VOCABULARY SET ONE

VOCABULARY SET ONE

traipse (verb)

•To walk or move slowly, tiredly

murky (adjective)•Dark and unclear

prominent (adjective)

•Important or noticeable

degrade (verb)

•To treat with disrespect

Aghast (adjective)

•Very frightened

Dire (adjective)

•Terrible, drastic

repertory (noun)

•A supply of things, a collection

latent (adjective)•Not yet developed

Intrepid (adjective)

•Courageous, bold

habitable (adjective)

•Suitable or good enough to live in

SENTENCES• 1. We traipsed through the heavy brush and rested by the tree.• 2. The polluted water was murky with chemicals.• 3. A prominent board member was responsible for factory’s waste

management.• 4.The board member clearly degraded the factory’s high

standards.• 5.Our class was aghast at the pollution in the once clean river.• 6. The plants and animals in the area were in a dire situation.• 7.We gave the factory a printed repertory of our complaints.• 8.The owner of the factory was latent in responding to our

worries.• 9. Our intrepid class urged the factory to clean up after itself.• 10. The river surrounding the factory became clean and habitable

once again.