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The Crossover
Vocabulary Words for Warm-Up and first Quarter
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acclaimed | praise enthusiastically and publicly |
| agitating | making someone troubled or nervous |
| banished | to send (someone or something) away |
| calamity | an event causing great harm, pain, or destruction; disaster |
| camaraderie | mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together |
| concentrate | focus one’s attention or mental effort on a particular object or activity |
| crossover | a simple basketball move in which a player dribbles the ball quickly from one hand to the other |
| dubious | hesitating or doubting |
| frantically | feeling or showing a lot of fear and worry |
| hypertension | abnormally high blood pressure |
| impersonation | an act of pretending to be another person for the purpose of entertainment or fraud |
| phenomenal | very remarkable; extraordinary |
| posterizing | North American slang derived from an action in the game of basketball, in which the offensive player "dunks" over a defending player in a play that is spectacular and athletic enough to warrant reproduction in a printed poster |
| pulchritudinous | having great physical beauty and appeal |
| taunt | a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone |