Coach Carter

Coach Carter

Vocabulary

battered (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: beaten persistently or hard;

pounded repeatedly3. Your own sentence

stark (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: complete, harsh, or grim3. Your own sentence

dingy (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: lacking brightness or

freshness; dull3. Your own sentence

pristine (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: clean; having its original

purity; uncorrupted3. Your own sentence

sheepishly (adv.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: done in an embarrassed or

bashful way3. Your own sentence

boring (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: penetrating, puncturing, or

piercing3. Your own sentence

grapple (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: to hold or make fast to

something3. Your own sentence

vehemently (adv.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: done in an intense,

passionate, or emotional way3. Your own sentence

Chapter Two

façade (n.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: the front of a building3. Your own sentence

conspicuous (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: easily seen or noticed;

readily visible3. Your own sentence

officious (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: assertive and commanding3. Your own sentence

exude (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: to project or display; to give

off3. Your own sentence

stipend (n.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: a periodic payment for

services3. Your own sentence

quip (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: to make a clever, witty, or

sarcastic remark3. Your own sentence

dubiously (adv.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: done in a questioning or

doubtful way3. Your own sentence

Chapter Three

Corralled (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: collected, gathered, or

captured3. Your own sentence

Miniscule (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: very small3. Your own sentence

Mimed (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: portrayed by gestures and

bodily movements; mimicked3. Your own sentence

Gripe (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: to complain naggingly or

constantly3. Your own sentence

Nullify (v.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: to declare legally void; to

cancel3. Your own sentence

Impassive (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: without emotion; calm;

unmoved3. Your own sentence

Pleading (adj.)

1. Guess: 1-5 words2. Definition: begging or persuasive3. Your own sentence