Level 5AB/Spring 2010/Cin/USA Today vocabulary, list one
1. aficionado—a person who likes a particular sport, activity, or subject and knows a lot about it. (A tennis aficionado; a modern art aficionado; a sushi aficionado)
2. vie (v)—to compete
3. lure (v)—to tempt
4. chronic (adj.)—something that lasts; not temporary. A chronic cold; chronic bronchitis; a chronic problem
5. cystic fibrosis—a genetic disease
6. sickle cell anemia—a genetic disease
7. concussion—an injury to the head
8. flatten (v)—to make flat (sit-ups will help flatten your abdomen)
9. tissue (n)—cells that form different parts of the body (ie. Muscle tissue, brain tissue, scar tissue, nerve tissue, fatty tissue)
10. Curable (adj.)
11. Confident (adj.)
12. battle (v)—to fight against
13. integrate (v)—combine 2 things so they work together
14. gobble down (slang)—to eat quickly (I gobbled down my breakfast in 30 seconds)
15. plunge (v)—to jump into something, like a pool, or a situation. Regarding marriage, we say you have to “take the plunge.”
16. dole out (v)—distribute money
17. triple—3 times
18. reserve (v)—save. I have $2000 in reserve in case of an emergency.
19. Conceal (v)—to hide
20. Subsidy (n)—money from the government used to reduce the price of something (school lunches are subsidized by the government so that all children can afford to buy them)
21. Bunch (n)—a group; a bunch of kids, a bunch of grapes, a bunch of books
22. Secular (adj.)—the opposite of religious
23. Slide (v)—to go down; sliding prices, sliding home values
24. Cash-strapped (adj.)—low on cash
25. Chemotherapy (n)—one treatment for cancer
26. Radiation (n)—another treatment for cancer
27. Foyer (n)—entrance room
28. Regimen (n)—routine
29. Exodus (n)—leaving a place
30. Missionary (n)—a person who teaches his religion to people (of a different religion or belief system)
31. Reputed (adj.)—known (She is reputed to be an excellent doctor.)
32. Premature (adj.)—before something is ready
33. Stack up (v)—compare with
34. Ailment (n)—sickness
35. Crucial (adj.)—critical; very important
36. makeshift (adj.)—used temporarily because the real thing is not available (a few pillows formed a makeshift bed)
37. reclusive (adj.)—hiding—a reclusive monk
38. duration (n)—length of time that something lasts (Please stay seated for the duration of the flight.)
39. sturdy (adj.)—strong and not easily damaged (a sturdy umbrella; a sturdy table)
Level 5AB/Spring 2010/Cin/USA Today vocabulary, list one
1. aficionado—a person who likes a particular sport, activity, or subject and knows a lot about it. (A tennis aficionado; a modern art aficionado; a sushi aficionado)
2. vie (v)—to compete
3. lure (v)—to tempt
4. chronic (adj.)—something that lasts; not temporary. A chronic cold; chronic bronchitis; a chronic problem
5. cystic fibrosis—a genetic disease
6. sickle cell anemia—a genetic disease
7. concussion—an injury to the head
8. flatten (v)—to make flat (sit-ups will help flatten your abdomen)
9. tissue (n)—cells that form different parts of the body (ie. Muscle tissue, brain tissue, scar tissue, nerve tissue, fatty tissue)
10. Curable (adj.)
11. Confident (adj.)
12. battle (v)—to fight against
13. integrate (v)—combine 2 things so they work together
14. gobble down (slang)—to eat quickly (I gobbled down my breakfast in 30 seconds)
15. plunge (v)—to jump into something, like a pool, or a situation. Regarding marriage, we say you have to “take the plunge.”
16. dole out (v)—distribute money
17. triple—3 times
18. reserve (v)—save. I have $2000 in reserve in case of an emergency.
