Ctaching Fire Vocabulary Flashcards
reproach
Book sentence: “So I eat a lot, and the meal is beyond reproach, but I can’t say I’m enjoying it.
My definition: to re approach
Definition: to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
Sentence: His conduct has brought shame and reproach to his family.
Mollify
Book sentence: “This seems to mollify them, and they all kiss me, set me on a chair in my bedroom, and, as usual, start talking nonstop without bothering to notice if I’m listening.”
My definition:to appeal
Definition:to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
My sentence: The beautiful white horse was appealing.
Implication
Definition: something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
My definition: to assume
Book sentence: “But not two people in love, which seems to be President Snow’s implication.”
My sentence: I’m offended by his implication that women can’t be good at mathematics.
Tentative
Definition: of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or attempt; experimental: a tentative report on her findings.
My definition: very fragile
Book sentence: “I’m still smoldering a little, so it’s with a tentative hand that Caesar reaches out to touch my headpiece.”
My sentence:Anyone with experience of upmarket hotels may feel a little tentative pulling the desk away from the wall.
Ambiguous
Definition: open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
Book sentence:“I don’t do well with ambiguous threats.”
My definition: very anxious
My sentence: By making the imagery ambiguous, I want to allow space for individual interpretation.àqàq
Inherent
Definition: existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers.
Book sentence: “There’s an inherent flaw in the plan that both Gale and I were too blind to see.”
Sentence:That issue is inherent in concepts of special education.
My definition:something passed down
Abstract
Definition: thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
Book sentence: “But the thought is abstract and far less alarming than the current agonies of my body.”
My sentence:Choose five abstract nouns relating to recent conversational themes.
My definition:unique
Coherent
Definition: logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
Book sentence: “They’re nearly incoherent between the alcohol they’ve consumed and their ecstasy at being at such a grand affair.”
My sentence:
My definition:
Obsolete
Definition: no longer in general use; fallen into disuse: an obsolete expression.
Book sentence: “The foreign, almost obsolete word comes to mind.”
Pretense
Definition: pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
Books sentence: “He abandoned any pretense of even being my friend.”
Descend
Definition: to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop.
Book sentence: “We descend the steps and are sucked into what becomes an indistinguishable round of dinners, ceremonies, and train rides.”
Chaos
Definition: a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
Book sentence: “Hovercraft bombed the rebel strongholds into ashes. In the utter chaos that followed, it was all people could do to make it back to their homes alive.”
Converge
Definition: to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
Book sentence: “The monkeys explode into a shrieking mass of orange fur and converge on him.”
Imply
Definition: to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated.
Book sentence: “I’m speechless, staring at the pretty little glasses and all they imply.”
Despise
Definition: regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
Book sentence: “A shiver goes through me when I think of the proximity of my mother and sister to this man who despises me. Will always despise me.”
