Friday, February 18, 2011

Vocab Six


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

21 comments:

  1. 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.

    ~rachael strunk

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  2. His unabashed ebullience caught others in its wake, lifting them from sorrow.
    -EDK

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  3. The congregation’s ebullience poured throughout the town as they raised their hands to praise God.

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  4. Sometimes my little brother’s ebullience over ice cream can be obnoxious.

    Kaleigh

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  5. With indignation her heated words poured forth; effusive and unrestrained, she showed no mercy in her verbal tirade.

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  6. Frenetic 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.

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  7. The very idea of going camping for a whole week with Justin Bieber filled me with sheer ebullience.

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  8. I nominate the name for this vocab to be Vocab Kuusi. We just need to Finnish it.

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  9. MeShine's sentence:

    My 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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. My mom often becomes frenetic after learning that company is coming over, trying to hide the mess.

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  12. The 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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  13. My brother delivered a gratuitous punch to my stomach. His Xbox was bound to break eventually - I was just helping along the process.

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  14. The survivalist's method of enduring Snowmageddon, wrapping himself in a blanket made entirely of sirloin steak and floss, was an undoubtedly egregious method.

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  15. I consume a superfluous amount of rice on a daily basis.

    -Philip Nguyen

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  16. 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:

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  17. Ebullience overwhelmed the Girl Scout as she packed her bag for a summer retreat.

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  18. I was full of ebullience last night when I though we would have a snow day.

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  19. Although the crime was egregious against animal kind, the police could not be bothered to punish the cruel truck driver.

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  20. My father's words could be considered flagrant to all women, but not my mother.

    -Katie Stagl

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