Vocabulary ListVocabulary List#4#4

77thth Grade Language Arts Grade Language Arts

eloquenteloquent• Jeff’s article about how students should

get to pick more of their own classes was so eloquent that the principal was actually considering the idea.

• Keith admired his father’s eloquent acceptance speech when he received the “Physician of the Year” award.

• smooth and persuasive in speech or smooth and persuasive in speech or writingwriting

inevitableinevitable• When Sharla got caught spray painting

graffiti on the wall, she knew that harsh punishment was inevitable.

• Little Richie is so bratty that it’s inevitable that he will have a different baby sitter every time his parents go out.

• unavoidable; certainly going to unavoidable; certainly going to happenhappen

guruguru• Ghandi, who devoted his life to

changing India’s unfair governmental practices through peaceful resistance, is considered to be one of the most important political gurus of all time.

• Paula Dean’s fans consider her the guru of Southern cooking.

• a person considered to be a guide or a person considered to be a guide or leader because of his or her leader because of his or her magnetic personality.magnetic personality.

demuredemure• Little Tammy was demure when her

baby sitter first arrived, but as soon as her parents left, she became a wild child.

• For the funeral, Kendra put away her red leather mini skirt and looked demure in a blue ruffled dress with a high neckline and a mid-calf length skirt.

• pretending to be shy or modestpretending to be shy or modest

smoldersmolder• After the flames burned out, the garage

continued to smolder.

• Dad’s temper began to smolder as he listened to the man’s ridiculous explanation for ramming the ice cream truck into his new Porsche.

• to burn with little smoke and no to burn with little smoke and no flame; to be angry but try to conceal flame; to be angry but try to conceal itit

stodgystodgy• Louis said the insurance seminar was

full of stodgy salesmen who didn’t appreciate his talent for making balloon animals.

• The stodgy college professor refused to approve the new course, “The Musical History of Michael Jackson.”

• dull and stuffydull and stuffy

indelibleindelible• Lauren was sobbing because there was

an indelible spot of green ink on her wedding gown.

• Owen would always remember his bicycle accident; it was indelible in his mind.

• permanent; unable to be removed or permanent; unable to be removed or erasederased

deterrentdeterrent• Bobby opposes the death penalty

because he does not believe it is a deterrent to crime.

• The gate in front of the stairway was definitely a deterrent to the baby, who loved to crawl up the steps.

• obstacle; something that obstacle; something that discourages something else from discourages something else from happeninghappening

implyimply• “Are you trying to imply that my kitchen

is messy?” Jeff asked his mom when she handed him a mop and bucket.

• “When I offered you a stick of gum, I didn’t mean to imply that you had bad breath. I just thought you might like some gum,” Miranda explained to Leo.

• to suggest without actually sayingto suggest without actually saying

apprehensiveapprehensive• David couldn’t sleep because he was

apprehensive about the algebra test he didn’t study for.

• Bill was apprehensive about meeting his blind date. “What if she’s missing all her teeth and has green hair?” he thought.

• nervous or uneasy; worriednervous or uneasy; worried

*rendezvous*rendezvous• EllieMae and Susan agreed to a

rendezvous at the Snack Shop after their bicycle rides around the park.

• The shelter on the north side of the mountain was their planned rendezvous for the night.

• A place where people have agreed A place where people have agreed to meetto meet

*plethora*plethora• After the little boy spilled grape jelly all

over the kitchen counter, Annabelle discovered a plethora of ants in her pantry.

• The plethora of yelping poodles at the dog show drove Aunt Edie crazy.

• a great amount of somethinga great amount of something