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Unit 3 VocabularyBy: Jackie, Becky, Liliana, and Mai-Linh
Hour 5
Eccentric
Adjective A person with a strange behavior The mom took her eccentric son to the
psychiatrist.
Emerge
Verb Move out of the way from something
and come into view Each year new buildings emerge
around the world.
Exuberant
Adjective Filled with lively energy; excitement During the holidays the atmosphere in
New York is very exuberant.
Facetious
Adjective Treating serious issues with
inappropriate humor; sarcastic The teacher was being facetious when
she told the class they had failed the test.
Flippant
Adjective Not showing a respectful attitude The student gave the teacher a flippant
response to her question.
Implore
Verb To beg desperately The security implores visitors to not
touch the artifacts.
Incredulous
Adjective Unable to believe someone The average score of my class was so
incredulous that we had to retake it.
Intent
Noun› Purpose; intention
Adjective› Determined to do something
Our intent was to sell our car for five grand.
Ludicrous
Adjective Foolish; unreasonable The girl looked ludicrous trying to
dance.
Menace
Noun› A person likely to cause danger
Verb› Threaten
The burglar is always a menace when a carrying a weapon.
Ominous
Adjective Giving the impression that something
bad is going to happen On cloudy days it always gives me an
ominous feeling.
Precarious
Adjective Dangerously likely to fall or collapse My family is in a precarious financial
situation because of the economy.
Resignation
Noun An act of retiring or giving up a position My dad had to give his resignation to
his boss because he’s moving to a different company.
Scrutinize
Verb Examine or inspect closely The police needs a warrant in order to
scrutinize the suspects’ house.
Submerge
Verb To go underwater The Titanic submerged slowly after it
crashed onto the iceberg.