Name:_______________________________
Pre-AP English, Period _____
Date:______________
Vocabulary #13
Express
each vocabulary word with artwork.
Draw a cartoon, caricature or other art driven production to show word meaning.
1. ABSTRUSE (ab STROOS rhymes with “loose”):
hard to understand, mysterious, concealed
The language in the report was abstruse and very difficult
to understand.
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2. BLATANT (BLAY t’nt): obtrusive, noisy,
offensive
The blatant disregard for class rules annoys Mrs. Micheel.
3. CRAVEN (CRAY v’n):
cowardly, fainthearted
Ryan keeps telling me that snowboarding is not for a craven
person to undertake.
4. PROGNOSIS (prog rhymes with “frog” NO siss):
outlook, outcome, foreknowledge
The prognosis for the man with cancer was actually quite
good with proper treatment.
5. DISMAL (DIZZ m’l): unpleasant, evil, unlucky, disagreeable
The weather was utterly dismal; it rained every day we were
there.
6. ESOTERIC (ezz oh
TEAR ik): difficult to understand
French is very esoteric to me; I’ve taken it twice and
never mastered it.
7. GLITCH (glitch ): slip, mistake, misstep, malfunction
The school computers usually have some glitch or other that
makes them difficult to use.
8. INNUENDO (in you ENN
doh): insinuation, hint
Alicia kept dropping little innuendoes about her feelings
for Sam.
9. PREREQUISITE (pree RECK qwiz it): something required
beforehand
German 1 is a prerequisite for taking German 2.
10. VOCATION (voh KAY
shun): calling, profession, inclination
Shane never thought that being a prison guard would be his
vocation.
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