Gatsby Ch. 6 Vocab Let’s Meet the Words Choose the Ch. 6 boxed words that should go in each sentence and write the sentence number next to the word in.

Gatsby Ch. 6 VocabLet’s Meet the Words

Choose the Ch. 6 boxed words that should go in each sentence and write the sentence number next to the word in your packet.

1. After playing with blocks and attempting to learn the alphabet, Rita felt __________.

2. In Return of the Jedi, the Rebels are about to attack the Death Star because their intelligence shows it is not yet operational. But, Admiral Ackbar discovers this

faulty information is actually an

___________ trick!

It’s a trap!

A tribute to Admiral Ackbar!

• trouser cough• toot your own horn• break wind• pass gas• cut the cheese• backdoor breeze• buttock bassoon• fluffer-doodle

• gravy pants• one-man jazz band• Puff, the magic

dragon• Tugboat Charlie• trouser trumpet

3. These are all ___________ for a certain bodily function.

4. This dog is avidly seeking confirmation that a certain event he’s been hoping for will __________.

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5. The Breakfast Club, a hit movie from the ‘80s, is about a _________ of teenagers serving Saturday School detention.

6. The picnic turned out to be an _____________

experience when, out of nowhere, this terrifying clown showed up.

Kid, do you want

some candy?

7. Cats seem to live their lives in a state of ________.

8. Takeru Kobayashi is famous for what some consider a ________ achievement: eating 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

1. After playing with blocks and attempting to learn the alphabet, Rita felt __________.

1. After playing with blocks and attempting to learn the alphabet, Rita felt lethargic.

lethargic

adj. – lacking energy or sluggish; deficient in alertness or activity

2. In Return of the Jedi, the Rebels are about to attack the Death Star because their intelligence shows it is not yet operational. But, Admiral Ackbar discovers this

faulty information is actually an

___________ trick!

It’s a trap!

2. In Return of the Jedi, the Rebels are about to attack the Death Star because their intelligence shows it is not yet operational. But, Admiral Ackbar discovers this

faulty information is actually an

insidious trick!

insidious

adj. – attractive or enticing but harmful; intended to entrap

It’s a trap!

• trouser cough• toot your own horn• break wind• pass gas• cut the cheese• backdoor breeze• buttock bassoon• fluffer-doodle

• gravy pants• one-man jazz band• Puff, the magic

dragon• Tugboat Charlie• trouser trumpet

3. These are all ___________ for a certain bodily function.

• trouser cough• toot your own horn• break wind• pass gas• cut the cheese• backdoor breeze• buttock bassoon• fluffer-doodle

• gravy pants• one-man jazz band• Puff, the magic

dragon• Tugboat Charlie• trouser trumpet

euphemism (noun) - an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh

3. These are all euphemisms for a certain bodily function.

4. This dog is avidly seeking confirmation that a certain event he’s been hoping for will __________.

4. This dog is avidly seeking confirmation that a certain event he’s been hoping for will transpire.

transpire

verb - to occur; to happen; to take place

5. The Breakfast Club, a hit movie from the ‘80s, is about a _________ of teenagers serving Saturday School detention.

5. The Breakfast Club, a hit movie from the ‘80s, is about a menagerie of teenagers serving Saturday School detention.menagerie (noun)

a collection of wild animals or unusual, varied group of people

6. The picnic turned out to be an _____________

experience when, out of nowhere, this terrifying clown showed up.

Kid, do you want

some candy?

6. The picnic turned out to be an ineffable

experience when, out of nowhere, this terrifying clown showed up.

Ineffable: adj. - incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable (Although, more typically, this is a positive-connotation word used to modify an indescribable positive experience.)

Kid, do you want

some candy?

7. Cats seem to live their lives in a state of ________.

7. Cats seem to live their lives in a state of repose.

reposeverb/noun - 1) to lieor be at rest, as from work,activity, etc.

2) to lean ina comfortable position

8. Takeru Kobayashi is famous for what some consider a ________ achievement: eating 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

8. Takeru Kobayashi is famous for what some consider a laudable achievement: eating 53 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

laudable

adj. – deserving high praise; commendable