Name:______________________________________________ Voc Supplement #3
Pre-AP English, Period:________ Date:________________

DIRECTIONS: Write a meaningful sentence or draw a picture for each word.

1. ABIDE (uh BIDE): to put up with; endure

I find it hard to abide drivers who do not signal and cut me off.

2. BANE (BAYN): torment; cause of harm

To say that someone is the bane of your existence is to say that that person poisons your enjoyment of life.

3. COGNIZANT (KOG neh zent): aware; conscious

Frankie was cognizant of the dangers of dirt biking while blind-folded, but she did it anyway and hurt herself quite badly.

4. DESTITUTE (DES stih toot): extremely poor; utterly lacking in

Most destitute people live in third world countries and do not have their basic human needs met.

5. FLAUNT (FLAWNT): to show off

Kendra flaunted her very expensive engagement ring to everyone in the room.

6. ELUSIVE (e LOOS ihv): hard to pin down; evasive

Tony was being very elusive about where he last saw his brother’s wallet.

7. DEBILITATE (dee BILL ih tate): to weaken; to cripple

The long battle with cancer and chemotherapy debilitated the woman to such an extent that she could no longer care for herself.

8. CONCISE (k’n SEYSS): brief and to the point; succinct

Mrs. Micheel’s explanations are always incredibly concise.

9. BROACH (brohtch): to open up a subject for discussion

Angie did not know how to broach the subject of sex while talking to her mother.

10. ARCHAIC (ar KAY ik): extremely old; ancient; outdated

He found archaic relics at the archeological site.