Vocabulary PowerPoint

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Vocabulary PowerPoint

• By Caroline Hebert

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Churlish- (adjective) lacking politeness or good
manners

• When Vanessa acted churlish to Chuck Norris,
  Chuck round house kicked Vanessa in the face.

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Plaudits-(noun) applause enthusiastic praise or
approval.

• Young Money, also known as Lil Wayne, always
  receives huge plaudits after he raps a song.

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Revert-(verb) to return, go back.

• When I heard there was a large pokémon battle
  going on in the middle of the road, I decided to
  revert back home.

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Collaborate-(verb) to work with, work together.

• Vanilla Ice says we collaborate and listen,
  because hes back with a new invention.

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Staid-(adjective) serious and dignified quiet or
subdued in character or conduct.

• Im guessing the joker, in Dark Knight movie,
  wasnt staid, because he would always ask, Why
  so serious?

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Ornate-(adjective) elaborately decorated showily
splendid.

• The Christmas tree was very ornate, but due to
  the large number of ornaments, the tree had
  fallen on Birdman, tha rappa

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Unison-(noun) a sounding together

• When we had sung the strange song in unison the
  crowd had basically begged us to sing it one more
  time.

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Rubble-(noun) broken stone or bricks ruins.

• I was very disappointed when I punched the wall
  and no rubble was on the floor.

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Bountiful-(adjective) giving freely, generous
plentiful, given abundantly.

• If I was a rapper with a cool name, Id be able
  to give a bountiful amount of money to my fans.

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Perturb-(verb) to trouble, make uneasy

• The mere thought of being eaten by a shark or
  even bit by one, perturbs me greatly.

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Relevant-(adjective) connected with or related to
the matter at hand.

• I believe that rap is very relevant to opera but,
  people tend to not agree with me.

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Willful-(adjective) stubbornly self willed done
on purpose, deliberate.

• Some people say that uh-oh Oreos were
  accidently made that way, but I know, for a fact,
  that they were guilty of the willful, uh-oh
  Oreos.

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Blasé-(adjective) bored as a result of having
enjoyed many pleasures. apathetic, indifferent.

• After having rode every ride at Hersheys park,
  twice, I found it a bit blasé to ride any ride a
  third time.

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Nonentity-(noun) a person or thing of no
importance.

• If you think Chuck Norris is a nonentity, think
  again, because if you all ready havent, youre
  going to get round house kicked in the face for
  thinking that.

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Peruse-(verb) to read thoroughly and carefully.

• If you dont peruse a contract, who knows, what
  things would happen to you if you signed it.

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Recourse-(noun) a person or thing turned to for
help or advice.

• Im glad I dont turn to my teddy bear as a
  recourse, and look like a freak.

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Residue-(noun) a remainder, that which remains
when a part has been used up or removed.

• When my friend ate the doughnut, it had left a
  residue on her shirt, so I gave her my lucky
  tide-to-go pen.

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Prodigious-(adjective) immense extraordinary in
bulk, size or degree.

• Since she would always make problems seem
  prodigious when they really were miniature, we
  decided to kick her out of our group.

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Skittish-(adjective) extremely nervous and easily
frightened.

• Every time before we would we take a test, jimmy
  would always be so skittish about them, he would
  run out the room screaming.

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Comply-(verb) to yield to a request of command.

• In school, if you dont comply with the rules,
  you could get suspended, or even expelled.