Choose three new words you have learnt recently, they could be from Wild Boy or your guided reading book or the book you are reading at home. Give a definition for the word and use the word in your own sentences.
Show your answer like this:
Word:
Meaning:
Word used in context:
Word: Resistance
Meaning: Resistance mean that when you are fighting/killing somebody/something then the monster/person is really hurting you then you need to drink something or someone can give you the resistance to heal yourself and to cant die quickly.
Word used in context: “I need help,” said Mike, “I’m hurting badly!”
Words: wax , ledger , crammed
Meaning: , , a ledger means a device eg : computer and laptop , crammed means when something is stuffed or crowed, the meaning of wax is sticky and yellowish
sentences : Me and Oyinka dropped are computer .
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word:meledic
meaning: a word that is used to describe music
word used in context: this music is very meledic
Word:Blotches
Meaning:A large patch of unsightly mark on the skin.
Word in context:”Owwww! i have a huge blotches on my skin!”
Word: sweep
Meaning:clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.
Word used in context:The sweep of shops was broken half way along the street where one building stood
Word: throbbed
Meaning: feel pain in series of regular beats.
Word used in contexts: as I got up my head throbbed
Word: flamboyant
Meaning: bright and colorful
Word used in context: ” your dress is very flamboyant,” said Raven.
Word:Engulfing
Meaning:Cover everything
Word used in context:The smoke rose higher,engulfing her head.
Word: Embroidered
Meaning:Sewing patterns with thread
Word: Guillotine.
Meaning: A machine slicing in vertical grooves.
Word used in context: I need to cut this piece of paper with a guillotine.
Word: Photogram.
Meaning: A picture produced with photogramic materials.
Word used in context: What a lovely photogram.
Word: Cite.
Meaning: Refer to justification for a conversation or argument.
Word used in context: Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited.
Word: Assumption.
Meaning: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof.
Word used in context: They made certain assumptions about the market.
Word: Consultant.
Meaning: A person who provides expert advice professionally.
Word used in context: He acted as campaign consultant to the president.
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Word : Amiss.
Meaning : Unsuitable.
Word used in context : Nothing seems amiss.
Word : Accommodate
Meaning : a house
Word used in context : the cottage accommodates up to 6 people
Word: Ultimatum
Meaning: The rejection of which will result in retaliation
Word used in context: Their employers issued an ultimatum demanding an immediate return to work
Word: Siege
Meaning: a group of herons
Word used in context: Look! A siege of herons.
Word: Chasm
Meaning: a profound difference between people
Word used in context: the chasm between rich and poor
Word: amnesty
Meaning: an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences
Word used in context: an amnesty for political prisoners
Word: Myriad
Meaning: a unit of ten thousand
Word used in context: the army was organized on a decimal system, up to divisions of 10,000 or myriads.
Word: Pacify
Meaning: bring peace to (a country or warring factions), especially by the use or threat of military force.
Word used in context: the general pacified northern Italy
Word:
Photosynthesis
Meaning:
When plants take nutrients from the sunlight
Used in context:
Photosynthesis, a process in which plants take nutrients from the sunlight, helps green plants to survive.
Word:
Ricocheting
Meaning:
To rebound off a surface
Used in context:
Thoughts were ricocheting around inside my head.
Word:
Pacifist
Meaning:
A person who believes in peace and hates war and violence.
Used in Context:
Robert is a pacifist.