Gaby SETIABUDI
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
January 27, 2016
Vocabulary #14
Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
January 27, 2016
Vocabulary #14
- Authoritative
- Commanding or demanding
- They were extremely authoritative when we went to the other direction
- Commanding or demanding
- Benevolent
- Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
- The benevolent expression lifted up my day
- Characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
- Belligerent
- Warlike; given to waging war
- The movie gave a belligerent vibe in the plot
- Warlike; given to waging war
- Facetious
- Not meant to be taken seriously
- The past jokes made us by facetious to them
- Not meant to be taken seriously
- Inflammatory
- Tending to arouse anger
- Their words had an inflammatory way that had led to a fight
- Tending to arouse anger
- Snooty
- Behaving in an unfriendly way because you believe you are better than others
- The dog stood like a snooty animal in the podium
- Behaving in an unfriendly way because you believe you are better than others
- Superficial
- Relating to or located near the surface
- Being drowned underwater made me go to the superficial even more
- Relating to or located near the surface
- Disdainful
- Proud, arrogant, overbearing
- The disdainful attitude led to the people kicking him out
- Proud, arrogant, overbearing
- Droll
- Humorous, whimsical
- The expression made her even more droll
- Humorous, whimsical
- Patronizing
- Degrading others
- The outfit made others want to patronize them
- Degrading others
- Pompous
- Arrogant or conceited
- The posture held a pompous expression to the people in the room
- Arrogant or conceited
- Whimsical
- Playful or fanciful
- The play held a whimsical theme capturing everybody attention
- Playful or fanciful
- Befuddled
- To confuses
- The discussion has befuddled everyone in the room leaving them speechless
- To confuses
- Cynical
- Evil, despised
- The plan made the character seem more cynical than ever
- Evil, despised
- Defiant
- Boldly resisting
- I was defiant to leave when I could’ve eaten more
- Boldly resisting
- Egotistical
- Someone who is full of themselves
- The egotistical man got punched in the face for being so rude
- Someone who is full of themselves
- Esoteric
- Understood by or meant for inky the select few who hate special knowledge
- The esoteric group got separated for their bold move
- Understood by or meant for inky the select few who hate special knowledge
- Evasive
- Avoid something
- The class wanted to by evasive in front of the rat in the room
- Avoid something
- Inane
- Lacking sense, significance
- I was inane to the people therefore they kicked me out
- Lacking sense, significance
- Jaded
- Feeling or showing a lack of interest
- The homework made me feel jaded after getting home
- Feeling or showing a lack of interest