Unfamiliar terms and phrases by Sonia Herrejon

Unfamiliar terms and phrases by Sonia Herrejon https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292 Based on multiple choice questions en-us 2021-03-23 19:49:19 UTC 2025-10-28 21:24:00 UTC hello@padlet.com 1855032 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345278969 1.) Odious: extremely unpleasant; repulsive
Ex: The rotten sandwich gave off an odious smell.
2.) Onerous: involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
Ex: Despite the onerous workload the job payed extremely well.
3.) Encomium: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly
Ex: At the graduation ceremony the valedictorian gave an encomium about the school's principal.
4.) Vituperative: bitter and abusive

Ex: The hotline offered women in vituperative relationships an opportunity to speak out and call for help.
5.) Pedantic: insulting word used to describe someone who annoys others by correcting small errors
ex: He wasn't very popular among his peers due to his rude and pedantic attitude.

]]> 2021-03-23 21:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345278969 yeet 1860061 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345279306 2021-03-23 21:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345279306 Unfamiliar Terms 1860061 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345328496 Adulation-excessive admiration or praise
ex: The king enjoyed the enormous amounts of adulation from his loyal subjects.
Vice-immoral or wicked behavior
ex: Pedro's vice is what made him notorious.
Follies-lack of good sense; foolishness
ex:Jacob didn't support Logan in his follies.
Lofty-noble
ex:Isaac was a lofty and kind individual.
Unvarnished-plain and straightforward
ex:Meredith gave her unvarnished opinion.

]]> 2021-03-23 21:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345328496 1872681 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345330177 1. immutable - unable to be changed
ex: The past is immutable.
2. recourse - help in a difficult situation
ex: The survivors of the plane crash needed immediate recourse.
3. sublime - of such excellence to inspire admiration or awe
ex: Michelangelo's sublime sculptures have been a worldwide sensation for centuries.
4. reproach - express disapproval
ex: Her father reproached the idea of her moving overseas.
5. encomium - a speech or writing that high praises someone or something
ex: The teacher had students write encomiums about their female heroes for International Women's Day.

]]> 2021-03-23 21:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345330177 Terms 1872632 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345330594 Unvarnished- Plain and Straightforward
Ex. She was unvarnished with her rude attitude.
Incontestable- Not able to be disputed
Ex. We had incontestable proof that he wasn't innocent.
Sublime- Of such excellence or beauty as to inspire great admiration
Ex. The sublime book had everyone in admiration and tears.
Seldom- Rare, infrequent
Ex. We seldom going outside for fresh air.
Prose- The ordinary language people use for speaking or writing.
Ex. The saddening book was written in prose.

]]> 2021-03-23 21:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345330594 unfamiliar terms 1857601 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345331589 lofty
sublime

]]> 2021-03-23 21:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345331589 Unfamiliar Terms: 1873821 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345333520 1. Pedantic: Insulting.
ex. While the teacher thought he was helping the students, many thought he was being pedantic.

2. Lofty: Noble or exalted nature.
ex. Many viewed the knight as lofty and brave.

3. Inquisitive: Curious or inquiring.
ex. Alex grew more inquisitive as he walked through the museum.

4. Adulation: Excessive admiration or praise.
ex. Mark thrived from the adulation of others.

5. Sublime: Of such excellence; to inspire great admiration or awe.
ex. The sublime scenery left the children in awe.

]]> 2021-03-23 21:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345333520 1855062 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345369663 1. Altruism - selfless concern for the well-being of others
Ex. She volunteered in the hospital out of altruism.
2. Pedantic - word to insult people who care about minor details
Ex. The professor was pedantic and unhelpful.
3. Conspired - making secret plans to commit an unlawful act
Ex. The peasants conspired against the king.
4. Adulation - excessive flattery or praise
Ex. The band found the crowd's adulation annoying.
5. Encomium- a piece of writing that praises someone
Ex. She teared up at the encomium her students had written for her. ]]> 2021-03-23 22:09:27 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345369663 1855053 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345380869 1. Inept: to be incompetent
Ex. The lady was fired from her job after her boss noticed her inept efforts at washing dishes.
2. Vituperative: to be harsh and abusive
Ex. Her vituperative remarks aimed at her children were not taken kindly by the public.
3. Lofty: to be superior
Ex. The crowd roared with cheers as the lofty king entered the room.
4. Pedantic: a word aimed at people who are annoying about small details
Ex. She covered her ears because she could no longer stand the pedantic boy.
5. Encomium: a speech or piece of text that praises
Ex. Up on the stage, the singers recited their encomiums for their friends and families.

