Flowers: Vocabulary

8th grade ELA

Required
experiment
Vocabulary
al
daunting
deteriorate
optimist
impair
absurd
tangible

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Flowers
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Experimental

Charlie was presented with an

experimental surgery to make him
three times smarter.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)
Spanish: experimental

Extend it: experimental

I would (not) try an experimental
medicine because ______________.
If I _______________________, I would try
an experimental _____________.

Daunting

Reading and writing were generally

daunting tasks for Charlie before his
surgery.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)
Spanish: abrumador, ingente

Extend it: daunting

It would be daunting if _______________
because ______________.
When I have a daunting task, I
______________ because ___________.

Optimist
Optimistic

Charlie was selected for the surgery

because he was highly motivated and
he had an optimistic attitude..
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)
Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: optimist

I am an optimist when
______.
______ makes me feel
optimistic.

Deteriorate

Algernons brain deteriorated until it

was no longer able to function.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: deteriorate

_____ deteriorates when
______.
_____ will make _____
deteriorate because...

Impair

Motor activity is impaired; there is an

accelerated loss of coordination.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: impair

If your ________ is impaired, you should
________________.
_____________ can impair _____________.

Absurd

Its absurd when you consider the

work that is being done in India and
China today in the very field of his
study.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: absurd

______________ is absurd because
_________.
It is absurd to ___________ because
_________.

Tangible

Ii suspect that Dr. Nemur, who is sixty ten years older than Dr. Strauss - finds
it necessary to see tangible results of
his work.
Define it:
Synonym: (same)
Antonym: (opposite)

Spanish: deteriorarse

Extend it: tangible

___________ is not tangible because
________.
If I ____________, I will see tangible
results because ____________.

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