9/25
Post date: Sep 25, 2012 7:24:05 PM
Students have a new list of vocabulary words. Students will have a test on these words on Thursday. Students have an assignment with one of these words. The assignment is to complete a "vocabulary organizer" (also posted below) for their one word.
- criticize--to judge or evaluate; to find both good and bad things about something
- cropped--to cut short
- denotation--the meaning (definition) of a word as found in a dictionary
- derivation--endings of a word, variations of a word; example: happy, happier, happiest, happily
- description--telling what something is by using one's five senses; telling what something looks like, smells like, tastes like, feels like, or sounds like
- desolate--to have nothing of value or use left over, destruction as in a fire or tornado
- devise--to use one's brain or other resources to create a plan or tool that would be helpful
- diagram--a picture that helps explain something, like a blueprint
- dialect--a manner of talking that is specific to a certain part of the country
- dialogue--written conversation between two or more people
- dictate--to command or order others to do something
- dilapidate--to be in need of repairs
- diminish--to shrink or to be reduced in strength or influence
- due--the word for "when something is expected to be finished"
- editorial--an opinion that is printed in a newspaper
- elaborate--to explain something in greater detail
- endure--to suffer patiently; to last
- enunciate--to say or pronounce clearly
- etiquette--do's and dont's for behaving in public
- etymology--the history of a word; how a word has changed over time