Vocabulary 3-1
1. Concoction
1. Concoction
• A Mixture/ or• Act of devising a plan
The witches made a nasty concoction of the ingredients.
2.Anomaly
2.Anomaly
• Something abnormal or different
• The two headed snake was an anomaly we saw at the circus.
3. Contrite
3. Contrite
• To be sorry or feel regret for doing something
• The boy felt contrite for making fun of the little child who fell off his bicycle.
4.Excerpt
4.Excerpt
• a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
• Passage from the original writing
• The students memorized and recited an excerpt from “The Bible”.
5.Servile
5.Servile
• Submissive • Servant like, giving into
something because of fear
• The servile employee always agreed to the unfair work hours and low wages offered by his employer.
6.Hearsay
6.Hearsay
• unofficial information, Gossip, Rumor
• The information you heard about the Class President’s resignation was just hearsay.
• I pay no attention to hearsay.
7.Jostle
7.Jostle
• to bump, push, shove or elbow roughly or rudely against something
• The crowd at the train station jostled him towards the tracks.
8. Cliché
8. Cliché
• stereotyped expression• Overused expression• The man used a lot of
cliches in his conversation.
• Strong as an ox, older and wiser, Apple of my eye
9. Vigil
9. Vigil
• Wakefulness or a period of watchfulness
• The mother kept a vigil over her sick child for the whole night.
• The nurse kept her vigil near the patient.
10.Rubble
10.Rubble
• broken bits and pieces of debris, rocks or anything
• The twin towers were reduced to rubble.
11.Plaudits
11.Plaudits
• round of applause
• The movie, Lord of the Rings, received plaudits from the critics.
12. Adage
12. Adage
• A Proverb..a wise, old saying
• An old adage is “ The early bird catches the worm”
13. Bonanza
13. Bonanza
• A source of great wealth
• Meeting the singers backstage was a Bonanza for the teenagers.
14. Omit
14. Omit
• to leave out; fail to include or mention
• The teacher omitted to mention one of the girls name at the graduation ceremony
15. Verbatim
15. Verbatim
• Word for word, in exactly the same words
• My sister repeated everything I said verbatim to my parents.
• The witness had to tell the police verbatim everything she heard.