Bell Ringer Vocabulary

Pay Attention; take notice

• Portend

• Reticent

• Heed

• Languish

Pause or gap in sequence

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clingy or adhering

• Tenacious

• Bombastic

• Oblique

• Laconic

Easily Influence

Using very few words

• Portend

• Reticent

• Languish

• Laconic

The witches in Macbeth_______Macbeth's downfall in the very​ first scene.

• portend
• Hiatus
• Blithe
• Boorish

The senator resigned shortly after his sexist ______ was posted online.

• boorish

• enunciation

• acrid

• tirade

An award or privilege granted as a special honor.

• Headstrong

• Accolade

• Laconic

• Pliable

Not revealing one's thoughts or feeling readily.

• Portend

• Reticent

• Resplendent

• Oblique.

Person who boast about achievements or possessions.

• Braggart

• Boorish

• Tenuous

• Bombastic