VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

By: Ali Salter

Confiscators

• People who seize by or as if by authority.• The confiscators took my phone because I

was texting.• Costly. Operations. Nudge. Fluttery. Icons. Since. Clear. Approaches. Tax. Orderly. Red. Saxophones.

Sinister

• bad; evil; wicked• The sinister man hated children and would

steal their candy.• Snakes. Improve. New. Ideas. Since. Trolls.

Established. Reactions.

Futile

• Unimportant• The futile man kept on doing his work while

everyone else was discussing what to do.• Furious. Ugly. Thoughts. Involve. Limp. Earths.

Dignity

• Conduct; nobility or elevation of character.• The man cared more about his dignity than

money, so he decided not to take the embarrassing job.

• Difficult. Irresponsible. Groups. Nudge. Individual. Ticklish. Yolks.

Fruitless

• Useless; unproductive• The fruitless student got no work done.• Fear. Returns. Unharmed. Iguanas. Then. Lives.

Expect. Special. Shirts.

Internment• Confinement• The interment camps confined the Japanese

people.• Involved. Nerdy. Tinted. Easy. Results. Nudge.

Many. Educated. Nice. Twigs.

Hostility

• A hostile state, condition, or attitude.• The man’s hostility drove him to murder his

wife.• Hats. Own. Speakers. Then. Impossible.

Lawnmowers. Issue. Tinted. Years.

Subordinate• Of less importance; secondary. To make

a lower rank.• The subordinate man had to assist his

boss because he was secondary.• Shepherds. Unfold. Babies. Once.

Rested. Downward. Igloos. Navigate. Apathetic. Thoughtful. Engines

Aggravated

• To make worse or more severe; intensify • The aggravated the chickens to fight.• Grab. Gentle. Receipts. And. Violent.

Architects. Try. Embarrassing. Dulcimers.

Promenade

• A stroll or walk, especially in a public place, as for pleasure or display.

• I took a promenade with my dog because she wanted to walk.

• Public. Retro. Overdue. Mothers. Elude. Nuclear. Apathetic. Determined. Efforts.

Pacify

• Quiet; calm • I gave the baby a pacifier to pacify her.• People. Always. Carry. Intense. Fire. Yolks.

Oblivion • The state of being completely forgotten or

unknown.• She became oblivion when he friend

showed up in fancier clothes than hers.• Omnivorous. Break-dancing. Large. Issues.

Value. Industrial. Obvious. Nights.

Sustenance

• Nourishment • The sustenance given was not enough to keep

me full.• Shrill. Unions. Serve. Technical. External.

Notes. After. Novels. Caress. Eyes.

Subdued

• Quiet; lowered in intensity or strength.• After the argument he was much more

subdued.• Specific. Unequivocal. Bears. Direct. Unusual.

Every. Days.

Lethargy

• Llamas. Elongate. Tall. Hydroplanes. After. Reports. Give. Youths.

• The quality or state of being drowsy or dull• After the track meet lethargy started to take of

my body.

Assented

• Acrobatic. Standard. Serious. Eggshells. Narrate. Tall. Embarrassing. Doormats.

• To give in; yield; concede. • She finally assented and gave her son a cookie.

Capitulate

• To surrender unconditionally• Chiefs. Activate. Plain. Islands. Then. Usual.

Lands. Add. Thin. Earthworms. • I had to capitulate or else they would have

killed me.

Assertive

• Confidently aggressive or self-assured• Arbitrary. Symposiums. Send. Esoteric. Rings.

Then. Incomes. Visualize. Exceptions.• The lawyer was very assertive and made her

case very convincing.

Authentic

• Genuine; real • Actual. Unnatural. Tainted. Hills. Eat. Nuclear.

Ticklish. International. Characters.• I bought an Authentic baseball signed by Babe

Ruth.

Intangible

• Igloos. Navigate. Tickers. After. Nutty. Galoshes. Increase. Blunted. Little. Eggshells.

• not define or clear to the mind• The writing was intangible and unclear.