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Information and Instructions
Each week, starting on June 16th, you will be responsible for using dictionary.com to define each of 20 words. In addition, you will write five sentences for each word, using the vocabulary word appropriately. These will be done by hand, not electronically, and turned in on the first day you return from summer vacation. Please highlight the vocab word in each sentence, so that I may see it. The format of your vocabulary should be as such:
WEEK: June 16-June 22 1. wanton: DEFINITION........ a. SENTENCE ONE (with highlighted vocab word) b. SENTENCE TWO (with highlighted vocab word) c. SENTENCE THREE d. SENTENCE FOUR e. SENTENCE FIVE 2. lackadaisical: DEFINITION........ a. SENTENCE ONE (with highlighted vocab word) b. SENTENCE TWO (with highlighted vocab word) c. SENTENCE THREE d. SENTENCE FOUR e. SENTENCE FIVE continue... |
WEEK 1 WORDS
1. wanton
2. lackadaisical 3. minutia 4. perpetuate 5. decipher 6. acrimony 7. impudent 8. persecution 9. euthanasia 10. malicious 11. sanction 12. weary 13. increment 14. antiquity 15. listless 16. expeditious 17. interim 18. shindig 19. implore 20. immaculate WEEK 2 WORDS1. altruism
2. apathy 3. collaboration 4. dessicate 5. gratuitious 6. abomination 7. navigate 8. personnel 9. privy 10. recoil 11. rectify 12. tyrrany 13. vagabond 14. variation 15. wean 16. wizen 17. zephyr 18. yearling 19. zenith 20. anticlimactic WEEK 3 WORDS1. unruly
2. talisman 3. anarchist 4. adage 5. piety 6. chattal 7. doldroms 8. eclectic 9. curmudgeon 10. discernment 11. philanthropist 12. anomaly 13. nautical 14. candid 15. allocate 16. articulate 17. subsist 18. manifest 19. detritus 20. cohort Week 4 WORDS1. ensconced
2. cynical 3. benevolent 4. comrades 5. tyranny 6. vices 7. preliminary 8. vivacious 9. counteract 10. ecstasy 11. parasitical 12. obstinate 13. indefatigable 14. maxim 15. flourished 16. fortnight 17. scored 18. ignominious 19. impromptu 20. posthumously WEEK 5 WORDS1. misgivings
2. monotonous 3. muster 4. stamina 5. translucent 6. waft 7. jargon 8. knoll 9. gruelling 10. abscond 11. beacon 12. retaliate 13. uncouth 14. piecemeal 15. pessimist 16. pragmatic 17. pantomime 18. chasten 19. emerge 20. meander Week 6 Vocab1. abut
2. attire 3. avail 4. crony 5. cryptic 6. divergent 7. enmity 8. fervent 9. gaunt 10.infiltrate 11. nullify 12. perceptible 13. plummet 14. proclaim 15. proxy 16. rankle 17. scavenger 18. stint 19. stoical 20. unflagging |