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Room 303 English 2R Home Page = = = Princeton Review Vocab Minute = For Dec. 8-12 (Quiz Friday, Dec. 12) ===[|Collective Nouns]=== A group of dogs is called a pack, a group of cows a herd Lots of special groups have their own special word

A group of ducks is called a __brace__ A group of trees a __stand__ A group of donkeys is a __pace__ And a group of coyotes a __band__

A group of seals is called a __bob__ A group of leopards a __leap__ A group of kangaroos is a __mob__ And a drove is a group of __sheep__

And a __lodge__ is a group of beavers A group of snakes is a __nest__ A __congregation__ is a group of believers That's the kind that a preacher likes best

A group of dogs is called a pack, a group of cows a herd Lots of special groups have their own special word

//by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review//

===[|Here Come the Ghosts]=== Here come the ghosts Here come the ghosts Here come the words for ghosts

A __poltergeist__ makes sure you know that he is there He loves to makes noises and throws objects in the air

A __zombie__ is a person who returns from the dead You might call him a __revenant__ if you're well read

A __phantom__, a __specter__, and an __apparition__ These are all words that mean "a ghost-like vision"

A spirit that controls a place is called a __numen__ I don't know what it is, but I know it's not human

Here come the ghosts Here come the ghosts Here come the words for ghosts

//by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review//

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===[|Animal Words]=== (If you want to hear the song while you read the lyrics, hold down "command" while you click on the song title.)

Animal words, animal words (love those animal words!)

An elephant is the biggest land mammal the world has ever seen That's why we call a thing that's really big __elephantine__

A lion is the king of the jungle, a hero in all eyes When we treat a person like a king, that's a person we __lionize__

A pig is fat and greedy, food he never will decline If you know someone who's piggish you can call him __porcine__

A serpent, it can twist and turn and tangle like a vine A road or line that does the same is described as __serpentine__

A sheep is meek and bashful, like some people that I know I call those people __sheepish__, my description's __apropos__

Animal words, animal words (love those animal words!)

//by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review// ===[|Quagmire]=== (If you want to hear the song while you read the lyrics, hold down "command" while you click on the song title.)

If you had a car with four flat tires You'd be stuck where you are, you'd be in a __quagmire__

If you've got a load that you lack the back to pull You cannot move that load, that load is __intractable__

If you have no detergent but you need to do laundry You need to do what can't be done, you're in a __quandary__

Try to feed a family on just one noodle It cannot be done, the situation is __futile__

If you have a farm and can't even make grass grow Your farm is a failure, you could call it a __fiasco__

When your problems come faster and faster and faster You might wind up with a __debacle__, a complete disaster

These are words used by critics of the war in Iraq Agree or disagree, now you'll understand their smack

//by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review//

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For the week of Nov. 3-7 (Just TWO songs!) [|"I Don't Want to be Lachrymose]" I don't want to be __lachrymose__ But you've got my tears flowing I don't want to be __morose__ But my misery is growing

You broke my heart Causing __coronary__ pain And my life will now be __desolate__ For alone I will remain You accuse me of __hyperbole__ You think I'm exaggerating You say "Don't be so __lugubrious__ We weren't even dating!"

I don't want to be __lachrymose__ But you've got my tears flowing I don't want to be __morose__ But my misery is growing //by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review//

[|"Street Cred"] I’ve got street cred because I mean what I say The folks on my street believe the words I __convey__ I’ve got street cred ‘cause I do not deceive Cred comes from Latin, it means “believe”

I don’t have to pay cash, that’s right, I said it! The stores trust me so I can buy on __credit__ They know that I would never tell a lie That’s why I’m known as a __credible__ guy

No, there never is a reason to mislead That is what I believe, that is my __creed__ I don’t ever put up a pretense That’s why I’ve got maximum __credence__

I’ve got street cred because I mean what I say The folks on my street believe the words I convey I’ve got street cred ‘cause I do not deceive Cred comes from Latin, it means “believe” //by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review//


