VOCABULARY 3 #11-15

By Stephanie Lino-Perez p.2B

Tre-pe-day-shenNoun Other forms of the word: Adjective: trepid; trepiadatious A Feeling of being alarm or dread; feeling nervous caused by a realization or an expectation of something that is going to happen in the future.

Trepidation caused the bride to ditch her wedding as she thought about her future with the man she was going to marry.

A good way to remember:Trepidation and tremble both start with T-R In trepidation the D-A-T are connected and can stand for DREAD.ALARM.TERROR

TREPIDATION

UNABASHED uhn-uh-basht Adjective Other forms of the word:Adverb: unabashedly Feeling confident and proud, not worrying about being criticized; shameless and not being embarrassed. The contestant in The X Factor was unabashed about her horrible audition, instead she was happy and proud that she got to sing live on television and got to meet Simon Cowell. A good way to remember:In the word unabashed it has the part of the word bashful and the U-N. So you can think of the opposite definition of bashful. UNaBASHed.

RESTIVE Res-tiv Adjective Other forms of the word: Adverb: restively Noun: restiveness Being tense or impatient from a delay or from being bored; difficult to control from being dissatisfied; fidgety The line to the rollercoaster was an hour wait causing everybody to be restive. A good way to remember: In the word restive it has the four letters of R-E-S-T the same letters that start with RESTaurant. Usually the food comes late or usually your impatient for the cooks to cook your food, that’s a sign of being restive.

SOMNOLENCE Som-nuh-luh-nt Noun Other forms of the word: Adverb: somnolentlyAdjective; somnolent The state of being drowsy and feeling the need to fall asleep.At the party everybody was dancing and was having a blast; there was least somnolence at the time. A good way to remember:You can think of Sleepy from “ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Also Sleepy, Snow White , and sleep all start with the letter S and so does somnolence.

CREDULITY Kruh-doo-li-tee Noun Other forms of the word:Adjective: credulous Noun: credulousness; credulities• Ready to trust or to believe in something too easily; gullibility. •The credulity of children increased while seeing the magic show.

•A good way to remember:The credulity of Sponge Bob and Patrick is huge.