Notes

2.5
1. signify: She considered that Byron's latest efforts in the classroom might signify his desire to make a
positive change.
Definition: represent
Why: Byron's effort is representing him to make a positive change

2. laborious: Dexter wanted to take honors math, but the course load was too laborious alongside his
football practices.
Definition: hard
Why: football practices and honor math doesn't match

3. furtively: After Mom found the devoured cake, the dog crouched furtively behind the couch..
Definition: guiltily
Why: it was AFTER mom found the cake devoured.

4. melodious: The choir delighted the audience with their melodious tune.
Definition: musical, nice sounding
Why: The CHOIR DELIGHTED the audience with their MELODIOUS tune

5. smitten: When I saw that she was making a special Valentine's Day card just for Kevin, I knew that
she was smitten with him.
Definition: in love
Why: a SPECIAL Valentine's Day card

6. grotesque: The giant garbage monster moved his grotesque head from side to side as he yelled at the
children.
Definition: Giant, dirty, ugly
Why: Garbage is dirty, a head made of garbage is gross and ugly.

7. prodigy: The music teacher didn't usually take such young children, but when he saw the four year old
play Beethoven's 5th without missing a note, he had to make an exception for this prodigy.
Definition: self-rule/ self-habit
Why: The teacher wouldn't usually take any young kids, that's a rule/habit he made to himself.

8. profound: His reading abilities have improved in a profound way since he stopped playing around in
class and started doing his homework every night.
Definition: quickly
Why: he did what has supposed to be done, such as homework and taking notes, so his reading skills improved quickly

9. unison: The two girls responded in unison, "We didn't do anything," which only made the principal
more suspicious.
Definition: together
Why: uni means one, but there is 2 two girls

10. indignant: I became indignant after the hostess seated another group of people that arrived at the
restaurant after we did.
Definition: mad and impatient
Why: the hostess seated someone that came after, how would the earlier costumers feel?

11. sagacity: The people in the community respected their mayor for the sagacity he has shown in
managing the town's government through hard times.
Definition: smartness, readiness
Why: hard times, and to get through them needs the definition of sagacity

12. tremulous: Janna was able to control her nerves during rehearsals, but on opening night her voice was
tremulous and difficult to understand.
Definition: shaking
Why: the "but" in there means the opposite