Curriculum Vocabulary 2:13 ~ ASSIGNMENT: Write each word, its part of speech and a meaningful, grammatically perfect sentence of your own devising for each word. You do not need to write what is in italics.

1. vindicate, verb

clear of blame or suspicion

show to be right or justified

Example: "He successfully vindicated his client's innocence."

 

2. abate, verb

1 to become less intense or widespread.

2 to reduce or remove
(a nuisance).

Abate your speed at the ________________.

Example: Please abate the loud noise in the classroom.

 

3. prostrate, noun

adjective

lying
stretched
out on the
ground
with one’s
face
downwards.

  • verb (prostrate oneself) throw
oneself
flat on
the ground
in
reverence
or submission.

4. wayward, adjective

adjective; self-willed and unpredictable; perverse.

1 : following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations : ungovernable <a wayward child>

2 : following no clear principle or law : unpredictable

What happens when a student becomes wayward?

Exclusively on 'Extra:' Britney Spears Finally Gets Help, Enters Rehab
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5. apothecary, noun

One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes

Who is preparing the illegal bottle of poison?

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"Exclusively on 'Extra:' Britney Spears Finally Gets Help, Enters Rehab." Extra Close to the Stars. 2007 TTT West Coast, Inc.16 Feb. 2007 <http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/02/exclusively_on_extra_britney_s.html>.