1. Alienate
Celestial
Desecrate
Enervate
Furtive
Incisive
Lucid
Peruse
Rejuvenate
Scapegoat
Tawdry
Unethical
Verbose
Wither
Zealot

2. Noun – a person, place, thing or idea
Parts of Speech
Noun – a person, place, thing or idea

3. Nouns have many possible roles in a sentence:
Subject
The dancer is impressive.
Direct object (who or what in response to the verb)
The doctor scolded the dancer for not taking his advise.
Indirect Object (to or for whom the action is done)
The teacher gave the dancer an award.
Predicate nominative
She is a dancer.
Object of the preposition
I brought flowers for the dancer.

4. Scapegoat
Zealot
Use each in a sentence; however, you may not use each noun in the same way. For example, you may not use both words as the subject of the sentence.

5. A verb is an action word or a state of being word
A verb is an action word or a state of being word. Some verbs can stand alone. Other verbs need an object.

6. Mary dances.
His speech rejuvenated (what/whom do you rejuvenate?).

7. His speech rejuvenated the losing team.

8. rejuvenate
alienate
desecrate
enervate
peruse
wither
Which verbs can stand alone?
Which verbs need an object?

9. An infinitive is not a verb!!!
Unwilling to alienate our old neighbors… In this example to alienate is an infinitive; it is not a verb.

10. enervate – (v) to weaken
Strenuous dieting will enervate most people.

11. Note the sentences for rejuvenate and wither.
Each word is used as a verb.

12. Rewrite the sentences for alienate, desecrate and peruse without using infinitives. Keep the central idea of the sentence, ignoring only minor points.
Example: Pretend the sentence read as follows: I took time to rejuvenate the crowd with my humor and enthusiasm.
Revision: I rejuvenated the crowd with my humor and enthusiasm.

13. An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

14. celestial
furtive
incisive
lucid
tawdry
unethical
verbose
Identify the noun that each adjective modifies.