Friday, November 4, 2011

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.

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