1. VOCABULARY
LEVEL E – UNIT 3

2. VOCABULARY
LEVEL E – UNIT 3
pre-test
1. adversary
2. alienate
3. artifice
4. coerce
5. craven
6. culinary
7. delete
8. demise
9. exhilarate
10. fallow
11. harass
12. inclement
13. muse
14. negligible
15. perpetuate
16. precedent
17. punitive
18. redress
19. sojourn
20. urbane

3. This is the story of Tommy, the Amicable toothbrush.

4. Yes, Tommy is my enemy too!
This is also the story of the adversaries, or enemies that Tommy
encountered when he went to live in the bathroom.
Tommy is my adversary!
Yes, Tommy is my enemy too!
adversary – (n.) an enemy, opponent

5. alienate – (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile
From the very first day Tommy was brought home from Wal-Mart, Tommy felt not part of the group and alienated. The other toothbrushes alienated Tommy because Tommy was different.
Let’s alienate Tommy because he’s different!
Okay! We won’t talk to him at all!
alienate – (v.) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile

6. No Tommy! Don’t fall for that mean artifice!
The other toothbrushes would think of nasty but clever little artifices to make Tommy’s life unpredictable and scary. Yes, they always tried to trick him.
Just jump off that diving board into the pool! It’s fun!
No Tommy! Don’t fall for that mean artifice!
artifice – (n.) a clever trick; clever skill; trickery

7. coerce – (v.) to compel; force
The adversarial toothbrushes even tried to coerce Tommy to be mean to Sally Soap Bar, but he would not do it.
No way guys! You can’t force me to do it! No –sir-ree! I won’t be coerced!
Tie Suzie up with this floss, or we’ll steal your batteries!
Don’t let them coerce you, Tommy!
coerce – (v.) to compel; force

8. No, no one could coerce Tommy to do anything because he was no craven.
He was not craven at all. He was very brave!
I’m no craven. I’m very brave!
Only cowards are craven!
craven – (n.) coward
(adj.) cowardly

9. Tommy learned to be brave, not craven, a long time ago at culinary school. No craven toothbrush could operate the hot, hot ovens at culinary school. Certainly, no craven would ever dare to use the wild, wild beaters!
Mr. Culinary’s School of
Cooking and Baking
culinary – (adj.) of or related to cooking or to the kitchen

10. Many culinary students unfortunately had been permanently deleted from the face of the earth because they got stuck in the hot, hot ovens . Tragically, other unfortunate culinary students were beaten by the wild, wild beaters!
Mr. Culinary’s School of
Cooking and Baking
delete – (v.) to erase, wipe out

11. Any culinary student who tangles with us will face his demise!
The demise of a culinary student was always a sad event at culinary school.
The hot, hot oven and the wild, wild beaters left Tommy bereft of many friends.
Mr. Culinary’s School of
Cooking and Baking
Any culinary student who tangles with us will face his demise!
demise – (n.) the death of someone or something

12. exhilarate – (v.) to enliven, cheer, give liveliness to
However, when brave (not craven) culinary students finally learned to master the hot, hot oven and the wild, wild beaters, the students were happy and exhilarated. Yes, culinary school was an exhilarating experience!
Rats! Look at all those stinkin’ happy and exhilarated culinary students!
exhilarate – (v.) to enliven, cheer, give liveliness to

13. These fallow fields won’t grow any crops!
After graduating with honors from culinary school, Tommy the Amicable Toothbrush tried his hand at farming, but he didn’t do very well. He always forgot to plant seeds in his fields, so his fallow fields produced no crops.
Tommy decided to start a new life. He went to Wal-Mart to see if somebody would buy him so he could find a new home.
These fallow fields won’t grow any crops!
fallow – (adj.) unseeded or untilled; inactive

14. harass – (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks
He was bought very quickly, but sadly, as soon as he got to his new home, he was constantly harassed with artifices from his new adversaries in the bathroom.
We are your adversaries, and we will harass you!
Yes, we plan to torture you night and day!
harass – (v.) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

15. Let’s always make things unpleasant and inclement for Tommy!
The stormy, inclement atmosphere of his new home made Tommy very sad.
Let’s always make things unpleasant and inclement for Tommy!
inclement – (adj.) stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

16. muse – (adv.) to think about in a dreamy way; ponder
He would muse and muse for hours trying to think of how to fix this problem.
I’ve been musing like this for hours! I just don’t know how to think myself out of this problem!
muse – (adv.) to think about in a dreamy way; ponder

17. Who cares what she does. She’s not important.
Suzie Soap Bar felt bad for Tommy and wanted to be his friend. The adversarial toothbrushes usually left Suzie Soap Bar alone because they considered her too negligible to even bother with.
Let’s be friends!
Who cares what she does. She’s not important.
She’s sure is negligible!
negligible – (adj.) so unimportant that it can be ignored

18. Yes, we will perpetuate our mean ways forever and ever!
However, the mean toothbrushes did not consider Tommy negligible. They would perpetuate their harassment of Tommy by continuing to alienate him with cruel artifices.
Yes, we will perpetuate our mean ways forever and ever!
We’ll trick Tommy forever and ever!
perpetuate – (v.) to make permanent or long lasting

19. Yes, we’ll always follow that example!
Once the precedent of making being mean to Tommy was started, it seemed
as though it would be a perpetual part of their daily routines.
HARASS
TOMMY
TRICK
HARASS TOMMY
We must always follow the precedent I started of always being mean to Tommy!
Yes, we’ll always follow that example!
precedent – (n.) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

20. Even though Tommy was sick of being harassed, he would never attempt any
punitive actions against the mean toothbrushes. He was too amicable.
Why don’t you try to get them back, Tommy. Be punitive!
I’m just not a punitive guy, Suzie. I just turn the other cheek.
punitive – (adj.) inflicting or aiming at punishment

21. But one day Suzie Soap bar couldn’t bear to watch Tommy’s adversaries harass him any longer. She wanted to redress the horrible situation.
I, Suzie Soap Bar, will seek redress for Tommy! Yes, yes, I will make everything right!
redress – (v.) to set right; to remedy
(n.) relief from wrong or injury

22. One morning, Tommy noticed nobody was harassing him
One morning, Tommy noticed nobody was harassing him. He looked across the sink and saw only an empty toothbrush holder where the mean toothbrushes used to be. Tommy asked Suzie where the mean toothbrushes had gone. Suzie told Tommy that the mean toothbrushes were on a little sojourn.
Yes, Tommy, they are on a little sojourn! Gee, I hope they have a nice little sojourn (not)!

23. Tommy, the urbane toothbrushes and Suzie all lived happily ever after.
Tommy was surprised and relieved when the mean toothbrushes never returned. The mean toothbrushes were quickly replaced with more cultured, sophisticated and urbane toothbrushes.
Tommy, the urbane toothbrushes and Suzie all lived happily ever after.
Why yes, indeed! Culture is my middle name!
I daresay we are a bit urbane, aren’t we?
urbane – (adj.) refined in manner or style, suave

24. The End

25. VOCABULARY
LEVEL E – UNIT 3
quiz
1. adversary
2. alienate
3. artifice
4. coerce
5. craven
6. culinary
7. delete
8. demise
9. exhilarate
10. fallow
11. harass
12. inclement
13. muse
14. negligible
15. perpetuate
16. precedent
17. punitive
18. redress
19. sojourn
20. urbane