freshman academy vocabulary3

Vocabulary 3A

1. Indignantly

2. Myopic

3. Succinct

4. Garish

5. Curtness

6. Futility

7. Preoccupation

8. Carnal

9. Elucidate

10.Pensive

11.Impassive

12.Fortitude

Indignantly

• Adverb

• To be angry due to unfairness; irate; annoyed

• The cat looked at me indignantly when I asked him to move from my lap.

Myopic

• Adjective

• Lacking in foresight

• Her myopic attitude about the party caused a shortage of food and subsequently caused irritation among the guests.

Succinct

• Adjective

• Brief and to the point

• When writing essays, you should back up your main point with details, but also be succinct, so your reader does not become bored.

Garish• Adjective

• Bright and loud; Brash; Tacky

• Her loud, garish dress clashed with her shocking pink lipstick and red hair.

Curtness

• Noun

• The act of being rudely brief; abruptness

• The doctor’s curt reply made the old woman burst into tears.

Futility• Noun

• Pointlessness; uselessness

• Do not linger on the futility of life; you make a difference!

Preoccupation• Noun

• Constant thought about something; focus of someone’s attention

• Mary’s preoccupation with her hair borders on obsession.

Carnal

• Adjective

• Relating to physical needs; relating to the body

• When shipwrecked on an island, Jim sharply realized the carnal needs of his body.

Elucidate• Verb

• Explain something

• Can you elucidate on the significance of the red bar on this population chart?

Pensive

• Adjective

• Deeply thoughtful

• Her pensive mood made her mother worry about how much work Sandra was facing at the university.

Impassive

• Adjective

• Expressionless; devoid of all emotion; apathetic

• His impassive look showed that he did not care about chocolate ice cream.

Fortitude• Noun

• Determination; resilience; grit

• When Perry got knocked down, he showed true fortitude by standing back up and climbing the tree to the top.

Vocabulary 4A

1. Detritus

2. Effervesce

3. Myriad

4. Insidious

5. Invidious

6. Intransigent

7. Ineffable

8. Sophisticated

9. Encourage

10.Fascinate

11.Derive

12.vibrating

Detritus

• Noun

• Loose material; miscellaneous remnants; odds and ends

• A detritus of rock and dirt rumbled down the hillside and into the lake, where it splashed into the water.

Effervesce

• Verb

• To bubble or hiss; to show liveliness or exhilaration

• The Alka-Seltzer tablet effervesced in the glass, and sent up a million bubbles of relief to the top.

Myriad

• Noun

• Ten thousand; great or vast number

• The box contained a myriad of yarn, buttons, sequins, and other sewing supplies – enough for a lifetime of crafting!

Insidious

• Adjective

• Awaiting a chance to entrap; treacherous; sly

• The insidious spider waited for a fly to enter into its carefully constructed web.

Invidious

• Adjective

• Tending to cause discontent, envy, animosity or ill will

• The political movie was invidious, and she refused to stand a minute longer in the theatre watching it.

Intransigent

• Adjective

• Characterized by a refusal to abandon a position; very stubborn

• The intransigent cat refused to get off my lap, pawing in deep with its needle like claws.

ineffable

• Adjective

• Unable to be expressed in words

• The boy stood in ineffable silence, unable to speak about what had happened to him in the camp.

sophisticated

• Adjective

• Highly complicated or quite complex; having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world

• Sam’s cousin has a highly sophisticated understanding of an engine; he can take one look under the hood and tell Sam just what is wrong with his car.

encourage

• Verb

• To foster; to develop; to inspire with hope

• My mother encouraged me to be a great chef by showing me secrets to her favorite recipes and helping me study spices and extracts.

Fascinate

• Verb

• To transfix with wonder; to hold spellbound

• The book fascinated me with its vivid characters and story of the war in Vietnam.

derive

• Verb

• To infer; to take from a specified source

• The word “giant” is derived from the Greek root “gigas”.

vibrating

• Verb (past

• Oscillating; fluctuating; moving to and fro

• The fan vibrated as it gave out cool, refreshing air to the room.