Monday, November 14, 2011

Vocab Week 11

Arduous – Adjective (Ard-you-us)

·         Difficult, taxing.  Long and laborious

Charismatic – Adjective (Care-is-matic)

·         Friendly, outgoing 

·         Lots of friends

Convergence  - Noun (Con-verge-ence)

·         Moving toward union and uniformity

·         Coordinated movement of two eyes to focus on something.

Chivalrous – Adjective (Shiv-ul-rous)

·         Valiant, marked by honor

·         Knights of old code of conduct

Lyric poem – Noun

·         Words for a Song.

·         Suitable for singing with musical accompaniment (usually with a lyre)

Spelling Week 11

Reticulated – Looks like a net

Tempestuous - Stormy

Analyze - Examine

Analysis – Results of examination

Impromptu – Spur of the moment

Elocution - pronunciation

Curmudgeon – Scrooge

Convivial – Party hearty!  Libations.

Papyrus – Egyptian paper

Emigrant – Country to Country

Journal:  Veteran’s Day

This is open ended.  You may discuss anything that ties in to liberty, freedom, military, family stories, etc.

Monday, November 07, 2011

Vocab Week 10

 Taut – Adjective (Taught)

·         Having no give or slack

·         Tightly drawn

·         Not loose or flabby

Vehemently – Adverb (Veé-uh-ment-ly)

·         Bitterly antagonistic

·         Forcibly argumentative

·         With anger or deep passion

Writhe – verb (Wry-thuh)

·         to twist and turn

·         To try and escape

·         Movement when in agony or pain

Indelible – Adjective (In-DEHL-uh-ble)

·         Cannot be washed away, removed or erased

·         Powerful memories, unforgettable

Idiom – Noun (IH-dee-um)

·         Phrase or speech peculiar to a certain part of the world

·         Coded language only insiders can understand, very colloquial.

o   She quit smoking cold turkey!        He is the apple of my eye.       He was all thumbs. 

Spelling 10

Assimilated – Absorb into the system.  Make the same

*Cohesive – Sticks together

Bellyache – upset tummy

Gnash – Rabid biting

Heartthrob – Taylor Lautner

Eavesdrop – Overhear

Auburn – Reddish

Procedure – process

Kerchief – Square of cloth

Environs – surrounding vicinity

Journal – Describe a first time you did something you had never done before.  Waterskiing, Writing a research paper, Lifting weights, Going on a date (Better be high school only  for this one!  :-), failing a test, breaking a window, etc.