Vocabulary WordsDefinitions and Sentences:

‘’All American Slurp’’

By: Joseph Gaytan

Emigrate• Part of Speech: Verb

• Definition: Leave one’s home country to settle in another.

• Sentence from Selection: We had emigrated to this country from China, and during our early days here we had a hard time with American table manners.

• Own Sentence: People from all over the word emigrate to the United States.

Mortified

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Definition: Characterized by feeling of severe embarrassment or shame.

• Sentence From Selection: For the rest of the evening, too mortified to go back to the dining table, I nursed a bit of potato salad on my plate.

• Own Sentence: When he forgot his magic act he was mortified to go back up on the stage.

Spectacle

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Definition: eye-catching display of public drama.

• Sentence from Selection: I wasn’t sure how she would feel about me after the spectacle our family made at the party.

• Own Sentence: Students in my class cause huge spectacles everyday , by throwing stuff in the air.

Systematic

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Definition: ordered and planned.

• Sentence from Selection: Father, being an engineer, was always systematic.

• Own Sentence: When we were leaving for our field trip everyone was systematic and ready to go.

Consumption

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Definition: act of eating or drinking in a great quantity.

• Sentence from Selection: And in the silence, our family’s consumption of soup suddenly seemed unnaturally loud.

• Own Sentence: The average consumption of a human is 3 meals a day.

Lavishly

• Part of Speech: adverb

• Definition: given in large amounts

• Sentence from selection: It was lavishly covered with platters of food, but we couldn’t see any chairs around the table.

• Own Sentence: With greed, my brother lavishly put most of the chicken on his plate.

Smugly

• Part of speech: adverb

• Definition: contently , confident in one’s ability.

• Sentence from Selection: “I shall have finished my project by Monday ,’’ he said smugly.

• Own Sentence: “I will get first place at the U.I.L Meet” , he said smugly.

Coping

• Part of speech: Verb

• Definition: To struggle or deal with.

• Sentence from Selection: The Gleason's were not used to the Chinese ways, and they were just coping the best they could.

• Own Sentence: When I come home from school I have to cope with my annoying big brother.

Etiquette

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Definition: Conventional Requirements as to social behavior.

• Sentence from selection: The rules of etiquette, or polite behavior, that people are expected to follow differ from country to country.

• Own Sentence: When my family had company over for dinner everyone had proper etiquette.

Revolting

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Definition: Disgusting or repulsive.

• Sentence from Selection: Sour cream sounded perfectly revolting.

• Own Sentence: When I was a little kid I thought that vegetables were the most revolting food in the world.