vocabulary workshop lesson 5 done by: mohammed adnan
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Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 5DONE BY: MOHAMMED ADNAN
Anagram
Meaning: A word or phrase made from another word or phrase by changing the letters
Sentence/example:
1. The Eyes : They see
The example above has had its letters rearranged to make new words.
Goad
Meaning: A leash or whip for driving cattle. To urge someone to do something
Synonym: Whip; urge
Antonym: Discourage
Sentence/example: The teacher goaded the students to write their essays and submit them on time; however, some students were still late in submitting it.
Noncommittal
Meaning: Not committing; not revealing one’s purpose
Synonym: Discreet; unrevealing.
Antonym: Revealing, Committed.
Sentence/example: Even though people were expecting his speech to show his commitment to this position, the candidate’s speech was noncommittal.
Assertion
Meaning: The act of declaring something; a positive claim.
Synonym: Declaration, announcement.
Antonym: Denial, discreetness.
Sentence/example: The principal’s assertion angered the students, for they were not pleased with this announcement.
Quixotic
Meaning: Impractically idealistic.
Synonym: Idealistic
Antonym: Realistic
Sentence/example: A human growing wings and flying is a quixotic fantasy.
Coherent
Meaning: Logically connected; clearly expressed
Synonym: Clear; connected; relevant.
Antonym: incoherent, irrelevant
Sentence/example: Students are supposed to write coherent essays that have connecting words or phrases that link the whole essay together.
Fulminate
Meaning: To argue or talk violently and loudly; to protest or denounce.
Synonym: Protest; rage; denounce
Antonym: Support; praise
Sentence/example: A disagreement caused two students to fulminate.
Proboscis
Meaning: The long snout of an animal; a nose.
Synonym: Nose; trunk
Antonym: None
Sentence/example: An elephant’s trunk can be called a proboscis. Sentence: The child was surprised to see the elephant’s long proboscis.
Inexplicable
Meaning: Impossible to explain or understand.
Synonym: Incomprehensible
Antonym: Understandable
Sentence/example: Some students think that advanced physics problems are inexplicable, while in reality, they are hard to understand, but not impossible.
Surmise
Meaning: To guess or suppose; a guess based on little evidence.
Synonym: guess; assumption
Antonym: Certain
Sentence/example: Based on the faint traces left, he surmised what had happened.
Thank you for listening to the presentation You now have two choices:
1. End it here
2. Continue to the quiz to make sure that you have learned the words.
If you chose #2, then please proceed to the next slide.
Vocabulary Quiz
Write the meaning of the following words:
1. Fulminate:
To argue or talk loudly and violently
2. Surmise: To guess or suppose
3. Proboscis: The long snout of an animal; a nose.
Vocabulary Quiz
Write the synonym of the following words:
1. Quixotic:
Idealistic
2. Inexplicable:
Incomprehensible
3. Assertion:
Assumption
Vocabulary Quiz
Write the antonym of the following words:
1. Coherent: Irrelevant
2. Noncommittal: Committed
3. Goad: Discourage
Thank You For Participating
Done by: Mohammed Adnan
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