vocabulary words definitions and sentences: ‘’all american slurp’’ by: joseph gaytan
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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.