Mr. Gibson ClassesDefining & Utilizing

Action Words in Contextual SettingsWeek 2: October 11 – 14 Two-thousand &

eleven

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Action Words

Good morning ladies & gentlemen!

Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Please open your PSAE Vocabulary Journals provided to you this morning by your Advisory Teacher.

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Action Words

Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

The PSAE/ACT “action” words to the left are to be entered into your journal.

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Action Words

• adversity• aesthetic• amicable• anachronistic

Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Adversity The first word in this week’s group of four

is…________________

ad-VERSE-ih-tee

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Adversity The first word in this week’s group of four is…

________________

ad-VERSE-ih-tee

“a person’s life or situation marked by a

bad situation or distress”

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Adversity

“a person’s life or situation

marked by a bad situation or

distress”

The first word in this week’s group of four is…

________________

ad-VERSE-ih-teeEven after much

adversity, he completed his training and

eventually won the NCAA National Title for long distance running.

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Aesthetic The second word in this week’s group of four

is…________________Ath-STET-ick

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Aesthetic(adj.)

The second word in this week’s group of four

is…________________eth-STET-ick

“a sense of the beautiful”

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

Aesthetic(adj.)

“a sense of the beautiful”

The second word in this week’s group of four

is…________________eth-STET-ick

“The red rose in the white vase on the dark mahogany table was

quite aesthetic.”

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

AmicableAdj.

The third word in this week’s group of four

is…________________AM-ick-ah-bull

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

AmicableAdj.

The third word in this week’s group of four

is…________________AM-ick-ah-bull

“showing goodwill; friendly or peaceable “

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

AmicableAdj.

“showing goodwill; friendly or peaceable “

The third word in this week’s group of four

is…________________AM-ick-ah-bull

After much heated debate, they worked out an amicable agreement.

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

AnachronisticAdj.

The fourth word in this week’s group of four

is…________________

uh-nack-ron-ISS-tick

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

AnachronisticAdj.

The fourth word in this week’s group of four

is…________________

uh-nack-ron-ISS-tick

“referring to a place, thing, or person that belongs in an much earlier time or era”

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

AnachronisticAdj.

“referring to a place, thing, or

person that belongs in an much earlier time or era”

The fourth word in this week’s group of four

is…________________

uh-nack-ron-ISS-tick

“The jeweled sword painted on the side of

the Predator Drone was quite anachronistic .”

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Tuesday October 11th - 1st Hour

“As I look at them both now, they seem very _________ since they are both smiling and chatting casually. The quill pen & ink used for the document signing seemed quite ____________ when compared to the gleaming ultra-modern sleek office surroundings. In fact the ornate cut-glass ink holder and the lavender colored ink on the highly polished mahogany table was visually rather ___________ to the casual observer. “With this agreement, the _________ between the two of you is finally over!” I declared euphemistically.

adversity aesthetic amicable anachronistic