ​

Controversial

Multiple Choice

What does controversial mean?

• easily agreed upon

• interesting

• debatable; likely to cause disagreement

• making tough decisions

• ​Everyone wishes Molly and Zeke would break up. They have such a turbulent relationship.

• The injured seal was having trouble staying afloat in the turbulent waters.

Turbulent

Multiple Choice

What does turbulent mean?

• wild; unstable

• mild and calm

• poor weather

• rough relationships

• Many owls are nocturnal. That's why they see so well in the dark.

• "My cat is l nocturnal and loves to go out at 2:00 am," said Marta.

Nocturnal

Poll

What does nocturnal mean?

• active during the day

• having excellent hunting skills

• active at night

• a type of owl

• James Brown has been touted as the "Godfather of Soul."

• Mr. Octave had been touted as one of the best drama directors in the state, so the school was delighted to hire him.

Tout

Multiple Choice

What does it mean to tout?

• to criticize harshly

• winning awards

• to praise highly

• getting the job

• Marcos was smug about the A he got on his grammar test. He bragged about it to anyone who would listen.

• ​Charla was smug about knowing the answer when no one else did.

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Smug

Multiple Choice

What does smug mean?

• Getting good grades

• self-satisfied to an annoying degree

• being humble

• Knowing the answers

• Jessica's bravery was just a facade. Deep down, she was terrified.

• The building had a bricke, facade but it was really constructed of wood.

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Facade

Multiple Choice

What is a facade?

• the face or front part of something, especially an artificial or false front

• a type of building material

• brick building

• the back or behind of something

• Ella took a vehement dislike to tomatoes after she ate too many of them and got sick. ​

• The defendant vehemently denied having stolen the car.

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Vehement

Multiple Choice

What does vehement mean?

• dislike of tomatoes

• gentle; full of kindness

• happy and ecstatic

• forceful; full of intense feeling