VOCAULARY MEANING UNIT 4

ACQUIT

• ė kwit free and not guilty
• Accquit is to dismiss as convict is guilty
• The judge say to the defendant that he is acquit and be sent home

DEVASTATE

• Dev' e stãt (v)to be sad and mad
• Devastate is to wreck as improve is to build
• I was devastate that i have fail my spelling test

ELUSIVE

• É lü siv (adj) diffcult or confusing
• Elusive is confusing as understand is to listen
• It was elusive when i got this problem on the math test.

IDOLIZE

• I' deel íz (v) a idol, to love, and to respect
• Idolize is to ador as despise is to scorn
• Me and my brother idolize my mom and dad

KEEPSAKE

• Kēp' sãk (n)something that is kept or there forever
• Keepsake is to keep as discard is to leave
• My brother give me a hug as a keepsake of his brotherhood

OVATION

• Õ vã' shen (n) welcome or to greet
• Ovation is to applause as boo is to jeers
• My Dad give me a great ovation when I got medal

PLIGHT

• Plít (n) to sorry or promise solemnly
• Plight is to predicament as hate is to deny
• The plight of my test disappoint my people in my family

REVERIE

• Rev' e rē (n) fantasy or daydream
• Reverie is to daydream as reality is real
• My teacher ruin my reverie dream when she woke me up

SCAN

• Skan (v)to examine or study
• Scan is to examine as ignore is to not look
• My teacher scan the paper to make more copies of it

STRIFE

• Strif (n) to fight or overcome
• Strife is to fight as peace is to calm
• Me brother is strife when he is failing a test