Vocabulary Words of the Day
You are responsible for doing the daily vocabulary assignment. Remember, you need: 1) part of speech, 2) dictionary definition, and 3) your own original sentence for each word. (Use the definition that makes sense in the context of the sample sentence.) Words are added at the end of each "A" day. Keep studying as we will have a quiz over all the vocabulary (for the 6 weeks) at the end of each 6 weeks.
3rd 6 Weeks
1. Contention: The contention between the two boys intensified when Juliet finally chose one to date.
2. Apex: Getting all A's would be the apex of my school year.
3. Stalemate: Jacob and Ryan reached a stalemate when they realized that neither would win the tic-tac-toe game
4. Nuance: The nuances between the presidential candidates' speeches show a lot abouth them.
5. Obscure: The obscure rock could have been a meteor or a fossil; no one knows for sure.
6. Disconcert: The dog was disconcerted when the cat continually ran up the tree; the dog just wanted to play.
7. Compulsory: Many sports have athletes who attend compulsory practice sessions, or those students risk getting in
trouble.
8. Profound: Einstein is often quoted as making profound statements that changed the world.
OLD!!! 2nd 6 WeeksOLD!!!!
1. Transcend: She wanted to transcend the expectations of the committee and be the best class officer in the history of the school.
2. Feeble: Jess's friends often laughed with her when she called herself feeble minded, especially when she put a pen into the pencil sharpener.
3. Encumber: Sally didn't want to encumber her parents when she moved back in after graduating college, so she did all the chores and took some odd jobs until she could move out on her own.
4. Abominable: The child's abominable behavior caused her to be grounded for a month.
5. Blandishment: The student hoped that his blandishments toward his teacher would cause her to add ten points to his grade.
6. Unremitting: She finally said yes to his unremitting requests for a date since she didn't think she could listen to him ask one more time.
7. Prudent: In these times, many consider it prudent to say away from putting money in the stock market.
8. Untenable: There are often those students who hold the untenable position that they can do whatever they want.
9. Anecdote: I like visiting my Grandpa because he tells lots of interesting anecdotes about his life.
10. Avid: Maggie is an avid snowboarder; she hops on a plane every time she hears about new snow falling.
11. Bestow: A lot of war veterans are bestowed with medals when they return home.
12. Oblivion: Some politicians would like the memory of their actions to fall into oblivion, but the press won't let that happen.
13. Lucid: When coming out of surgery, people do not have many lucid thoughts.
14. Convulse: A fish out of water will often convulse while trying to survive.
15. Conscientious: Only those students who are conscientious will look up words in order to spell them correctly.
16. Imperceptible: Scientists state that stars fade at such an imperceptible amount that only astronomers really notice.
17. Summarily: Students who are summarily summoned to the office appear on edge because they don't know why they have been summoned.
18. Emaciated: Many pictures of the concentration camps show emaciated victims who can barely sit up.
19. Congeal: Milk left in a glass for a week will congeal to a different form and make it harder to clean.
20. Devoid: Murderers are said to be devoid of any caring or kind emotion.
OLD 1st 6 Weeks OLD!!!
1. Homage: I paid homage to my parents for raising me right.
2. Chaotic: When the fire alarm went off, the chaotic situation made the students panic.
3. Stoic: The stoic man did not laugh or cry during the play.
4. Doctrine: Making sure the citizens are safe should be the government's doctrine.
5. Assuage: Do not try to assuage your guilt by buying me cookies.
6. Tremulous: The tremulous tree shows how hard the wind is blowing through its leaves.
7. Hindrance: Justin thought his broken leg would be a hindrance in the hallway, but he made it to class on time.
8. Parvade: The band's music pervaded the entire neighborhood during the football games.
9. Dire: Frank looked in his empty wallet and decided he was in dire need of an increase in his allowance.
10. Malleable: Susan's malleable ideals made it easy for her to change her mind.
11. Circumvent: Charles decided to circumvent his enemies by jumping over the fence.
12. Dissociate: Lucy kew she had to dissociate herself from her friends; they were a bad influence.