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U1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| OBSTACLE | something that impedes progress or achievement |
| obstacle | Ghost encounters a serious obstacle with his father and must escape with his mother to survive. |
| COURAGE | mental and moral strength |
| courage | It took courage for Ghost to go back into the house where his father attacked him and his mother. |
| APPAREL | (noun) clothing, that which serves as dress or decoration |
| apparel | (verb) to put clothes on, dress up |
| DispatchE | (noun) an official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing |
| dispatch | (verb) to send off or out for a purpose; to kill |
| FORSAKE | (verb) to give up, renounce; to leave, abandon |
| forsake | |
| INGENIOUS | (adjective) showing remarkable originality, inventiveness, or resourcefulness; clever |
| ingenious | |
| MISGIVING | (noun) a feeling of fear, doubt, or uncertainty |
| misgiving | |
| CHALLENGE | To summon to a contest of skill or strength; OR to call into question |
| challenge | Staying out of trouble to remain on the team will challenge Ghost in ways he for which he might not be prepared. |
| DENOUNCE | verb) to condemn openly; to accuse formally |
| denounce | |
| FAMISHED | (adjective) suffering severely from hunger or from a lack of something |
| famished | |
| INEPT | adjective) totally without skill or appropriateness |
| inept | |
| LIBEL | (noun) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation about whom it is made |
| libel | (verb) to write or publish a statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of another person |
| REPAST | noun) a meal, food |
| repast | |
| RESILIENCE | Ghost and his mother both demonstrate incredible resilience when they move forward with their lives after surviving the arrest of the father. |
| resilience | the ability to recover from misfortune |
| BESIEGE | (verb) to attack by surrounding with military forces |
| besiege | verb) to cause worry or trouble |
| COMPRESS | (verb) to press together; to reduce in size or volume |
| compress | (noun) a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury |
| DOUSE | (verb) to plunge into a liquid, drench |
| douse | (verb) to put out quickly, extinguish |
| GAINFUL | (adjective) profitable; bringing in money of some special advantage |
| gainful | |
| OAF | (sustantivo) una persona estúpida; un individuo grande, torpe y lento |
| oaf | |
| WILLPOWER | strong determination that allows one to do something difficult |
| willpower | Ghost finally had the willpower to share his secret with his teammates. |
| EXPRESS | plainly, in so many words; for a particular purpose |
| express | The terms of our agreement express forblade us to take any of the goods for our own use. |
| IMMENSE | very large or great; beyond ordinary measurement |
| immense | On my first babysitting job, one must have immense patience to take care of young children. |
| INSTANTANEOUS | done in an instant; immediate |
| instantaneous | Some of life's rewards are instantaneous; others are a long time in coming. |
| IRK | to annoy, trouble, make weary |
| irk | Students who do not complete their work irk their teachers and parents because it seems like they do not want to succeed. |
| RECEDE | to go or move backward; to become more distant |
| recede | Far away on the horizon, we saw the tiny figures of a lonely traveler and his mule recede into the sunset. |
| HABIT | manner of conducting oneself |
| habit | Students who choose the positive habit of completing work will always be successful! |
| ATTAIN | to achieve by effort |
| attain | Jeremy Lin was able to attain his goal of becoming a professional basketball player for the NBA. Save! |
| FORTITUDE | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or handle pain with courage |
| fortitude | The most successful people in life demonstrate a fortitude that others want to imitate to create their own achievement. |
| ADVERSE | (adjective) unfavorable, negative; working against, hostile |
| adverse | |
| CONSTRAIN | (verb) to force, compel; to restrain, hold back |
| constrain | |
| CONTEMPORARY | (adjective) belonging to the same period of time as oneself |
| contemporary | (noun) a person at the same time |
| GROUNDLESS | (adjective) without any good reason or cause; unjustified |
| groundless | |
| MIMIC | (noun) a person who does imitations |
| mimic | (verb) to imitate; to make fun of |
| TENACITY | The determination to continue what you are doing |
| tenacity | Turbo the snail demonstrated great tenacity in finishing the race against a racecar without his power of speed. |
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