Eighth Grade Vocab Word List Week 19: Abundance and Extravagance
At times everyone overdoes things. Which of the following extravagances can you plead guilty to?
Seeing the same movie seven times?
Overeating at a holiday dinner?
Using your phone for two hours straight?
Spending all your hard-earned money on clothes you’ll wear once?
Listening to a favorite song two hundred times?
In this lesson you will study words that will help you understand and explain the tendencies that people have to overdo things.
Word Part of Speech Definition
embellish verb to make beautiful by decoration; to add fanciful or fictitious details to; to
exaggerate
n Related word(s): embellishment (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin in-, meaning “in,” and bellus, meaning “beautiful”
exceed verb to go beyond reasonable limits; to do more than; to be greater than
n Related word(s): exceedingly (adverb)
n Etymology: From the Latin ex-, meaning “out,” and cedere, meaning “to go”
n See immoderate
glut verb to fill, feed, or eat beyond capacity; to stuff; to oversupply a market with goods
noun an oversupply
n Related word(s): glutton (noun); gluttonous (adjective); gluttony (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin word gluttire, meaning “to eat greedily”
immoderate adjective done to an extreme; not within reasonable limits; excessive
n Related word(s): immoderately (adverb)
n Etymology: From the Latin in-, meaning “not,” and moderatus, meaning “moderate”
n Memory cue: If a quantity exceeds reasonable limits, it is immoderate
intense adjective deeply felt; very deep, strong, forceful, or concentrated
n Related word(s): intensify (verb); intensity (noun); intensive (adjective)
n Etymology: From the Latin in-, meaning “into,” and tendere, meaning “to stretch”
lavish adjective extravagantly plentiful; generous or free in giving or using
verb to give or spent to excess
n Related word(s): lavishly (adverb); lavishness (noun)
n Etymology: From the Old French word lavesse, meaning “downpour”
n See profuse
luxurious adjective marked by luxury or showy, expensive magnificence
n Related word(s): luxuriantly (adverb); luxuriate (verb); luxury (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin word luxus, meaning “overindulgence”
outrageous adjective going beyond all limits of what is right and proper; shocking; monstrous
n Related word(s): outrage (noun); outrageously (adverb)
n Etymology: From the Old French word outre, meaning “beyond”
profuse adjective large in quantity; abundant; giving or given generously
n Related word(s): profusely (adverb); profusion (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin pro-, meaning “forward,” and fundere, meaning “to pour”
n Usage note: Profuse refers to something that is abundant. Lavish refers to abundance but also implies extravagance.
spendthrift noun one who spends money wastefully and foolishly
adjective wasteful; extravagant
n Etymology note: (8TH GRADERS: DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUT IN A PICTURE SPACE) Although thrift means “frugality,” spendthrift uses an obsolete definition of thrift: “accumulated wealth.” A spendthrift spends money!
6th Grade Vocab Assignment Week 19
Think back to a time when you were in danger of overdoing something. You might have eaten too much of one type of food or collected too many of one type of video or book. Create a brief, humorous incident that tells about this experience in an exaggerated way. Write from a first-person point of view, and begin by making clear what the problem is. By the time the story ends, you should have found an answer or a resolution to the conflict. Write at least 5 unique, complete sentences – one sentence per vocab word you choose – using the word correctly (part of speech and definition). Always use the words from the far left column – NEVER THE “RELATED” WORDS. Sentences should be more than just the word and the definition. Sentences should be unique (different from every other sentence on the page, written by you and you alone). Sentences should be written neatly. The paper should have a heading and should be neat (no folds, tears, etc.). Underline the vocab words (or circle, highlight, etc. – just call my attention to the word). Skip a line after every line you’ve written (think of it as double-spacing the whole page). This is in paragraph form.