19. Conceal (v)—to hide
20. Subsidy (n)—money from the government used to reduce the price of something (school lunches are subsidized by the government so that all children can afford to buy them)
21. Bunch (n)—a group; a bunch of kids, a bunch of grapes, a bunch of books
22. Secular (adj.)—the opposite of religious
23. Slide (v)—to go down; sliding prices, sliding home values
24. Cash-strapped (adj.)—low on cash
25. Chemotherapy (n)—one treatment for cancer
26. Radiation (n)—another treatment for cancer
27. Foyer (n)—entrance room
28. Regimen (n)—routine
29. Exodus (n)—leaving a place
30. Missionary (n)—a person who teaches his religion to people (of a different religion or belief system)
31. Reputed (adj.)—known (She is reputed to be an excellent doctor.)
32. Premature (adj.)—before something is ready
33. Stack up (v)—compare with
34. Ailment (n)—sickness
35. Crucial (adj.)—critical; very important
36. makeshift (adj.)—used temporarily because the real thing is not available (a few pillows formed a makeshift bed)
37. reclusive (adj.)—hiding—a reclusive monk
38. duration (n)—length of time that something lasts (Please stay seated for the duration of the flight.)
39. sturdy (adj.)—strong and not easily damaged (a sturdy umbrella; a sturdy table)
1. shrivel 2. get to 3. recover 4. might as well 5. make someone do something 6. pretend 7. stuff 8. tease 9. cruel 10. slump 11. alert 12. crush 13. become discouraged 14. stranded
Chapters 4-6
15. dazed 16. run-down 17. weeds 18. sight 19. wiggle 20. consist of 21. blazing 22. vast 23. hastily 24. tap 25. drag 26. otherwise 27. figure 28. count on 29. pat 30. glance 31. wearily 32. drip 33. thrilled 34. stacked 35. rim 36. be relieved 37. figure out 38. scarcity 39. managed to 40. just as well 41. no matter how 42. in spite of 43. the prospect of 44. collapse 45. pick on 46. retrieve 47. coincidence 48. mere 49. humiliating 50. turned out 51. display 52. last
1. blade 2. bang 3. bounce off 4. dent 5. vibration 6. all one’s might 7. defective 8. scoop 9. dump 10. be assigned 11. claim 12. fraction 13. crack 14. packed 15. it pays to be 16. lean on 17. it occurred to someone 18. wheelchair 19. compete with 20. spoiled 21. stream 22. warn 23. doomed 24. eternity 25. a rush of 26. dizzy 27. blister 28. could tell by 29. trail 30. in line 31. get with it 32. weigh 33. boldly 34. grip 35. run out of
Holes Vocabulary List Chapter 7, part 2
36. compacted 37. reluctantly 38. previously 39. blush 40. be way behind 41. be soaked 42. aimlessly 43. gather 44. steep 45. bob 46. grave 47. chunk 48. fling 49. rotate 50. faint 51. be proud of 52. nonetheless
1. odd 2. predatory 3. up to 4. prey 5. thorn 6. pour 7. sore 8. in a row 9. drain 10. evaporate 11. head 12. wreck 13. worn-out 14. remind 15. carve 16. trip over 17. lump 18. tough 19. poke 20. crowd 21. despite 22. groan 23. smash 24. brand 25. commercial 26. stuffing 27. be aware of 28. ache 29. waist 30. just in case 31. horizon 32. peek 33. toss 34. bulge
Vocabulary List, ch. 11-15
35. obviously 36. be willing to 37. remarkable 38. be scared 39. ease 40. nod 41. end up 42. accomplish 43. be responsible for something 44. it’s up to you 45. lose track of 46. check it out 47. squint 48. instead of 49. won’t do someone much good 50. one by one 51. scratchy 52. scraped 53. visible 54. haze 55. drift 56. drop off 57. waved 58. site 59. switch 60. gaze
5A/B Spring 2010/Cin
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1. solitary
2. tradition
3. unique
4. diverse
5. compassion
6. negotiate
7. sanctioned
8. replica
9. precipitation
10. idolatry
11. infuriate
12. tranquil
13. emulate
14. inevitable
15. negligence
16. rebel
17. tedious
18. authenticity
19. aptitude
20. geriatrics
21. avocation
22. relish
23. lenient
24. acme
25. commodious
26. compatibility
27. arrogance
28. migrant workers
29. audacity
30. uncanny
31. reminiscing