]]> 2021-03-23 22:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345380869 Terms 1873141 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345513559 1. reproach: showing disapproval.
Kayla's mom reproached the idea of her cutting her hair super short.
2. Lofty: Superior to most people.
As the lofty general walked passed, all the other soldiers stood at attention.
3. Adulation: Praise or admiration towards someone.
The prince was given so much adulation for saving their kingdom.
4. Odious: repulsive or unpleasant
The boiled egg left in the fridge for later gave an odious smell.
5. Encomium: A piece of writing that praises someone.
All the encomium the band receives is shocking.
]]> 2021-03-23 23:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345513559 1864651 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345690662 1.Encomium-a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly
EX: Paula finds painting so nice that she has written an encomium celebrating the art form.

2. Lofty-having a haughty overbearing manner
EX:When Jenny achieved her lofty objective of graduating from medical school, she cried for joy.

3. Unvarnished-plain and straightforward.

EX: Being blunt, in my unvarnished opinion, I felt sympathy for the racist governor.

4.Onerous- involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
EX: The homework workload is onerous for every AP kid, but they still finish and earn a good grade.

5. Follies- lack of common sense
EX: It was hard to concentrate on my notes when my friends and their follies were making me laugh.

]]> 2021-03-24 00:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1345690662 Unfamiliar Terms and Phrases 1855381 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346018351 1. Substantiate(s) - To provide evidence that supports or proves something.

2. Treatise - a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject.

]]> 2021-03-24 02:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346018351 Unfamiliar Terms 1887172 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346048121 1. Scrupulously- in a very careful and thorough way
Ex: The teacher scrupulously read through her class's research paper.
2. Encomium-a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.
Ex: I wrote an encomium for my mother's birthday where I spoke about her accomplishments.
3.Altruism-the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
Ex: Out of a sense of altruism, my cousin does community service in retirement homes.
4. Onerous- involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome.
Ex: Despite the onerous nature of AP classes, I still choose to take them.
5. Pedantic- someone who annoys others by correcting small errors, caring too much about minor details, or emphasizing their own expertise
Ex: My grammar teacher is a pedantic when it comes to fixing people's common grammatical errors.

]]> 2021-03-24 02:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346048121 Unfamiliar Terms 187428 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346102938 1. Aggregation: The formation of a number of things into a cluster.
Example: The aggregation of the ant colony on the pile of sugar.
2. Epoch: The beginning of a distinctive period in history or in someone’s life.
Example: The Pharaoh’s son marked an epoch in Egyptian history.
3. Dissipate: Disperse or scatter.
Example: Clouds dissipate and vanish from the sky.
4. Monetary: Relating to money or currency.
Example: Money loses it’s monetary value when there is a new currency declared.
5. Vituperative: Bitter and abusive.
Example: My friends know I use a lot of vituperative words.]]> 2021-03-24 03:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346102938 Unfamiliar Terms and Phrases 1881031 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346228301 1. Polemical: bringing up a controversial writing or speech
Ex: The article author was known for writing about polemical topics.
2. Tenable: reasonable, or able to be sustained or maintained.
Ex: Doing well in school helps to make the acceptance into a university more tenable.
3. Morose: to be sad or gloomy about something
Ex: Lauren became morose after finding out that her best friend was moving to another state.
4. Pliant: easily influenced
Ex: The teacher liked when her students were not pliant because she wanted them to be independent thinkers.
5. Monopolize: to take control over a specific thing
Ex: Stacy decided to monopolize the group project because she felt like the members of the group weren't doing a good enough job.]]> 2021-03-24 04:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346228301 Unfamiliar terms 1863581 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346307373 1. exigence- a part of a rhetorical situation that inspires, stimulates, provokes, or prompts writers to create a text.
ex. The exigence of the discrimination against black people prompted Martin Luther Jr. King to advocate and make speeches about against segregation and racism.

