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Precision Partners. Precision Partners. Expectation #1 Each partner has a role they MUST fulfill All means ALL. EVERYONE must participate. Precision Partners. Expectation #2 Use the speaking part you are given This also includes sentence frames. Precision Partners. Expectation #3 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Precision Partners
Precision Partners
Expectation #1• Each partner has a role they MUST fulfill• All means ALL. EVERYONE must participate.
Precision Partners
Expectation #2• Use the speaking part you are given• This also includes sentence frames
Precision Partners
Expectation #3• You will be randomly called on to report
your discussion to the class• Be on task and LISTEN carefully to each
other!!!!
Precision PartnersExpectation #4• I will give you some wait time to think
through your answers first.• During this time, you are expected to remain
SILENT. Think through your role and what you want to say to fulfill it.
abject, adj. abject 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• Utterly hopeless; miserable
The Cowardly Lion thought he was an _______ coward.Your turn:
I feel abject humiliation when ______________.
Rootsab= awayject=throw
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WorthlessHumiliated
affable, adj. affable 12345
synonym(s) explanation/examples image• Easy to talk to;
friendly; warm
My neighbor is a very _________ person.Your turn:
___________ is affable because ____________.
RootsFa=talk
Able=can
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PolitePleasant
ambiguous, adj. ambiguous 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• Having several possibilities; unclear
We were confused by the _______ wording of the assignment.Your turn:
I hate it when _________ is ambiguous because ________.
Rootsambi=both
uous=set in motion
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PuzzlingUncertain
anomaly, n. anomaly 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• Irregular; different from the rest
Her grade of a C was an ___________ because she usually received As and Bs.
Your turn:
An anomaly in Oregon is _______________.
RootsAnomalo=irregular
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UniqueOdd
apathy, n. apathy 12345
synonym(s) explanation/examples image• No emotion or
excitement
Students often show _________ towards school.
Your turn:
I feel apathy towards ________________.
RootsA=not
Path=feeling
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PassiveEmotionlessness
antagonism, n. antagonism 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• Active hostility or opposition; being mean
The ________ is so bad between them, they can’t sit together.
Your turn:
I see examples of antagonism on the news when ________.
RootsAnti = against
Agon = struggleism = belief
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Causing problemsopposition
antediluvian, adj. antediluvian 12345
synonym(s) explanation/examples image• Time before the
Flood; very old
Scientists found an _________ people unknown to history.
Your turn:
He has antediluvian beliefs that ___________________.
RootsAnte= before
Luv = flood/wash-ian = belonging to
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AncientPrehistoric
belligerent, adj. belligerent 12345
synonym(s) explanation/examples image• Eager to fight/war
The coach became _________ when the ref made a bad call.
Your turn:
I become belligerent when __________________.
RootsBell = war
Ger = produce
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HostileAntagonistic
benevolent, adj. benevolent 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• Good natured; generous
She received a scholarship from a ____________ donor.Your turn:
__________ is benevolent because ______________.
Rootsbene=good
volen=free will
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CaringHelpful
callow, adj. callow 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• Immature or inexperienced
The ________ youth insulted his grandmother’s advice.Your turn:
Teenagers are callow when _____________.
Rootsnone
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NaiveChildish
coalesce, v. coales 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• To grow together
Rain can __________ into a puddle.Your turn:
Two objects that coalesce are ________and_________.
Old EnglishCo=with
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UniteCombine
egregious, adj. ihgreejuhs 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• extraordinary in some bad way
• deplorable
Your turn:
The most egregious thing I have ever known about is __________________.
Latinegregius = phrase ex grege, "rising above the flock", from ex-, "out of" plus grege, "herd, flock"
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preposterous
The Holocaust was an __________ time in history.
euphemism, n. yoofuhmizum 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• A “nicer” way to say something
“Letting go” is an _________ for someone who is fired.
Your turn:
One euphemism I use is ______________.
GreekEu=good
Phem=speakIsm=belief in
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IndirectnessDelicacy
gravity, n. gravity 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• seriousness
I didn’t realize the ________ of the situation when I said the joke.Your turn:
I have been brought down from the gravity of what happened when ________.
RootsGrav=heavy
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WeightStrictness
idiosyncrasy, n. idiosyncrasy 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• an odd habit that is peculiar to a person
Your turn:
The closest I come to having an idiosyncrasy is ______.
Greekidio=peculiar
syn=with
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mannerismfeature
trait
Lola is a walking ______ because she is always acting weird.
castigate, v. casigate 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• criticize; reprimand severely; scold; punish
If you ____________ others, you are likely to have no friends.
Your turn:
My parents castigate me when I _______________.
RootsCast=cut off from
Gate = to drive
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disciplinecorrect
condescend, v. condescend 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• to lower yourself to someone else’s level (you’re superior)
Your turn:
The one desolate place I hope to avoid is _______________ because_______________________.
Latinscend=to climb
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accommodateacquiesce
comply
The land stood _______ and dry against the rising sun.
dilatory, adj. dilatory 12345
• tending to delay or procrastinate
Your turn:
My friend, ________, is dilatory when it comes to _______.
Latindi=away
lat=to bear or carry
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sluggishtardyslack
The new employee was fired for ________ behavior.
synonym(s) explanation/examples image
expedite, v. expedite 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• To speed up the process
If you are wise and plan well, we will________the purchase of the car you want.Your turn:
In order to expedite long trips, I ________________.
RootsEx=from
Ped =foot/feet
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AccelerateAssist
superfluous, adj. superfluous 12345 synonym(s) explanation/examples image
• more than is sufficient or needed
• unnecessary or needless
Your turn:
Someday I would like to own/have a superfluous collection of _______________ so that I can __________________.
Latinsuper=over
flu=flow
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extravagantover-the-top
excessive
Eva Perón was know for her _____________ collection of shoes.
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