32. unanimously
33. cursory
34. improvise
35. allegiance
36. vulnerable
37. pinnacle
38. obstinate
39. obliterated
40. reside
41. imperative
42. clad
43. petty
44. extinction
45. facsmiles
46. malnutrition
47. cumulative
48. abundance
49. profound
50. affiliated
51. meager
52. monotony
53. chaos
54. fraud
55. fluctuated
56. lethal
57. frugally
58. deterrent
59. procrastinate
60. impeccably
61. interrogation
62. affluent
63. lucrative
64. clientele
65. consensus
5B/C Spring 2009/Cin
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1. comprehend
2. audible
3. option
4. mitigate
5. respite
6. cohort
7. laceration
8. enigma
9. perilous
10. allegation
11. cloistered
12. consecutive
13. phenomenal
14. ominous
15. ostentatious
16. onerous
17. repugnant
18. insidious
19. treacherous
20. surreptitious
21. indigenous
22. prognosis
23. mundane
24. subtle
25. explicit
26. meticulous
27. loquacious
28. ambiguous
29. acrimonious
30. anonymous
31. trepidation
32. minuscule
33. pernicious
34. tenacious/tenacity
35. gregarious
36. vindictive
37. inadvertent
38. veracity
39. pugnacious
40. gist
41. pelt
42. lofty
43. emulate
44. mobilize
45. abate
46. alleviate
47. futile
48. reprimand
49. envision
50. relinquish
51. cope
52. charlatan
53. fraud
54. alter
55. impediment
56. horrendous
57. evacuate
58. minute
59. scrutiny/scrutinize
60. atrocious
61. verify
62. articulate
63. objectives
64. exorbitant
65. intimidate
66. inhibit
67. advocate
68. pervasive
69. opulent
70. stagnate
71. evolve/evolution
72. innocuous
73. irrevocable
74. intangible
75. diplomatic
76. sedentary
77. rudimentary
78. migrate
79. assimilate
80. catastrophe/catastrophic
5A/B Spring 2010/Cin
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1. circumference
2. monologue
3. synchronize
4. nonconformist
5. pronoun
6. tripod
7. misquote
8. contradict
9. symphony
10. disoriented
11. ultramodern
12. except
13. postpone
14. monopoly
15. hypodermic
16. multimillionaire
17. illogical
18. misjudge
19. abnormal
20. preface
21. hypersensitive
22. malfunction
23. submit
24. antifreeze
25. intervene
26. triplets
27. intercollegiate
28. postscript (p.s.)
29. predict
30. bifocals
31. disregard
32. biology
33. cardiology
34. psychology
35. aquatic
36. theology
37. gynecology
38. primary
39. paleontology
40. dermatology
41. chronology
42. cosmetology
43. audiology
44. microbiology
45. geology
46. archaeology
47. anthropology
48. sociology
49. neurology
50. genealogy
51. malignant
52. malevolent
53. malpractice
54. malady
55. malice
56. fidelity
57. infidel
58. infidelity
59. confidence
60. matriarch
61. matrilineal
62. maternity
63. matricide
64. homocide
65. suicide
66. insecticide
67. posthumous
68. sympathy
69. hydrophobia
70. amoral
71. physicist
72. dehydrate
73. congenital
74. recede
75. egotistic
76. fragile
77. thermometer
78. dormant
Level 5AB/Spring 2010/Cin/USA Today vocabulary, list one
ReplyDelete1. aficionado—a person who likes a particular sport, activity, or subject and knows a lot about it. (A tennis aficionado; a modern art aficionado; a sushi aficionado)
2. vie (v)—to compete
3. lure (v)—to tempt
4. chronic (adj.)—something that lasts; not temporary. A chronic cold; chronic bronchitis; a chronic problem
5. cystic fibrosis—a genetic disease
6. sickle cell anemia—a genetic disease
7. concussion—an injury to the head
8. flatten (v)—to make flat (sit-ups will help flatten your abdomen)
9. tissue (n)—cells that form different parts of the body (ie. Muscle tissue, brain tissue, scar tissue, nerve tissue, fatty tissue)
10. Curable (adj.)
11. Confident (adj.)
12. battle (v)—to fight against
13. integrate (v)—combine 2 things so they work together
14. gobble down (slang)—to eat quickly (I gobbled down my breakfast in 30 seconds)
15. plunge (v)—to jump into something, like a pool, or a situation. Regarding marriage, we say you have to “take the plunge.”