2. satire- an artistic form in which human being, individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are are help up to censure by means of ridicule in various ways to inspire social reform.
ex. Political cartoons are satires which are meant to mock or poke at political events or in most cases, politicians.

3. susceptibility- the state or fact of being likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
ex. Since she was susceptible to getting ill easily due to her weak immune system, she always got sick during winter.

4. epithet- an adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
ex. People that are considered attractive or pretty are often awarded the epithet "great beauties."

5. laudable- deserving great praise and commendation.
ex. People with great manners and virtue are considered to be greatly laudable. ]]> 2021-03-24 05:01:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346307373 Unfamiliar Terms 1876671 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346468071 1. Baneful: causing harm or difficulty.

Ex: After years of eating junk food every day, she was diagnosed with diabetes and realized the baneful results of consuming fast and frozen food.

2. Incongruous: not in conformity with someone or something

Ex: The colorful rainbow pants were a bit incongruous with her outfit, during the funeral.

3. Impious: someone not showing respect or reverence.

Ex: Many people contradict with someone’s faith but that does not mean we have to be impious towards them.

4. Bourgeoisie: middle-class people in the society.

Ex: The bourgeoisie are humans that are wealthy and spend their money on houses, clothing, and their own child's education.

5. Picturesque: something beautiful and attractive that is unusual to see.

Ex: The picturesque painting at school, made the students recognize that nothing is impossible in life.

]]> 2021-03-24 06:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346468071 Unfamiliar Terms 1873853 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346517450 1. Sublime: Of such excellence; to inspire great admiration or awe
ex. The sublime presentation left the audience in complete and utter awe.
2. Lofty: Elevated in status
ex.By the people, the King was seen as a lofty person.
3.Onerous: Involving an amount of effort and difficulty that is oppressively burdensome
ex. Even though the AP class consisted on onerous work, many people chose to still take it.
4.Adulation: Excessive admiration or praise
ex. Sarah wished to have the adulation of everyone around her.
5.Resonant: tending to reinforce or prolong sounds, especially by synchronous vibration.
ex. During the play, a lot of resonant music was playing as background music.]]> 2021-03-24 06:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1346517450 Unfamiliar Terms 1857525 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1349727327 1.Inquisitive: Curious or Inquiring
ex. I grew more inquisitive about the Roman Empire after learning about Julius Caesar.
2. Odious: Extremely unpleasant, repulsive
ex. I find the smell of gasoline to be extremely odious.
3. Sublime: Of such excellence; to inspire great admiration or awe
ex. I was left in awe after seeing my cousin's sublime soccer skills.
4. Vituperative: to be harsh and abusive
ex. I find peoples vituperative remarks to be hilarious because they believe that they will have a negative effect on me.
5. Inept:to be incompetent
ex. I am very inept when it comes to cooking as I can't even turn on the stove.]]> 2021-03-24 19:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1349727327 Unfamiliar Term 1860002 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1351395639 1)ADULATION-admiration toward someone
Ex: The applause and the adulation from the crowed made the performer cry because she felt grateful.
2)REPROACH-disagree/disapproval toward something
Ex:Since Sam is a girl her mom reproach the idea of her hanging out with guys.
3)MOROSE- Is more than sad is being gloomy or depressed
Ex:Maria's mom saw morose,and tear stained on her face and pretended not to notice.
4)ODIOUS- extremely unpleasant
Ex: I find racism as being odious
5)INEPT- to be incompetent
Ex: I'm an inept driver that is learning to drive but can't go back without hitting something.

]]> 2021-03-25 06:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1351395639 Unfamiliar Terms 1859181 https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1366788811 Reproach: the expression of disapproval or disappointment.
EX: I was given a look of reproach when my mom found out I failed the test.

Sublime: Of such excellence; to inspire great admiration or awe.
EX: The sublime performance left the crowd and judges speechless.

Inept: having or showing no skill
EX: She was fired from the kitchen for her inept efforts of keeping her environment sanitary.]]> 2021-03-30 05:22:46 UTC https://padlet.com/oxnardunion/bjzm0ij3qgtgr292/wish/1366788811