Vocabulary 3-1

1. Concoction

1. Concoction

• A Mixture/ or• Act of devising a plan

The witches made a nasty concoction of the ingredients.

2.Anomaly

2.Anomaly

• Something abnormal or different

• The two headed snake was an anomaly we saw at the circus.

3. Contrite

3. Contrite

• To be sorry or feel regret for doing something

• The boy felt contrite for making fun of the little child who fell off his bicycle.

4.Excerpt

4.Excerpt

• a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.

• Passage from the original writing

• The students memorized and recited an excerpt from “The Bible”.

5.Servile

5.Servile

• Submissive • Servant like, giving into

something because of fear

• The servile employee always agreed to the unfair work hours and low wages offered by his employer.

6.Hearsay

6.Hearsay

• unofficial information, Gossip, Rumor

• The information you heard about the Class President’s resignation was just hearsay.

• I pay no attention to hearsay.

7.Jostle

7.Jostle

• to bump, push, shove or elbow roughly or rudely against something

• The crowd at the train station jostled him towards the tracks.

8. Cliché

8. Cliché

• stereotyped expression• Overused expression• The man used a lot of

cliches in his conversation.

• Strong as an ox, older and wiser, Apple of my eye

9. Vigil

9. Vigil

• Wakefulness or a period of watchfulness

• The mother kept a vigil over her sick child for the whole night.

• The nurse kept her vigil near the patient.

10.Rubble

10.Rubble

• broken bits and pieces of debris, rocks or anything

• The twin towers were reduced to rubble.

11.Plaudits

11.Plaudits

• round of applause

• The movie, Lord of the Rings, received plaudits from the critics.

12. Adage

12. Adage

• A Proverb..a wise, old saying

• An old adage is “ The early bird catches the worm”

13. Bonanza

13. Bonanza

• A source of great wealth

• Meeting the singers backstage was a Bonanza for the teenagers.

14. Omit

14. Omit

• to leave out; fail to include or mention

• The teacher omitted to mention one of the girls name at the graduation ceremony

15. Verbatim

15. Verbatim

• Word for word, in exactly the same words

• My sister repeated everything I said verbatim to my parents.

• The witness had to tell the police verbatim everything she heard.