Power your vocabulary

[orange tarek]

orange tarek is back.. :)
here's my answers :



1. Ratify-accredit, approve, authenticate,  bear  out,  bind, bless, certify, commission, confirm, consent,
2. Holocaust-annihilation, carnage, catastrophe, devastation, extermination, 
3. Jolt-knock, knock  over,  lay  out,  perturb, rock, shake,
4. Idyllic-Arcadian,  bucolic, charming, comfortable
5. Ken-acumen, apprehending, apprehension, attention

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[nusrat-diu]

Welcome back Orange Tarek!!  :)

Today's words:

1. Oust
2.Pervade
3.Torpid
4.Zany
5.Canny

[irina]

Very inspiring. Students need to expand their vocabulary.When they discover that their vocabulary is expanding, they feel encouraged and motivated to learn the foreign language.
To my mind, vocabulary and structures should be taught in context, not in isolation.Right?
Thank you.

[nusrat-diu]

Thank you Irina Miss for your suggestion. It's really nice to find valuable comments on 'Power Your Vocabulary' from an experienced teacher like you.  I also feel that vocabulary with context helps the students to understand it's usage. Sometimes I use context, specillay in quizzes. I'll be a bit regular to show the words in context.  

[nusrat-diu]

Word Meanings:
1. Oust : Dismiss, Though out
2.Pervade: Permeate, Saturate
3.Torpid : Lethargic, Sluggish
4.Zany :Crazy, Comic
5.Canny:Crafty, Clever, Shrewd

Now put the words in the following blanks:

1. He is walking slowly. He seems to me a _____ type of guy.
2. She always talks in an amusing way. She knows to make ____ humour.
3. Mr. Zaman is known to us as a _____ politician.
4. The rebels finally managed to _____ the King from power.
5.The entire house was ______ by a sour smell.

[nusrat-diu]

Here are some new words:

1.Dampen
2.Feat
3.Gash
4.Hoax
5.Idiosyncrasy

[nusrat-diu]

Answers:

1.Dampen: Make wet, Moisten
2.Feat: Achievement, Accomplishment
3.Gash:Wound, Slash out
4.Hoax:Trick, Prank
5.Idiosyncrasy:Peculiarity, Eccentricity 

The answer of the fill in the blanks:
1. torpid
2. zany
3.canny
4.oust
5.pervaded

[nusrat-diu]

Today's words:

1.Juvenile
2.Mimicry
3.Opulence
4.Plausible
5.Quiver

[nusrat-diu]

After a loooooooonnnng break let's explore the meaning of the following words:

1.Juvenile:Adolescent, Young
2.Mimicry:Camouflage, Imitation
3.Opulence:Wealth, Affluence
4.Plausible:Reasonable, Believable
5.Quiver:Shiver, Tremble

Can anyone show me how those words are applied in sentences?

[nusrat-diu]

New words:

1. Raid
2. Unblemished
3. Waddle
4. Yelp
5. Zealot

[nusrat-diu]

Let's explore the meanings:

1. Raid:Attack, Foray
2. Unblemished: Flawless, Perfect
3. Waddle: Stagger
4. Yelp : Scream, Shout
5. Zealot: Fanatic, Bigot

[nusrat-diu]

New words:

1. Dangle
2. Ebb
3. Hubbub
4. Nod
5. Gibe

[nusrat-diu]

W/M:

1. Dangle: Suspend, Hang
2. Ebb : Decay, Fade, Diminish
3. Hubbub : Uproar, Noise
4. Nod : Consent, Approve
5. Gibe : Deride, Ridicule, Mock

[nusrat-diu]

New words:

1. Vindicate
2. Shun
3. Regimen
4. Transfix
5. Posterity

[nusrat-diu]

W/M:
1. Vindicate: Justify, Support
2. Shun: Avoid, Eschew
3. Regimen: Treatment
4. Transfix: Pierce, Impale
5. Posterity: Offspring, Descendant