Overkill
Words for Going too Far
Due Friday, February 25
Provide the definition of the following words. Include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words. Write an original sentence for each. Post one sentence as a comment.
1. ebullience
2. effusive
3. egregiously
4. flagrant
5. frenetic
6. gratuitous
7. superfluous
After listening to a poignant song about a man with no legs, or arms, or, mouth, or ears, or nose, or eyes, the truck driver gratuitously let the turtle cross the road; only to be later chased back by a pack of frenetic ostriches.
ReplyDelete~rachael strunk
His unabashed ebullience caught others in its wake, lifting them from sorrow.
ReplyDelete-EDK
The congregation’s ebullience poured throughout the town as they raised their hands to praise God.
ReplyDeleteSometimes my little brother’s ebullience over ice cream can be obnoxious.
ReplyDeleteKaleigh
With indignation her heated words poured forth; effusive and unrestrained, she showed no mercy in her verbal tirade.
ReplyDeleteFrenetic from an over-consumption of coffee, Oliver finished the portrait just as the sun was awakening in a cotton-candy sky. Arguably his best work, it was unquestionably his last as Oliver died of a caffeine overdose two weeks later.
ReplyDeleteThe very idea of going camping for a whole week with Justin Bieber filled me with sheer ebullience.
ReplyDeleteI nominate the name for this vocab to be Vocab Kuusi. We just need to Finnish it.
ReplyDeleteMeShine's sentence:
ReplyDeleteMy attitude this week has been egregiously offensive due to the fact that I can’t stop thinking about how hurtful and unjust the world is.
Her egregious dance had astounded the audience with its out-of-beat dance steps, the horrendous music, and an outfit that would have put Liberachi to shame.
ReplyDeleteMy mom often becomes frenetic after learning that company is coming over, trying to hide the mess.
ReplyDeleteThe high-diver had made an egregious mistake, jumping straight in to the mouth of the narwhal as it leapt out of Michael Scott's coffee cup.
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ReplyDeleteMy brother delivered a gratuitous punch to my stomach. His Xbox was bound to break eventually - I was just helping along the process.
ReplyDeleteThe survivalist's method of enduring Snowmageddon, wrapping himself in a blanket made entirely of sirloin steak and floss, was an undoubtedly egregious method.
ReplyDeleteI consume a superfluous amount of rice on a daily basis.
ReplyDelete-Philip Nguyen
I have a superfluous storage of rice in my house just in case the U.S. angers Asia and they refuse to export rice to us. D:
ReplyDeleteEbullience overwhelmed the Girl Scout as she packed her bag for a summer retreat.
ReplyDeleteI was full of ebullience last night when I though we would have a snow day.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the crime was egregious against animal kind, the police could not be bothered to punish the cruel truck driver.
ReplyDeleteMy father's words could be considered flagrant to all women, but not my mother.
ReplyDelete-Katie Stagl