Vocab List for Unit one:
- Ascend (v.) To move upward
- Deteriorate (v.) To have the condition of something get worse and worse
- Deplete (v.) To be completely used up
- Innocuous (adj.) Harmless
- Banal (adj.) Something or someone that is so common that it is boring
- Demure (adj.) Quiet and shy
- Formidable (adj.) Threatening because of size or strength
- Immaculate (adj.) Spotlessly clean
- Arduous (adj.) When something takes a lot of effort
- Err (v.) To make a mistake
- * subordinate * (adj.) To be lower or less than something else
- * pinnacle * (n.) a high peak or point
- * notorious * (adj.) well-known for having a bad reputation
- * benign * (adj.) not causing harm
Pretest - you may test out of each list! If you do, you must bring a book to English class every day during that unit!