UNIT 2 VOCABULARY WORKSHOP

PICTURE AND WORD ASSOCIATION NUMBER YOUR PAPER TO 20. FOR EACH SENTENCE AND PICTURE, WRITE DOWN ONE OF THE VOCABULARY WORDS THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

1. Jack was _____ in the face of a huge onslaught of bees.

2. After listening to arguments from both sides, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to _____ for a week.

3. Brittany’s _____ note on the dorm room door let Crystal know she would have to find solace (relief/peace) from the heat somewhere else.

4.Escargots, or snails, are certainly not a (an) _____ dish to the French, but they are certainly strange for many Americans.

5. Though she is most famous for her enigmatic smile, the Mona Lisa is still not considered by many to be very ____.

6. If you want to _____ Rico, just put some Amish market doughnuts on the table, and tell him he can’t have any until after supper.

7.Who knows how many articles of clothing Mike Rowe has _____ on his show Dirty Jobs?

8. After a prank went terribly wrong, Josh had to _____ Frank for the iPhone he destroyed.

9.King George tried to _____ the colonists by sending troops to control any possible riots or acts of treason. It didn’t, of course, work.

10. You can _____ the amount of recycling that takes place in your community by doing your part.

11. Some believe that Mylie Cyrus has slipped into a _____ lifestyle from which she will never recover.

12. The _____ path of a bottle or coin was no match for Annie Oakley’s dead-eye shooting skills.

13. Will’s parents were not pleased with his _____ performance on the last test.

14. Despite his best efforts, Reggie realized that napping would never be a _____ career choice.

15. Sonja’s _____ from the Nittany Lions’ soccer team came as a complete surprise to everyone except the coach.

16. After a series of dodges and _____, Sylvia was able to get in the final touch. Touché!

17. The _____ fans were summarily ejected from the game and arrested once they started throwing bottles at the coach.

18. Napoleon Bonaparte used grapeshot in his cannons and treated the revolutionaries as _____ for his weapons.

19. To _____ yourself against the flu, most doctors recommend you get a flu shot in October.

20. If you’ve ever seen a chicken write, you know why _____ writing is referred to as chicken scratch.

Unflinching 2. Adjourn 3. Terse 4. Alien 5. Comely 6. Tantalize 7. Sullied 8. Compensate 9. Subjugate 10. Proliferate 11. Dissolute 12. Erratic 13. Mediocre 14. Lucrative 15. Expulsion 16. Feints 17. Jeering 18. Fodder 19. Fortify 20. Illegible Answer Key