https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j Vocabulary Unit 5 en-us 2018-10-01 13:23:30 UTC 2024-12-17 11:07:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740078 (adj.) Neglectful in performance of ones duty, careless.

If you are reMISS in the performance of your duty, you miss out on it.
Remiss and relax both start with re, and if you relax it means you are neglecting duty.

The burglar snuck in because the guard was remiss in his duties.]]> 2018-10-01 16:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740078 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740307 In the word altruistic there's  tru/true. This relates to the definition because an altruistic person would be true to others. They would be very giving and selfless. Also, the beginning of the word is al/all. Giving up all of something for something else or to help others describes altruistic. 

Donating to the poor is an altruistic trait because you're concerned with the welfare of others instead of yourself.]]> 2018-10-01 16:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740307 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740392
     Benefactor and benevolent, a previous vocabulary word, both have the same root word-  bene.
Bene means good in Latin, and we know that benevolent means kindly and charitable. You can also remember benefactor with this: you've BEEN A FACTOR to someone's success if you've done good for them and helped them out.
   
  My neighbor is considered a benefactor to the animal shelter because she gives them so many donations.

]]> 2018-10-01 16:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740392 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740808 The "temer" in temerity kind of sounds like temper. 
Temper
Evil
Malevolent
Easily angry
Rashness
I hate everything
Ticked off
Yelling
You crashed my golf cart and you have the temerity to ask for my car?

]]> 2018-10-01 17:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287740808 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741036 Diffident sounds like different and when you are shy, it might be because you are different. It also rhymes with confident and you could say you are definitely not confident.

Even though it was a talent show, one of the participants were very diffident.]]> 2018-10-01 17:00:26 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741036 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741047 Unfeigned sounds like rain and rain is real. Also, friends start with f and so does unfeigned. Friends can be sincere.
She was a very unfeigned friend because she cared about other people.]]> 2018-10-01 17:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741047 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741171 Clemency and mercy sound very alike. You can remember it by thinking "clemercy."  Another way to remember this, is that clemency rhymes with leniency.

John showed clemency to Billy because his actions were venial.]]> 2018-10-01 17:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741171 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741234 Indomitable sounds like dominant, which means over somebody else.

Bobby was indomitable when he was racing his little sister.]]> 2018-10-01 17:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741234 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741277 A dog may bark for you to open the door so it can go on it's journey outside. 

I wanted to take a trip to Niagara Falls, but I had to book a plane ticket before I could embark on my journey.]]> 2018-10-01 17:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741277 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741497 It kind of sounds like IPods and those were slow. It also sounds like a combo of plow and trod.

By second block, I was already ploding towards math.]]> 2018-10-01 17:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287741497 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287742563 Virulent starts with '' v " like venomous and venomous is extremely poisonous. It also relates to virus because it looks like the word and a virus can poison you.
The snake was very virulent.]]> 2018-10-01 17:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287742563 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287743133 Infallible  has fall in it which is the opposite of what the word means, reminding you it doesn't fail. Also it says in-fall which means not fall or fail. 

The Titanic was supposedly infallible. ]]> 2018-10-01 17:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287743133 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287744523 (v.) To rest; lie; place; (n.) relaxation, peace of mind, calmness

Repose and rest both start with re.
When you repose you pose like you are sleeping.

I need repose after spending all day at school.]]> 2018-10-01 17:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287744523 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287745916 A way to remember dearth is that It sounds like Darth. Darth Vader had an inadequate supply of arms. Also, death and dearth sounds similar, and famine usually leads to death.

In the 1800's, Ireland had a dearth of potatoes. ]]> 2018-10-01 17:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287745916 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287746369 The "chival" part of chivalrous sounds like civil, which means well-behaved. Also, when you think of chivalrous, you think of knights, and knights were very polite to people.

The chivalrous man helped the old lady cross the road.]]> 2018-10-01 17:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287746369 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287746892 Puns can make someone feel like they have been stabbed. Bad puns are for gentle dads.

When you eat a lemon you feel a pungent taste.]]> 2018-10-01 17:09:01 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287746892 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287747488 Discrepancy sounds like conspiracy and not everyone agrees with them. Discrepancy starts with the same letters as divide and if something divides then they are different. 

There was such a discrepancy in Carolina that it eventually split into north and south.]]> 2018-10-01 17:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287747488 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287747872 Infallible sounds like in-fall which means not falling. This relates to the definition absolutely dependable.

In this picture, the older brother is not infallible because he doesn't catch his younger sister.]]> 2018-10-01 17:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287747872 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287749080 Facile
If you ace something, it is easily done because you know what you are doing. 

The test was facile because I had studied for it the night before.


]]> 2018-10-01 17:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287749080 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287749948 Temerity has merity in it and merity means an outburst like boldness. Also it has meri like America which is bold and confident. 

Lilli is temerity when she drives. ]]> 2018-10-01 17:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287749948 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287750633 The "tru" in truculent sounds like "cru" in cruel. Ruc - ruckus because when you are destructive you cause a ruckus.
He was in a truculent mood today because he got a 40 on his Short Story Unit Test.

]]> 2018-10-01 17:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287750633 https://padlet.com/brotemarklej/1ych1wnv2u8j/wish/287751561 In both the words, assent and agreement, the first letter is a. Also you can take out the word sent from assent which relates because you can send something stating your agreement like a contract.

The patient and the doctor had to create an assent before the surgery.


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