Question

I would like for you to put each word in a sentence that shows understanding of that word. Remember, for a sentence to show understanding of the word, there needs to be context clues in the sentence that hints at the meaning of the word.

For example, "The automobile accident was so gruesome that I had to look away from the horrible sight." is a sentence that helps us see the word gruesome must mean "frightening" because it tells us the narrator had to "look away from the horrible sight".

If you were to write a sentence such as this: "That is so gruesome." it would be wrong because it does not give us any clues to the meaning of the word. You could put almost any word in that sentence and it would still not show understanding of the word.

Below are this week's vocabulary words, you may need to look up a few of them in the dictionary if you do not remember what they mean. Write your sentence under each word.

1. endorse

2. erode

3. gruesome

4. hypocrite

5. idealistic

6. illusion

7. impact

8. imply

9. novice

10. obstacle

Answer 1

1- Students ran up and down the freshly mopped hallway, an act a teacher most definitely wouldn't endorse.

2- Rocks change shape over the years due to gradual wear causing them to erode.

3- The fridge of the vacant house was covered in mold, not to mention gruesome roaches scurrying around the sides.

4- Mom asked me to swallow my food before talking well her own mouth was full, she is quite the hypocrite.

5- My sister has been planning her wedding for years, it just has to be perfect, mom says she is idealistic. She's not even in a relationship!

6- At disney world, they use the illusion of forced perspective to make the beast castle look huge, when really it's only 15 feet tall.

7- When the quiet girl yelled, the impact of her voice made the whole classroom go silent.

8- When mom asked me to clean my room again, she implied she thought I cleaned it in the first place.

9- It was only my second day working here, but with the help of my friends I went from novice to master fast!

10- The horses and riders gracefully jumped over the obstacles as if it was nothing!

Hope this helps!