Post on 13-Apr-2017
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“THE TREASURE OF LEMON
BROWN”VOCABULARY SLIDES
ONE REQUIREMENT FOR SPEECH CLASS WAS TO GIVE ONE IMPROMPTU SPEECH PER QUARTER.
THE MOTHER LEAVES THE BABY’S DOOR AJAR SO SHE CAN BETTER HEAR HER DAUGHTER IF SHE WAKES UP.
THE HORSE AND HIS JOCKEY
VAULTED OVER THE WALL.
THE CAT WAS TENTATIVE ABOUT TRUSTING HER NEW OWNER.
HER INVOLUNTARY TREMOR MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRINK HER MORNING COFFEE WITHOUT SPILLING IT.
WHEN THE GUN FIRES, THE RACE COMMENCES.
THE GHOSTLY WOMAN IN MY NIGHTMARE BECKONED ME TO FOLLOW HER.
DETECTIVES OFTEN HAVE TO ASK PROBING QUESTIONS OF THEIR SUSPECTS TO GET TO THE TRUTH.
THE SKY AHEAD LOOKED OMINOUS.
THE MAN’S GNARLED HANDS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO DO EVEN THE SIMPLEST OF TASKS.
IT’S YOUR TURN!
A PICTURE WITH A DEFINITION WILL APPEAR ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. YOU MUST GUESS THE
APPLICABLE VOCABULARY TERM.
TO INVESTIGATE OR TO EXPLORE BY TOUCH; SEARCHING
probe
WITH UNCERTAINTY OR HESITATION
tentative
RUGGED OR ROUGHENED, AS FROM OLD AGE OR WORK
gnarled
DONE ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT; UNPLANNED
impromptu
MENACING; THREATENING
ominous
TO BEGIN; START
commence
TO JUMP OR LEAP
vault
TO SIGNAL TO COME BY NODDING OR WAVING
beckon
PARTIALLY OPEN
ajar
A SHAKING OR VIBRATING MOVEMENT; A NERVOUS TREMBLING OR QUIVERING
tremor