16. dole out (v)—distribute money
17. triple—3 times
18. reserve (v)—save. I have $2000 in reserve in case of an emergency.
19. Conceal (v)—to hide
20. Subsidy (n)—money from the government used to reduce the price of something (school lunches are subsidized by the government so that all children can afford to buy them)
21. Bunch (n)—a group; a bunch of kids, a bunch of grapes, a bunch of books
22. Secular (adj.)—the opposite of religious
23. Slide (v)—to go down; sliding prices, sliding home values
24. Cash-strapped (adj.)—low on cash
25. Chemotherapy (n)—one treatment for cancer
26. Radiation (n)—another treatment for cancer
27. Foyer (n)—entrance room
28. Regimen (n)—routine
29. Exodus (n)—leaving a place
30. Missionary (n)—a person who teaches his religion to people (of a different religion or belief system)
31. Reputed (adj.)—known (She is reputed to be an excellent doctor.)
32. Premature (adj.)—before something is ready
33. Stack up (v)—compare with
34. Ailment (n)—sickness
35. Crucial (adj.)—critical; very important
36. makeshift (adj.)—used temporarily because the real thing is not available (a few pillows formed a makeshift bed)
37. reclusive (adj.)—hiding—a reclusive monk
38. duration (n)—length of time that something lasts (Please stay seated for the duration of the flight.)
39. sturdy (adj.)—strong and not easily damaged (a sturdy umbrella; a sturdy table)
Level 5AB/Spring 2010/Cin/USA Today vocabulary, list one
ReplyDelete1. aficionado—a person who likes a particular sport, activity, or subject and knows a lot about it. (A tennis aficionado; a modern art aficionado; a sushi aficionado)
2. vie (v)—to compete
3. lure (v)—to tempt
4. chronic (adj.)—something that lasts; not temporary. A chronic cold; chronic bronchitis; a chronic problem
5. cystic fibrosis—a genetic disease
6. sickle cell anemia—a genetic disease
7. concussion—an injury to the head
8. flatten (v)—to make flat (sit-ups will help flatten your abdomen)
9. tissue (n)—cells that form different parts of the body (ie. Muscle tissue, brain tissue, scar tissue, nerve tissue, fatty tissue)
10. Curable (adj.)
11. Confident (adj.)
12. battle (v)—to fight against
13. integrate (v)—combine 2 things so they work together
14. gobble down (slang)—to eat quickly (I gobbled down my breakfast in 30 seconds)
15. plunge (v)—to jump into something, like a pool, or a situation. Regarding marriage, we say you have to “take the plunge.”
16. dole out (v)—distribute money
17. triple—3 times
18. reserve (v)—save. I have $2000 in reserve in case of an emergency.
19. Conceal (v)—to hide
20. Subsidy (n)—money from the government used to reduce the price of something (school lunches are subsidized by the government so that all children can afford to buy them)
21. Bunch (n)—a group; a bunch of kids, a bunch of grapes, a bunch of books
22. Secular (adj.)—the opposite of religious
23. Slide (v)—to go down; sliding prices, sliding home values
24. Cash-strapped (adj.)—low on cash
25. Chemotherapy (n)—one treatment for cancer
26. Radiation (n)—another treatment for cancer
27. Foyer (n)—entrance room
28. Regimen (n)—routine
29. Exodus (n)—leaving a place
30. Missionary (n)—a person who teaches his religion to people (of a different religion or belief system)
31. Reputed (adj.)—known (She is reputed to be an excellent doctor.)
32. Premature (adj.)—before something is ready
33. Stack up (v)—compare with
34. Ailment (n)—sickness
35. Crucial (adj.)—critical; very important
36. makeshift (adj.)—used temporarily because the real thing is not available (a few pillows formed a makeshift bed)
37. reclusive (adj.)—hiding—a reclusive monk
38. duration (n)—length of time that something lasts (Please stay seated for the duration of the flight.)
