Vocab unit 4 weeks 1-4

Doctors, restaurant employees, and chemical engineers may use this type of language when speaking to each other.

• scarcity

• jargon

• sociable

• terse

Which of the following is not a synonym for terse?

• serious

• brief

• to the point

• exhilarate

Which of the following events might be somber?

• a football game

• a pep rally

• a memorial service

• the lunchroom at Hamilton Elementary

Which sentence would the word "jut" fit in best?

• He was jut and skinny.

• The bully will jut her elbow in the pathway to hit the little girl.

• Why don't you just jut out of the way?

To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove

• jostle
• precipice
• scurry
• swagger

To go with light running steps; scamper

• scurry
• swagger
• jabber
• jostle

To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air

• swagger
• jabber
• jostle
• precipice

to cause to go gently or smoothly through the air or over water

• quell
• muster
• waft
• stamina

(noun)
a small, rounded hill

• gratify
• impartial
• knoll
• tolerate

The fencer waved his sword back and forth, instead of thrusting it forward like he was supposed to.

• Barricade

• Brandish

• Bluff

• Brackish