Vocabulary Week10/18-10/22 Quiz 10/22

Appease (verb) – to bring to a state of peace

Augment (verb) – to make larger; enlarge in size

Candid (adj.) – straightforward

Diffident (adj.) – lacking confidence in one’s own ability

Expunge (verb) – erase; wipe out or destroy

Extol (verb) – to praise highly

Inexorable (adj.) – unchangeable; not to be persuaded

Ostensible (adj.) – evident; conspicuous; obvious

Rancor (noun) – bitter; hatred; malice

Strident (adj.) – having an irritating quality or character

Tuesday 10/19 Fold your paper into 12 boxes. In the first box write your name in MLA format. In each of the remaining boxes, write a vocabulary word

and its part of speech at the top and draw a picture of the MOST IMPORTANT word of the definition.

In the last box write a sentence about Halloween using any word you would like.

Appease Augment Candid

Diffident Expunge Extol

Inexorable Ostensible Rancor

Strident

Wednesday 20/Thursday 21

Complete the Crossword Puzzle

Hand Out.Don’t forget, you

have a quiz Friday!!