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
