Grade 9-10: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 10

Word List 10

1. formidable: arousing fear, dread, or alarm; inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder; difficult to undertake, surmount, or defeat
2. haven: a harbor or anchorage; a port; a place of refuge or rest; a sanctuary
3. hindrance: the act of hindering; the condition of being hindered; one that hinders; an impediment
4. irascible: prone to outbursts of temper; easily angered; characterized by or resulting from anger
5. lucrative: producing wealth; profitable
6. plausible: seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible; giving a deceptive impression of truth or reliability
7. rebuke: to criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand; to check or repress

Tuesday Activities

1. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side. You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on the link.
2. Write the vocabulary words on paper and cut them into individual word pieces. Lay your flash cards on the table with the definition side up. Match the paper words with the correct definition.
3. Write your vocabulary words in alphabetical order in your vocabulary notebook. Write your own definition beside each word.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

Repairing a bad credit score is truly a formidable task.
Our team was up against a formidable opponent; they hadn't lost a game in three years.

After battling the storm for hours we were all glad to see the sheltered cove, our haven for the night.
In the middle of the rough neighborhood, the day care center was a haven for stressed out children.

Pointing a finger at the thug Granny quietly said, "Young man you are a hindrance to this entire neighborhood!^
Television quite often proves to be a hindrance to a educational progress.

An irascible child can hinder the progress of an entire class.
Turning her back on the man Granny told us, "Don't mind him children, he's just an irascible old fool.^

John's idea turned out to be a lucrative summer venture.
One of the problems with wiping out the drug trade is that it is such a lucrative short-term business.

How you could think that what they say is even remotely plausible?
With a dubious look on his face the old man admitted that our explanation sounded plausible.

Her rejection was such a stinging rebuke that I couldn't even think of trying again.
Whenever my writing teacher felt the need to rebuke me I was grateful that he did it in private.

 
 

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