Vocab Day 3 and 4

Travel Vocabulary
Day 3
New Words:
Chauvinist Wanton Adversary Piquant Impenetrable

The Battle for the Slides
Every playground is truly a battlefield. The adversaries can be seen eyeing everywhere, eyeing each other up with anger. They lurk on the dodgeball court, the kickball diamond, and even on the seemingly impenetrable slides where it seems nobody gets more than one turn. Although many of these combatants are only innocent second graders, they sometimes act wantonly when recess is involved. This only escalates when the slides are concerned. I have seen young boys chauvinistically keep girls with “cooties” from climbing the steps. In turn, there were reported cases of bribery on the part of the girls. At one point it would cost half a packet of the piquant strawberry pop rocks per ride down that metal demon. What happened to teaching sharing?

Sample sentences: Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:

1. The ___________ salsa felt like delicious fire as it fell from the chip to my mouth.

2. The boss behaved in a _____________ way by only hiring male employees for the jobs.

3. My _____________ is ice cream; I am constantly doing battle with the temptation.

4. The teacher seemed to act with _________ behavior as he punished random students for being too loud.

5. The fortress had an unmovable stone drawbridge which appeared to be ------_____________.

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.
6. ___ chauvinist a. a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks
7. ___ wanton b. (1) zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory (2)biased devotion to any group, attitude, or cause
8. ___ adversary c. (1) not penetrable (2) inaccessible to ideas
9. ___piquant d. agreeably pungent or sharp in taste
10. ___ impenetrable e. done maliciously or unjustifiably
Today’s Homophone: Create a new sentence for each homophone.
THERE- means in that place
There is my coat!
THEIR- is a possessive noun
Their coats are hanging in their lockers.
THEY’RE- is a contraction of “they are”
They’re so happy it’s time to go home.


Travel Vocabulary
Day 4
New Words:
Sentinel Incomprehensible Reconcile Quintessential Intrinsic

Airplane Food
With airport security at an all time high, you have many sentinels watching what people bring aboard. But who is watching what the airlines are bringing aboard? Airline food intrinsically should be edible, but this does not seem to be the case. The last dish that was opened on the tray before me was an incomprehensible brown gravy. It’s not as if I expect the food to be the quintessential gourmet meal, but I would at least like to recognize the food I am eating. Eventually, I will have to accept the food and reconcile with the airline “chefs”. Let’s hope my stomach will do the same.

Sample sentences: Try your hand now at using your new words by writing them in their correct form (change endings if necessary) in these sentences:

1. I hope that the two adversaries can ____________ their differences and make peace.

2. I’m not very good at math so this calculus problem seems _______________.

3. The ___________ stood guard over the prison filled with students who violated the cell phone rule.

4. If the ___________ duty of a stapler is to staple, why does mine keep jamming.

5. Jenny was the _____________ optimist; she always saw the bright side to everything.

Definitions: Match the new words with their dictionary meanings.
6. ___ sentinel a. to cause a person to accept or be resigned to something not desired
7. ___ incomprehensible b. belonging to a thing by its very nature
8. ___ reconcile c. a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching
9. ___ quintessential d. the pure and concentrated essence of a substance
10. ___ intrinsic e. impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible

]Today’s Homophone: Create a new sentence for each homophone.
Who’s- is a contraction of “who is”
Who’s that knocking at the door.

Whose- is a possessive pronoun that shows ownership
Whose spaceship is in my backyard.