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Vocab ELA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Avocation | Noun a pastime or hobby; a profession practiced with enjoyment |
| Vocal | Adjective: connected with speaking or with the voice |
| Vocalist | Nounsinger |
| Vocation | Noun: A job; a calling or inclination toward a type of work or service |
| Addictive | Adjective: habit-forming, hard to break away from, easy to say yes to |
| Contradict | Verb: to speak against, to say the opposite of. |
| Dication | Noun: the act of saying words for someone else to write down. |
| Dictator | Noun: A person who commands and rules with total authority |
| Predict | Verb: To say what will happen in the future, often using reason or experience |
| Verdict | Noun: The words of decision from a jury |
| Audible | I whispered to my friend and the teacher heard because it was Audible. |
| Audience | Noun: The people who hear a speech performance. |
| Audition | Noun: A tryout for a role; a hearing to test and judge a performer’s ability. |
| Auditorium | Noun: A large room or hall where people gather to hear speakers or view performances. |
| Inaudible | Adjective: Not able to be heard, too soft or faint to hear, unheard. |
| Megaphone | Noun: A cone-shaped horn used to direct the voice and make it sound louder. |
| Phonics | In Kindergarten I learned all of my Phonics. |
| Saxophone | Noun: A curved wind instrument made of brass with a reed mouthpiece and keys for the fingers. |
| Stereophonic | Adjective: An electronic system that blends sounds from more than one source. |
| Symphony | Noun: A long piece of music played by an orchestra. |
| -orium, -arium words | It gives you the name of a place that is associated with the root. |
| Aquarium- | a large tank filled with water and fish |
| Terrarium | a transparent enclosure for keeping and growing plants. Small bugs can be added. |
| Solarium | a room mostly made of glass to let light in. Like a sunroom where people sometimes keep their plants. |
| Envision | To imagine; to form a picture in the mind of something that has not yet happened. Part of speech: Verb |
| Revise | To look back and change; to correct and improve |
| Supervise | To direct or oversee, to look after and take care of. |
| Visor | A shield for the eyes, like the brim of a cap or sunshade in a car. |
| Visible | Able to be seen or perceived |
| Prospect | To look for; to explore and search for mineral deposits. |
| Respect | Admiration, high regard. A specific point or detail. |
| Spectator | Onlooker, one who watches an event without taking part. |
| Spectacle | A strikingly grand or unusual sight. |
| Spectacular | mpressive to look at, remarkable |
| Postscript | A note added after ending ( often abbreviated P.S.). |
| Prescription | An order for medicine or other treatment written by a doctor. |
| scribe | before the invention of printing, a person who wrote books by hand; a writer. |
| Script | The text of a play, movie, or broadcast |
| Subscription | An order for, or a pledge to pay for, regular copies of a publication, a group of plays or concerts, and so on |
| autobiography | A life story written by the person who lived in it. |
| Autograph | to sign one’s name. |
| Biography | an account of someone’s life, written |
| geography | he study of the features of the different places on earth |
| paragraph | a section of a piece of writing, dealing with one topic. |
| Noun: | Names a person, place, thing, or idea/concept |
| Common Noun: | a general name for a person, place, thing, or idea/concept- not capitalized unless it's the first word of a sentence |
| Proper Noun: | the name of a particular person, place, thing, or idea/concept... begins with a capital letter |
| Singular Noun: | Names ONE person, place, thing, or idea/concept |
| Plural Noun: | : Names more than one person, place, thing, or idea/concep |
| Action Verb | Tells about an action. Sometimes you can see the action (physical actions |
| Linking Verb: | Do not show action, instead, they tell that something is, or they link the subject with a word or words in the predicate. |
| Adjectives: | A word that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun. The answer to the questions: What kind, Which ones, & and how many? |
| Adverbs: | Modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. They are commonly formed by adding -ly. They answer the questions: How, Where, & and When? |
| Pronouns: | Is used in place of a noun |
| Antisocial | Unfriendly; not enjoying the company of others |
| Association | A club, society or an organization of people with similar interests |
| Dissociate | to break the ties, separate from, stop assciating |
| Society | People, human beings living and working as a group or community. |
| Sociologist | A scientist who works in the area of sociology, which examines the relationships, values, and institutions of communities of people. |
| Commemorate | to honor the memory of |
| Memento | an object the reminds of one of a time or speical place |
| Memorandum | A written or typed note to help one remember something. |
| Memorial | A monument or statue built in memory of a person or an event. |
| Remembrance | an object that keeps a memory of somthing alive |
| Decrease | Sonia’s interest in playing guitar decreased when she realized she’d have to practice every day. v. To make less, to become smaller . n. The process of getting smaller. |
| Dejected- | Every member of the team felt dejected about losing the championship. adj. Downhearted, in low spirits, unhappy. |
| Demote | After fooling around during practice, Brianna was demoted from her starting position to a seat on the bench. After fooling around during practice, Brianna was demoted from her starting position to a seat on the bench. |
| Denominator- | In the fraction 1/2 , one is the numerator and two is the denominator. n. The numeral below the, or to the right of the line in a fraction. |
| Descend | The climbers felt for handholds on the rock face to help them descend to the bottom safely. The climbers felt for handholds on the rock face to help them descend to the bottom safely. |
| Subdue | Omar had work too hard to subdue his annoyance when his cousins teased him. v. To bring under control, to quiet down; to conquer. |
| Subheading | The article on Scotland included such subheadings as climate, history, and economy. The article on Scotland included such subheadings as climate, history, and economy. |
| Submerge | The dolphins rose from the water in a smooth arch and then gracefully submerged themselves again. The dolphins rose from the water in a smooth arch and then gracefully submerged themselves again. |
| Subside | After the flood, residents of one area had to wait several days until the water subsided before returning home. v. To go down, recede, settle, sink to a lower level |
| Subsistence | Thousands of years ago, before farming began, people’s subsistence was based on what they could hunt and gather. n. The minimum amount to sustain life. |
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