Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Rev It Up!

Vocab List for Unit one:

  1. Ascend    (v.) To move upward
  2. Deteriorate    (v.) To have the condition of something get worse and worse
  3. Deplete    (v.) To be completely used up
  4. Innocuous    (adj.) Harmless
  5. Banal    (adj.) Something or someone that is so common that it is boring
  6. Demure    (adj.) Quiet and shy
  7. Formidable    (adj.) Threatening because of size or strength
  8. Immaculate    (adj.) Spotlessly clean
  9. Arduous    (adj.) When something takes a lot of effort
  10. Err    (v.) To make a mistake
  11. * subordinate    * (adj.) To be lower or less than something else
  12. * pinnacle    * (n.) a high peak or point
  13. * notorious    * (adj.) well-known for having a bad reputation
  14. * benign    * (adj.) not causing harm
Starred words 11-14 are for super and extreme-challenge!

Pretest - you may test out of each list! If you do, you must bring a book to English class every day during that unit!