Friday, January 23, 2009

chapter4vocab

•Mischief-(noun) A source of harm or irritation
•Exp-Meredith's little brother Timmy was always involved in mischief playing pranks and a number of other things.
•Radically-(adverb) In a radical or extreme manner
•Exp-The aircraft shook radically after taking a missile hit to the right engine.
•Timidly-(Adjective) Lacking courage or self confidence.
•Exp-The nerd timidly asked for his money back from the bully.
•Scurried-(Intransitive Verb) To move in a brisk pace.
•Exp-The rat scurried through the corn field.
•Feverishly- (Adjective) Tending to cause fever
•Exp- The girl feverishly sneezed all over the school desk.
•Thrashing-(Verb) To beat or strike in a rapid manner
•Exp- Floyd Maywheather was thrashing Arturo Gotti in his championship bout.
•Badgered-(Verb) To harass or annoy
•Exp-The little boy badgered his big sister to let him watch TV late.
•Relentlessly-(Adjective) Promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace
•Exp- The rabbit relentlessly ran the race against turtle.
•Scorched-(Adjective) parched or discolored.
•Exp-The earth was scorched by the wildfire.

•Tactic-(Noun) a device for accomplishing something.
•Exp- Terrorist use the gorilla warfare tactic to win wars.
•Infuriated-(Verb) Angry or filled with furry
•Exp- David’s mother was infuriated with him because he was good.

1 comment:

  1. you have very good sentences!! awesome jevon, but remember to add pictures to get full credit. B
    where is your chapter 5 questions

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