Grade 9 English flash cards 1

Acute

(ADJ) Severe or sharp in degree or onest; sharp!

Bob experienced ____ pain in his abdomen, so he went to the ER.

Circumspect

(ADJ) Careful; cautious

Bob is always ____ about crossing the street; he checks both ways multiple times.

Deduce

(Verb) to determine by reasoning ; to infer

Bob ____ the answer by looking at his previous problems.

Digression

(Noun) the act or instance of leaving the main subject (while speaking or in writing); tangent

The teacher’s ____ on COVID lasted for 20 minutes, but Bob didn’t mind because it meant less math.

Implode

(Verb) to burst inward

Bob was so frustrated with himself, he thought he would ____.

Irate

(ADJ) extremely angry; outraged; furious

Bob was ____ when his teacher punished him for something he did not do.

Luminous

(ADj)Emitting or reflecting glowing light; shining

Bob stared out at the ____ harvest moon.

Negligible

(ADJ) so small or unimportant as to warrent little or no attention; insignificant

Bob’s failing grade on the quiz had a ____ effect on his term grade because it was only worth a few points.

Profane

(ADJ) serving to debse or defile what is holy; disrespectful; obscene; vulgar

Bob got detention for his use of ____ language in school.

Slander

(Verb) to say something damaging and false about someone

(Noun) a damaging and false statement about someone

Bob __(verb)__ his teacher by saying she didn’t have a college degree