1st Six Weeks Vocabulary Words

True or False: OSTENTATIOUS means very showy.

True or False: AMBIGUOUS means to criticize, to condescend

True or False: INSTIGATE means to cause.

Some parents want to live __________(ly) through their children and push them into sports.

A grammar book usually starts with __________ skills, such as identifying nouns and verbs.

I thought my cousin would ___________ her inheritance on expensive vacations and gambling.

The two top recording artists of all time will _______________ on a big music album soon.

The straight A student was very __________ about never cheating on a test.

Definition: to place close together, especially in order to compare or contrast

True or False: DETRIMENT means a disadvantage.

Definition: quick to recover

It rained continuously until noon. After that, there were only __________ showers.

Lauren __________ the door of her locker with pictures of her cats and best friends.

In __________, I have come to understand you can always learn from your mistakes.

Definition: to drive away; to alienate or to make unsympathetic

In a dictatorship, __________(s) are not tolerated; they might be imprisoned or executed!

True or False: SUBSIDIZE means to pay for; to support financially

The teacher ___________ me for being on my device and for being off-task.

Definition: unintentional; accidental

True or False: SENSORY has to do with all our senses.

Definition: to ridicule

Definition: outgoing

Definition: skilled

Whenever I make an _____________ purchase, I feel guilty afterward.

True or False: INANE means silly, foolish; without sense or meaning

Definition: to go backward to an earlier, usually, worse state or condition

Annie is a _______ about health; she runs every day and doesn't eat sugar or carbs.

True or False: INFALLIBLE means imperfect.

Definition: funny; humorous; playfully joking

Definition: to honor, respect deeply

I hate sappy Lifetime movies; they are so dramatic and _______________.

Definition: to yield, to surrender (something); give (something) up

What is the ______________ driving speed on the German autobahn (super highway)?

I couldn't quite ________ my loud burp in church and mom glared at me.

True or False: ZENITH means the highest peak or point.

"I have a great lack of energy and laziness known as __________" said Nancy.

Definition: very happy; overjoyed

True or False: DESPONDENT means you are ill.

DISCRETION means to use good judgment or have good sense.