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.