Vocabulary

Copy down __word__, __part of speech__, __definition__, __sentence in context__, and then __create your own sentence at__ least 12 words in length using the word in context. REMEMBER: All vocabulary tests are __cumulative__.

Unit 3 (3rd Six weeks)

__ 3rd 6 Weeks (UP) __ __ 2nd 6 Weeks (DOWN) __

Unit 2: __Test: 10/28 (A-day) and 10/31 (B-day)__

__ 2nd 6 Weeks (UP) __ __ 1st 6 Weeks (DOWN) __

Unit 1: __1. (Aug. 24/25) **bellicose** (adj.) argumentative; prone to fighting__ __The__ bellicose __boy was sent to the principal's office for throwing a trash can, kicking a dog, shouting at a door, and trying to start a fight with a tree.__ __2. (Aug. 26/29) **glib** (adj.) marked by careless ease and fluency in speech or writing__ __The speaker's__ glib __delivery of his mantra has the audience entranced, and almost hides his awkward appearance--the bad comb-over, the hideous corduroy leisure suit, and his squat, portly frame.__ __3. (Aug 30/31) **apocryphal** (adj.) of doubtful origins; inauthentic__ __When I read the emails from former teachers stating that these English 3 students were going to be the best students ever, I believed the news to be__ apocryphal__, and so far, my instincts have been correct.__ __4. (Sep 1/2) **capitulate** (verb-intransitive) to surrender; to give up__ __The LCM Footbal team was exhausted from the plethora of assignments that their English teachers had given them that week, but they refused to__ capitulate __to the Nacogdoches High School Dragons as they mowed through their defensive line up on Friday.__ __5. (Sep 6/7) **ephemeral** (adj.) lasting for a short while__ __As the students file into the classroom, sit in their desks, and begin working on the warm-up, I really do like them, but the feeling is only__ ephemeral__, and by the end of class, I am happy to see them leave.__ __6. (Sep 8/9) **raconteur** (noun) a skillful storyteller__ __Stephanie Meyers is not the__ raconteur __that everyone thinks she is, and is, instead, a moderately talented mercenary artist.__ __7. (Sep 12/13) **pernicious** (adj) very harmful and destructive, usually in a subtle but relentless way__ __The__ pernicious __rumor about her circulated around the school, its contents continually growing and spreading out of control, until she finally had to change schools.__ __8. (Sep 14/15) **penurious** (adj) marked by suffering from profound poverty, or extreme stinginess; in other words, very poor or very stingy__ __Scrooge's__ penurious __nature caused him to habitually underpay his assistant, Bob Cratchet, and as a result, the Cratchets were forced to live a__ penurious __lifestyle, unable to even pay for Tiny Tim's mounting medical expenses.__ __9. (Sep 16/19) **abstemious** (adj) sparing in food or drink; to refrain from excess__ __He attributes his longevity to his__ abstemious __way of living; he never eats or drinks too much, and he always goes to sleep by 7:30.__ __10. (Sep 20/21) **insipid** (adj) bland, tasteless; lacking zest__ __The teacher was disappointed in all of the__ insipid__ writing her students turned in; which she found boring and uninspiring.
 * TEST: 9/26-27**