Vocabulary Building: Words and Examples from Comics
Discover new words and improve your vocabulary with definitions and examples from popular comic characters like Daredevil, Batman, Superman, and more. Enhance your English skills while exploring the world of superheroes and villains.
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ENGLISH ONE VOCAB TEN
BELLOW Verb Bellowed, bellows, bellowing To roar or make a sound like a roar Daredevil bellowed in fury after Bullseye killed his cat.
BOTCH Verb Botched, botches, botching To mess up something/do something poorly The Joker botched his attempt to capture and destroy Batman.
GRAMMAR Cross out prepositional phrases. Underline subjects once and verbs twice. Put infinitives in parentheses. Label direct objects DO. In class, the students and teacher read and analyzed a poem by Langston Hughes about dreams from the textbook. (4) On opening night, my friends and I waited in line for six hours to get tickets to the premier of Star Wars: Rogue One. (5)
DILAPIDATED Adjective Falling apart Captain America followed the Red Skull to a dilapidated building, where he was constructing his secret weapon.
DISMANTLE Verb Dismantles, dismantled, dismantling To take apart Wolverine single-handedly dismantled several Sentinels.
GRAMMAR Label and cross out prepositional phrases. Underline subjects once and verbs twice. Put infinitives in parentheses. Label direct objects DO. 1. In the middle of the battle, Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four should have fought Dr. Doom to save Ben Grimm from certain death.
FUTILE Adjective Ineffective/hopeless Superman tried to negotiate with Lex Luthor, but it was futile.
GRUELING Adjective Exhausting Storm s training sessions in Cerebro were grueling, and she had to rest for days after them.
INHOSPITABLE Adjective (Opposite: hospitable) Unfriendly or unwelcoming to guests/Harsh Black Panther ensures that Wakanda is inhospitable for villains.
FLIPCHART Minimum (C level): Clear definitions of each term The minimum number of examples for each one, with at least one example from something we ve read in class. Neat presentation Good (B-A level) Same requirements as above Additional examples of figurative language and sounds Additional visual representations Aesthetic enhancement (make it pretty) I will allow you to use your flipchart on one of the poetry finals, so do it well!
NOTORIOUS Adjective Famous for a bad reason Deadpool is notoriously unpredictable and unreliable.
SHIRK Verb Shirks, shirked, shirking To avoid something you re supposed to do Thor believed that Iron Man would shirk his duty to the Avengers and leave them to fight alone.
GRAMMAR Label and cross out prepositional phrases. Underline subjects once and verbs twice. Put infinitives in parentheses. Label direct objects DO. In the future, Logan and X-23 must run from their home and battle against the Reavers to survive.
TIMID Adjective Fearful/Shy Unlike Spider Man, Peter Parker is quite timid, especially when talking to ladies.
GRAMMAR Label and cross out prepositional phrases. Underline subjects once and verbs twice. Put infinitives in parentheses. Label direct objects DO. Peter Parker has to hide his identity from his friends and family to protect them from the Green Goblin.
VETO Verb Vetoes, vetoed, vetoing To reject or cancel As the leader of the X-Men, Cyclops has the right to veto any bad ideas.
SURPLUS Noun An extra amount of something Hulk has an unlimited surplus of strength.
