Week of 12/14: No Vocabulary this week!!! Study for your final exams!!! Week of 12/7: Vocabulary Review for lists #5-8!!! Week of 11/30: List #8 miss; mit= to send 1) admit- to send someone in; to allow someone to enter 2) dismiss- to send someone out; to let someone leave 3) emit- to send out or give off (such as an odor) 4) intermission- a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks 5) missile- a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target 6) mission- a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do 7) omit- to leave out; to not send 8) remit- to send back (usually related to paying bills) 9) submit- to "send" yourself under someone else's control; to give in to someone else's power 10) transmit- to send something across places; to pass along Week of 11/23: No Vocabulary this week!!! Week of 11/16: No Vocabulary this week... work on that compare/contrast essay!!! Week of 11/9: No Vocabulary this week!!! Week of 11/2: List#7 port = to carry 1) deport- to carry or send away from a country; to banish 2) export- to carry out of the country 3) import- to carry into the country 4) portable- capable of being easily carried 5) portage- the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another 6) porter- an attendant who carries traveles' luggage for them 7) portfolio- a case for carrying loose papers 8) report- a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new 9) support- to carry the weight of something 10) transport- to carry something from one place to another Week of 10/26: No Vocabulary this week!!! Work on your Idiom project!!! Week of 10/19: List #6 sect = cut; separate 1) bisect- to cut into two pieces 2) dissect- to cut apart for the purpose of investigation 3) insect- a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen 4) intersection- the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other 5) section- a separate part of something 6) sectional- a couch that is made up of separate pieces. 7) sector- a separate part of a society, group, or area 8) transect- to cut across something 9) trisect- to cut into three separate pieces 10) vivisection- surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases Week of 10/12: No Vocabulary this week!!! Week of 10/5: List #5 ject = throw 1) dejected- to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit 2) eject- to throw out 3) injection- a shot; the "throwing" of medicine into the body by a needle 4) interjection- a word thrown into a sentence or conversation 5) jettison- to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or an airplane 6) projectile- an object thrown into the air with great force 7) projector- a machine that throws an image onto a wall 8) reject- to throw something out because it's defective and can't be used again 9) subject- to throw oneself under someone else's rule 10) trajectory- the curved path of an object thrown into space Week of 9/28: No Vocabulary this week... Work on your personal narrative essay! Week of 9/21: Vocabulary Review for Lists #1-4. Week of 9/14: List #4 dict = speak 1) contradict- to speak against; to say the opposite 2) dictation- what is written down as someone says it 3) dictator- a leader who speaks and rules with total power 4) diction- the manner in which something is expressed in words 5) dictionary- a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined 6) dictum- a judge's ruling or statement 7) edict- public words issued by an official that explain a law or command 8) indictment- formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime 9) predict- to say what will happen before it occurs 10) verdict- the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury Week of 9/7: List #3 spec = see, look 1) circumspect- careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences 2) inspect- to look at carefully in search of flaws 3) introspection- the act of looking into one's own thoughts and feelings 4) perspective- one way of looking at things 5) respect- to look up to someone; to show honor 6) retrospective- looking back at past things 7) spectacle- something displayed for the public to see 8) spectacles- glasses that help someone see better 9) spectator- a person who watches something, such as a sporting event 10) speculate- to look at and think about something from different points of view Week of 8/31: List #2 man/ manu = hands 1) emancipate- to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone's hands 2) manacles- handcuffs 3) manager- a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something 4) mandate- an order or command placed in one's hands 5) maneuver- to handily or skillfully go around something 6) manicure- a treatment for the hands and nails 7) manipulate- to skillfully operate by hand 8) manual- a handbook; a book of directions 9) manufacture- to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product 10) manuscript- a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book Week of 8/24: List #1 ped/pod = foot 1) biped- a creature with two feet 2) centipede- a creature with 100 feet 3) impediment- something that stands in one's way; an obstacle 4) millipede- a creature with 1,000 feet 5) pedal- a lever that is moved with one's foot 6) peddler- a person who goes from door to door on foot trying to sell a product 7) pedestrian- a person who walks across the street on foot 8) pedicure- a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails 9) quadruped- a four-footed creature 10) tripod- a three-footed stand often used to balance a camera