Name: ______Period: ____Date: ______

“Amigo Brothers”Vocabulary: Group 2

Directions: Find the part of speech of each vocabulary word, rank it, use context clues to decipher its meaning, and then use a dictionary to find the definition and synonym.

Vocabulary Word and Part of Speech / How well do you know the word? / Sentence / What do you think the word means? / Definition from the Dictionary / Synonym / Antonym
1.hunch
Part of speech / On detective shows the detective on the case usually have a hunch that steers them in the right direction to finding the suspect.
2. perpetual
Part of speech / The waves crashing against the shore is an everlasting, perpetual motion.
3. dispel
Part of speech / Numerous students saw the teachers rushing towards the brawl, so many of them quickly dispelled from the scene.
4. devastate
Part of speech / After Hurricane Sandy much of the Jersey Shore was devastated due to high tides and winds.
5. superimpose
Part of speech / There are so many cool new apps on phones that let you superimpose a picture of your face to funny bodies like elves and ghosts.
6. torrent
Part of speech / When the dam broke after Hurricane Katrina, a torrent of waters quickly rushed through and destroyed most of New Orleans.
7. barrage
Part of speech / After the horrible snow storm the mayor received a barrage of complaints about the inadequate snow removal throughout the town.
Vocabulary Word / How well do you know the word? / Sentence / What do you think the word means? / Definition from the Dictionary / Synonym / Antonym
8. unbridled
Part of speech / During the boxing match the opponents let loose unbridled hooks, upper cuts, and blows to try to win the match.
9. mingle
Part of speech / It was nice to see the two children mingling on the playground after the huge fit they had had the other day.
10. dignitary
Part of speech / Since Sasha won the science award for her school, she was seen as a dignitary to the other science students.
11. embrace
Part of speech / At the end of movie, the two characters said good-bye to each other with a long embrace.
12. commence
Part of speech / The sound of the pistol commenced the race and the fans went crazy watching the runners sprint down the Olympic track.
13. ward
Part of speech / Douglas was so scared of bees that when he saw them flying towards him he crouched down and tried to ward off the bees but was not successful.
14. bedlam
Part of speech / On the last day of school the streets surrounding the school building are in complete bedlam because the students are excited about their summer break!

Name: ______Period: ____Date: ______

“Amigo Brothers” Vocabulary: Group 1

Directions: Find the part of speech of each vocabulary word, rank it, use context clues to decipher its meaning, and then use a dictionary to find the definition and synonym.

Vocabulary Word and Part of Speech / How well do you know the word? / Sentence / What do you think the word means? / Definition from the Dictionary / Synonym
1. hunch
Part of speech / On detective shows the detective on the case usually have a hunch that steers them in the right direction to finding the suspect.
2. perpetual
Part of speech / The waves crashing against the shore is an everlasting, perpetual motion.
3. dispel
Part of speech / Numerous students saw the teachers rushing towards the brawl, so many of them quickly dispelled from the scene.
4. devastate
Part of speech / After Hurricane Sandy much of the Jersey Shore was devastated due to high tides and winds.
5. superimpose
Part of speech / There are so many cool new apps on phones that let you superimpose a picture of your face to funny bodies like elves and ghosts.
6. torrent
Part of speech / When the dam broke after Hurricane Katrina, a torrent of waters quickly rushed through and destroyed most of New Orleans.
7. barrage
Part of speech / After the horrible snow storm the mayor received a barrage of complaints about the inadequate snow removal throughout the town.
Vocabulary Word / How well do you know the word? / Sentence / What do you think the word means? / Definition from the Dictionary / Synonym
8. unbridled
Part of speech / During the boxing match the opponents let loose unbridled hooks, upper cuts, and blows to try to win the match.
9. mingle
Part of speech / It was nice to see the two children mingling on the playground after the huge fit they had had the other day.
10. dignitary
Part of speech / Since Sasha won the science award for her school, she was seen as a dignitary to the other science students.
11. embrace
Part of speech / At the end of movie, the two characters said good-bye to each other with a long embrace.
12. commence
Part of speech / The sound of the pistol commenced the race and the fans went crazy watching the runners sprint down the Olympic track.
13. ward
Part of speech / Douglas was so scared of bees that when he saw them flying towards him he crouched down and tried to ward off the bees but was not successful.
14. bedlam
Part of speech / On the last day of school the streets surrounding the school building are in complete bedlam because the students are excited about their summer break!