HI OCS Vocabulary Fall 2004

Vocabulary 1

weird            crisis/crucial            predict/prediction        bottom
shrink            intial/s                      accurate/accuracy        tame
un/reliable    coordinate/d

Idioms/ Slang 1

catch on               take turns          be broke             bummer
rip off                  uptight              be swamped        nosy
be beat                dicey                 the breaks           tough
easy-going           folks                 pitch stg.             pitch in
awesome              blow up            top notch             tip (n)
know the ropes     make ends meet
wishy-washy        lemon                a close shave    lemon
hit the hay            hit the ceiline    play it by ear     slob
back burner          off the hook        a steal                bucks
cut it out              call it a day         mellow              klutz
loaded                get along             pronto                back to back
beat the odds      in hot water        off the hook        pushy
never mind         get in shape        touch base        siesta
time to kill         bend over backwards
 

Vocabulary 2

doubt              affection/ate        dump                 clumsy
guilt/y             negotiate             tolerate              tolerant
confess/ioni   request                un/faith/ful         disaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 OCS 32 Vocabulary Fall 2002

Vocabulary 1
 beneficial            ridiculous            threaten            donate        commute
 realistic               negotiate             convince           demand      mention
 emphasize

Vocabulary 2

flashback       explore/exploration      contribute/contribution     potluck
tip (n/v)         tolerate/toleration        misuse (n/v)                     adultery
mean (adj/v)  doubt (n/v)                   emotion/al (n/adj)

Vocabulary 3

progress          possess/possessive/possession                     adjust/adjustment
stuff(v/n)         frustrated/frustration                                      discuss/discussion
struggle (v/n)  guilt/guilty                                                      typical
fervent           flexible/flexibility                                           insist/insistence

Vocabulary 4

tease              brief/briefly (adj/adv)                          embarrass/ment              suicide
concern         futile (adj)                                             approve/approval          serious
delight (n/v) delighted/delightful(adj)                         eager/eagerness            apologize/apology

Vocabulary 5

shocked          annoyed               angry                     guilty
miserable       embarrassed        ashamed                sorry
disaster          damage(n/v)        destroy                  severe
injury/injure   rescue (n/v)         cause (n/v)            mild
pleased           skeptical             worried                 suspicious
relationship     protect/protection                            trust (n/v)

 Idioms:
    awesome                   buddy           bucks            be broke            no big deal
    check out stg.            grab a bite     kidding        crack up

Vocabulary in class:
        materialistic        prized possession            parachute            skydiving
        convertible          demanding                       flambuoyant

Weather Words

haze/hazy        fog/foggy          humid/humidity        cloud/cloudy
sunrise            sunset               Celsius                     Fahrenheit
drizzle            showers            forecast                    meteorology
current            temperature
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Spring 2002 Final Vocabulary List
Vocabulary 1:

require/ment                           actual/actually                           signify/significant/signal
significance                           vary/various/variety                   participate/participant/participation
demonstrate/demonstration     evaluate/evaluation                   eligible/eligibility

Vocabulary 2:

disaster              stuff              fender-bender                     pat sby. on the back
consume             obvious         hesitate                              petite
confess              contribute      conflict                              grab
on the verge of…ing

Vocabulary 3:

federal               scarce               fake (v/n)                       investigate/tion
imitate               ruin (v/n)          pathetic                          observe
offer (v/n)          imagine            urgent                             anticipate
pregnant

Vocabulary 4:

fierce                       accuse/accusation                   flawless/flawed                 risky
tend to/tendency       ridiculous                              deliberate/ly                     request
critical                     compare/comparison              tact/fully  interpret
entire/ly

Vocabulary 5:

inquisitive                 associate (n/v) association                              ambiguous/ambiguity
contend                      insomnia/insomniac                                         mediocre/mediocrity
grumpy                      eliminate/elimination                                       compromise (n/v)
in spite of                  pledge (n/v)                                                     dignity/dignified

Vocabulary 6:

moral/morality            antagonistic                   bounce                    commit/commitment
terminate/tion              mature/maturity             blemish (n/v)            acne
scholar/ship                accompany                    discipline                 sympathetic