39. sturdy (adj.)—strong and not easily damaged (a sturdy umbrella; a sturdy table)
Holes Vocabulary List
ReplyDeleteChapters 1-3
1. shrivel
2. get to
3. recover
4. might as well
5. make someone do something
6. pretend
7. stuff
8. tease
9. cruel
10. slump
11. alert
12. crush
13. become discouraged
14. stranded
Chapters 4-6
15. dazed
16. run-down
17. weeds
18. sight
19. wiggle
20. consist of
21. blazing
22. vast
23. hastily
24. tap
25. drag
26. otherwise
27. figure
28. count on
29. pat
30. glance
31. wearily
32. drip
33. thrilled
34. stacked
35. rim
36. be relieved
37. figure out
38. scarcity
39. managed to
40. just as well
41. no matter how
42. in spite of
43. the prospect of
44. collapse
45. pick on
46. retrieve
47. coincidence
48. mere
49. humiliating
50. turned out
51. display
52. last
Holes
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Chapter 7, part 1
1. blade
2. bang
3. bounce off
4. dent
5. vibration
6. all one’s might
7. defective
8. scoop
9. dump
10. be assigned
11. claim
12. fraction
13. crack
14. packed
15. it pays to be
16. lean on
17. it occurred to someone
18. wheelchair
19. compete with
20. spoiled
21. stream
22. warn
23. doomed
24. eternity
25. a rush of
26. dizzy
27. blister
28. could tell by
29. trail
30. in line
31. get with it
32. weigh
33. boldly
34. grip
35. run out of
Holes
Vocabulary List
Chapter 7, part 2
36. compacted
37. reluctantly
38. previously
39. blush
40. be way behind
41. be soaked
42. aimlessly
43. gather
44. steep
45. bob
46. grave
47. chunk
48. fling
49. rotate
50. faint
51. be proud of
52. nonetheless
Holes
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1. odd
2. predatory
3. up to
4. prey
5. thorn
6. pour
7. sore
8. in a row
9. drain
10. evaporate
11. head
12. wreck
13. worn-out
14. remind
15. carve
16. trip over
17. lump
18. tough
19. poke
20. crowd
21. despite
22. groan
23. smash
24. brand
25. commercial
26. stuffing
27. be aware of
28. ache
29. waist
30. just in case
31. horizon
32. peek
33. toss
34. bulge
Vocabulary List, ch. 11-15
35. obviously
36. be willing to
37. remarkable
38. be scared
39. ease
40. nod
41. end up
42. accomplish
43. be responsible for something
44. it’s up to you
45. lose track of
46. check it out
47. squint
48. instead of
49. won’t do someone much good
50. one by one
51. scratchy
52. scraped
53. visible
54. haze
55. drift
56. drop off
57. waved
58. site
59. switch
60. gaze
Holes
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1. greet
2. tend
3. cart away
4. lid
5. initials
6. sneak
7. threaten
8. startle
9. blankly
10. jab
11. pass out
12. gash
13. dizzy
14. relief
15. throb
16. swollen
17. make fun of someone or something
18. scary
19. penetrate
20. moisture
21. seal
22. whisper
23. fumes
24. spill
25. mutter
26. appreciate
27. condemned
28. dread
29. toxic
30. tingle
31. sting
32. slant
33. moan
34. recede
35. shrill
36. twitch
37. writhe
Holes
Vocabulary List, ch. 21-25
38. take credit for
39. defiance
40. give someone away
41. mad at
42. float
43. lined
44. leak
45. crooked
46. brag
47. show up
48. pay attention
49. choke
50. gasp
51. pace oneself
52. splatter
53. batch
54. remedy
55. resent
56. hug