Vocab Cards - Other Wes Moore

English Class

Camaraderie

(noun) a spirit of friendly good fellowship; brotherhood; community

Candor

(noun) unreserved, honest, or sincere expression; forthrightness; honesty

Egregious

(adjective) blatantly bad; flagrant

Genuflect

(verb) to bend the knee as a sign of respect; to kneel

Overt

(adjective) open to view; obvious

Pragmatic

(adjective) practical

Sporadic

(adjective) occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances; occasional

Tenuous

(adjective) having little substance or strength; flimsy

Trepidation

(noun) a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation; apprehension

Unassuming

(adjective) not having or showing any feeling of superiority, self assertiveness, or showiness; modest

Bob loves the ___ of the marching band.

Camaraderie

Bob likes teachers who use ___ when giving feedback to students.

Candor

Bob committed an ___ error when he called his teacher a bad name.

Egregious

Bob _____ in front of his mom’s mac & cheese.

Genuflect

Bob accused his teacher of ____ bias when she only called on girls. 

Overt

Bob is ____ when it comes to his holiday wishlist; he only asks for gifts he knows he’ll actually get.

Pragmatic

The ice cream truck make ____ appearances in Bob’s neighbor hood.

Sporadic

Bob made a ____ agreement with his teacher to resolve their conflict.

Tenuous

Bob felt _____ when he started at a new school.

Trepidation

Bob is a talented yet _____ musician.

Unassuming

Describes nouns

Adjectives - scary, big, sparkly

Describes verbs (often ends with -ly), adjectives, and other _____

Adverbs - absolutely, very, rather

Brings together words and phrases

Conjunctions - and, or, but

Shows emotions

Interjections - hey! ouch! wow!

Expresses action or a state of being

Verbs - runs, walks, eats

A person, place, or thing

Nouns - house, doctor, cupcake

Replaces a noun

Pronoun - he, we, us

Provides specific information by connecting a noun or pronoun object to another word in the sentence.

Preposition - under, beyond, into

Flimsy + Part of Speech 

Synonym for tenuous (adjective)

Modest + Part of Speech 

Synonym for unassuming (adjective)

Brotherhood, community + Part of Speech 

Synonym for camaraderie (noun)

Forthrightness, honesty + Part of Speech 

Synonym for candor (noun)

To kneel + Part of Speech 

Synonym for genuflect (verb)

Obvious + Part of Speech 

Synonym for overt (adjective)

Practical + Part of Speech 

Synonym for pragmatic (adjective)

Occasional + Part of Speech 

Synonym for sporadic (adjective)

Apprehension + Part of Speech 

Synonym for trepidation (noun)

Flagrant + Part of Speech 

Synonym for egregious (adjective)