Vocab week 5
Something that is well known for some bad quality
Bonne and Clyde were infamous for their many robberies during the depression
Insincere (fake) tears
push, elbow, or bump against someone roughly
The girl was jostled by the crowd while she tried to enjoy the music
To deceive or trick
The news was duped into publishing an untrue story
Small and weak
The Hulk often refers to humans as puny
Happen by accident
When the girl fell, she bottle flipped inadvertently
To win the approval of the majority
The goalie carried the day by saving all the shots in the soccer game
Of the same kind, alike
The houses in the suburbs are homogeneous
Having ready insight or understanding of things, perceptive
You definitely want to have a perspicacious doctor if you are feeling unwell
To say or pronounce clearly
it‘s important for the teacher to enunciate when he gives the dictation test
Unusually or disproportionately large or excessive
When the subway was delayed, it took an inordinate amount of time to get to school
Having a tendency to be easily angered
The irascible teen often yelled about how unfair his life was
A storyteller
The old man was a great raconteur and enthralled the room with his story of better times
Likely to be influenced or harmed by something
He was susceptible to the common cold and caught them all the time
To make something continue indefinitely
He perpetuates the myth that the earth was flat on his blog
To make something ineffective
They neutralized the cobra venom with anti venom
The study of human societies, cultures, and their development
The anthropologist studied the people of Machu Pichu to study their way of life
Not caring about consequences
The imprudent man made the choice to walk along the edge of the roof
To consider something is worthless
He showed contempt for his job by doing his job very poorly
Capable of being injured
The chick was vulnerable to the big animals
BONUS
Movie: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
“We rob banks”
Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway
2 oscar nominations
Something that is well known for some bad quality
Bonne and Clyde were infamous for their many robberies during the depression
Insincere (fake) tears
push, elbow, or bump against someone roughly
The girl was jostled by the crowd while she tried to enjoy the music
To deceive or trick
The news was duped into publishing an untrue story
Small and weak
The Hulk often refers to humans as puny
Happen by accident
When the girl fell, she bottle flipped inadvertently
To win the approval of the majority
The goalie carried the day by saving all the shots in the soccer game
Of the same kind, alike
The houses in the suburbs are homogeneous
Having ready insight or understanding of things, perceptive
You definitely want to have a perspicacious doctor if you are feeling unwell
To say or pronounce clearly
it‘s important for the teacher to enunciate when he gives the dictation test
Unusually or disproportionately large or excessive
When the subway was delayed, it took an inordinate amount of time to get to school
Having a tendency to be easily angered
The irascible teen often yelled about how unfair his life was
A storyteller
The old man was a great raconteur and enthralled the room with his story of better times
Likely to be influenced or harmed by something
He was susceptible to the common cold and caught them all the time
To make something continue indefinitely
He perpetuates the myth that the earth was flat on his blog
To make something ineffective
They neutralized the cobra venom with anti venom
The study of human societies, cultures, and their development
The anthropologist studied the people of Machu Pichu to study their way of life
Not caring about consequences
The imprudent man made the choice to walk along the edge of the roof
To consider something is worthless
He showed contempt for his job by doing his job very poorly
Capable of being injured
The chick was vulnerable to the big animals
BONUS
Movie: Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
“We rob banks”
Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway
2 oscar nominations