FLASHCARDS DUE: Monday, Feb. 6
SENTENCES DUE: Tuesday, Feb. 7
Eighth Grade Vocab Word List Week 19: Abundance and Extravagance
At times everyone overdoes things. Which of the following extravagances can you plead guilty to?
Seeing the same movie seven times?
Overeating at a holiday dinner?
Using your phone for two hours straight?
Spending all your hard-earned money on clothes you’ll wear once?
Listening to a favorite song two hundred times?
In this lesson you will study words that will help you understand and explain the tendencies that people have to overdo things.
Word Part of Speech Definition
1 verb to make beautiful by decoration; to add fanciful or fictitious details to; to
exaggerate
n Related word(s): embellishment (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin in-, meaning “in,” and bellus, meaning “beautiful”
2 verb to go beyond reasonable limits; to do more than; to be greater than
n Related word(s): exceedingly (adverb)
n Etymology: From the Latin ex-, meaning “out,” and cedere, meaning “to go”
n See immoderate
3 verb to fill, feed, or eat beyond capacity; to stuff; to oversupply a market with goods
noun an oversupply
n Related word(s): glutton (noun); gluttonous (adjective); gluttony (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin word gluttire, meaning “to eat greedily”
4 adjective done to an extreme; not within reasonable limits; excessive
n Related word(s): immoderately (adverb)
n Etymology: From the Latin in-, meaning “not,” and moderatus, meaning “moderate”
n Memory cue: If a quantity exceeds reasonable limits, it is immoderate
5 adjective deeply felt; very deep, strong, forceful, or concentrated
n Related word(s): intensify (verb); intensity (noun); intensive (adjective)
n Etymology: From the Latin in-, meaning “into,” and tendere, meaning “to stretch”
6 adjective extravagantly plentiful; generous or free in giving or using
verb to give or spent to excess
n Related word(s): lavishly (adverb); lavishness (noun)
n Etymology: From the Old French word lavesse, meaning “downpour”
n See profuse
7 adjective marked by luxury or showy, expensive magnificence
n Related word(s): luxuriantly (adverb); luxuriate (verb); luxury (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin word luxus, meaning “overindulgence”
8 adjective going beyond all limits of what is right and proper; shocking; monstrous
n Related word(s): outrage (noun); outrageously (adverb)
n Etymology: From the Old French word outre, meaning “beyond”
9 adjective large in quantity; abundant; giving or given generously
n Related word(s): profusely (adverb); profusion (noun)
n Etymology: From the Latin pro-, meaning “forward,” and fundere, meaning “to pour”
n Usage note: Profuse refers to something that is abundant. Lavish refers to abundance but also implies extravagance.
10 noun one who spends money wastefully and foolishly
adjective wasteful; extravagant
n Etymology note: (8TH GRADERS: DOES NOT NEED TO BE PUT IN A PICTURE SPACE) Although thrift means “frugality,” spendthrift uses an obsolete definition of thrift: “accumulated wealth.” A spendthrift spends money!
6th Grade Vocab Assignment Week 19
Think back to a time when you were in danger of overdoing something. You might have eaten too much of one type of food or collected too many of one type of video or book. Create a brief, humorous incident that tells about this experience in an exaggerated way. Write from a first-person point of view, and begin by making clear what the problem is. By the time the story ends, you should have found an answer or a resolution to the conflict. Write at least 5 unique, complete sentences – one sentence per vocab word you choose – using the word correctly (part of speech and definition). Always use the words from the far left column – NEVER THE “RELATED” WORDS. Sentences should be more than just the word and the definition. Sentences should be unique (different from every other sentence on the page, written by you and you alone). Sentences should be written neatly. The paper should have a heading and should be neat (no folds, tears, etc.). Underline the vocab words (or circle, highlight, etc. – just call my attention to the word). Skip a line after every line you’ve written (think of it as double-spacing the whole page). This is in paragraph form.
FLASHCARDS DUE: Monday, Feb. 6
SENTENCES DUE: Tuesday, Feb. 7