Vocabulary Lesson “Road Less Travelled” – Patricia Ayala

Arleta High School Vocabulary Study Chart English 10 - #2

Term Synonym/Antonym/Explanation Example/Image/Showing Sentence Displace (v) to take the place of someone or Technology has caused the displacement something of many objects. For example, ______Displacement have displaced ______. (n) Syn: remove, evict Ant: admit

Erode (v) to gradually reduce someone’s Teachers try to give both positive power, authority, etc. feedback and correction so they don’t erode students’ ______. Erosion (n) Syn: destroy, crumble Ant: build, preserve

Impose (v) to introduce a rule, tax, or ______try to impose their punishment, and force people to beliefs on teenagers so that the teenagers accept it; to force someone to will ______. Imposition (n) have the same beliefs, ideas, etc. as you

Syn: appoint, charge Ant: overlook, forget

Adjust (v) to gradually become familiar When you leave high school, you will have synonym: with a new situation; to change to adjust to ______. adapt, or move something slightly in accommodate order to improve it

Adjustment antonym: disturb, disorganize (n)

Odd (adj) different from what is It would be odd to see a Chihuahua expected or normal at/on/in ______because _____ .

Oddity (n) Syn: different Ant: matched, similar