Monday - March 07, 2011

Week 9 Vocab List:

• comply /kəm plī/ (verb) – 1. to yield to a request or command; to act in accordance with someone’s wish; 2. meet specific standards


early 1400s., "to fulfill, carry out," from O.Fr. compli ; com – with or together ply - work with, use, apply (c.1300, shortened form of applien "join to, apply, fulfill”)



• finesse /fĭ nĕss’/ (noun, verb) – 1. (n) extreme delicacy in skill, action, or performance; tact and cleverness; refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture 2. (v) to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgment, or skillful evasion; skillful handling of a situation : adroit maneuvering

1520s, M.Fr. finesse "fineness, subtlety," O.Fr. fin "subtle, delicate"


• gregarious /gri gār rē əs/ (adj.) – 1. sociable; enjoying the company of others (people) 2. tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind; pertaining to a flock (animals) or crowd

gregar: compare Gk. ageirein "to assemble or agora public assembly," and L. gregare "to collect into a flock, gather;" -ous suffix forming adjectives from nouns, meaning "having, full of, having to do with, inclined to," from O.Fr. -ous, -eux, from L. -osus.

meaning in the sense of "sociable" first recorded 1789

• inundate /in ən dāt/ (tr. verb) – 1. to flood; to cover completely with water; 2. to overwhelm

1620s, from pp. stem of L. inundare "to overflow," from in- "onto" + undate: undare "to flow," from unda "wave" -ate O.E. commonly made verbs from adjectives


• preclude /prē klood/ (verb) – 1. to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; to make impossible, as by action taken in advance 2. pre- vent someone from doing something

pre- prefix meaning "before," from O.Fr. and M.L. pre- both from L. prae (adv.) "before." 1610s, from L. praecludere "to close, shut off, impede," –clude: claudere "to shut"


Etymology key:

Gk. Greek, Indo-European language spoken in Greece in the classical period, c. 8c. B.C.E.-4c. C.E

L. Classical Latin, the Italic language of ancient Rome until about 4c. M.Fr. Middle French, the French language as written and spoken c. 1400-c.1600. O.E. Old English, the English language as written and spoken c.450-c.1100. O.Fr. Old French, the French language as written and spoken c. 900-1400.

*c. – circa; pp – past participle



LIT TERM: Analogy - the comparison of two pairs which have the same relationship. i.e. shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel (1st is on 2nd)


Spelling Words - List 13A
Word       Hawley's Definition
Broccoli - Vegetable
Caffeine - Stimulant
Canister - Round container    
Caribbean - Ocean between N and S America.
Catalogue - For sale
Cemetery - Dead people
Collectible - trinket
Colossal - gigantic
Competent - Able
Connoisseur - One who enjoys/knows.


Journal Entry:  Describe what you do with your free time and who you do it with.  How do you have fun?

Daily Classes:
1st Per - Creative Writing:
Continue working on Epic narrative poems.
Journal

2st Period - Honors:

Vocab week 9
Journal
Review of religious philosophers papers and Bartleby papers.
Discussion of university expectations as per homework requirements.

3rd Per - 8th Grade:
Journal
Review of essays and good writing expectations

4th Per - 7th Grade:
Journal
Review of Essays and good writing expectations

5th Per - 12th Grade:
Review of Essays and good writing expectations.
Review of University homework expectations and grading.
No Journal assignment yet.

6th Per - 10th Grade:
Review of Essays and Good writing expectations. 
No Journal assignment yet.