Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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.

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