Current & Past Journals

12/8: The survival of the neighborhood depended on the efforts of its residents to help revitalize it by cleaning and painting.

Revitalize (v): to bring something back after it declined in condition or popularity; to breathe new life into something

revitalizes (v), revitalized (v), revitalizing (v), revitalization (n)

Survival (n): the ability to continue living

survivalist (n)

12/9: He is a survivor of the heart attack because someone was able to revive him.

Revive (v): to bring back to life again

revives (v), revived (v), reviving (v), revivable (adj), revivability (n)

Survivor (n): a person who lives through a difficult event or experience

survive (v), survivors (n), survived (v), surviving (v)

12/12: Some people believe that any vitamin you absorb will add to the vitality of your life.

Vitality (n): quality or state of being full of life; state of being full of energy

vitalities (n)

Vitamin (n): a tablet of substances that are thought to promote a healthy life

vitamins (n)

12/10: Doctors had to do a vivisection of Rover’s vital organs to see if it was a malady in his lungs or heart that was making him sick.

Vital (adj): necessary or essential to life

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Vivisection (n): surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases

vivisections (n), vivisectionist (n)

12/11: Everyone knows her aunt is a vivacious woman because she wears vivid clothes and always has fun no matter where she goes.

Vivacious (adj): full of life; fun; lively; animated

vivaciously (adv), vivaciousness (n)

Vivid (adj): “as big as life”; brightly colored; daring

vividly (adv), vividness (n)

12/10: Doctors had to do a vivisection of Rover’s vital organs to see if it was a malady in his lungs or heart that was making him sick.

Vital (adj): necessary or essential to life

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Vivisection (n): surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into animals to study organs, parts, or diseases

vivisections (n), vivisectionist (n)

Week of 12/1:

Mal/Male=Bad

12/1: The doctor found a malady in her heart and the prognosis is dismal because it can’t be fixed.

Dismal adj. depressing; causing gloom or misery; causing bad feelings

Dismally adv., dismality n., dismalness n.

Malady n. bad health; illness; sickness

Maladies n.

12/2: Only a malefactor would want people to get sick with malaria.

Malaria n. bad air; a disease usually spread by infected mosquitoes

Malefactor n. an evildoer; a person who does bad things

Malefactors n.

12/3: It’s malevolent for the governor to commit malfeasance by stealing money from the state.

Malevolent adj. a word that describes a person or character who wishes bad things would happen to others

Malevolently adv., malevolence n.

Malfeasance n. wrongdoing or bad conduct by a public official

Malfeasant n.

12/4: It was with malice that people picked on the guy who was dying from a malignant tumor.

Malice n. mischief; evil intent; bad will

Malicious adj., maliciously adv.

Malignant adj. harmful; something bad enough that it could result in death when related to cancer

Malignantly adv.

12/5: The Feed the Children commercial showed malnourished children that were living in a place you could tell was malodorous because of all the flies.

Malnourished adj. having bad health or having poor nutrition

Malodorous adj. bad smell; stinky

Malodorously adv., malodorousness n.

Week of 11/24:

11/24: She was so gluttonous at dinner that she couldn’t button her pants after eating.

Adj. tending to eat and drink excessively

11/25: There was enough food to satiate the hungriest person on the planet.

v. to satisfy to the full

11/26: People should show gratitude for what they have.

n. the feeling of being thankful

Week of 11/17

Ben/Bene/Bon=Good

11/17: The minister gave a benediction to the man for being a benefactor to the homeless people in the community.

Benefactor (n): a good person who offers help or donates money

benefactors (n)

Benediction (n): a good blessing in a religious service

benedictions (n)

11/18: My son is my beneficiary, so when I die he will inherit my house, which will be beneficial to him and his future family.

Beneficiary (n): a person who receives something good from someone else such as an inheritance

beneficiaries (n)

Beneficial (adj): having a good outcome; favorable

beneficially (adv)

11/19: We should have benevolent people in our lives instead of mean and selfish people because no one will benefit from having them around.

Benevolent (adj): kind; good-hearted

benevolently (adv), benevolentness (n)

Benefit (v): to gain or receive good results from something

benefits (n/v), benefited (v), benefiting (v)

11/20: Everyone breathed a bona fide sigh of relief when the doctor said the tumor was benign.

Benign (adj): favorable; having a good effect; not harmful

benignly (adv)

Bona fide (adj): in good faith; authentic; genuine; real

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11/21: The workers did a good job, so the boss gave them something extra. He sent them on a cruise as a bonus and, when they left, he told them, “bon voyage.”

Bonus (n): anything good that is received over and beyond what was expected (usually money)

bonuses (n)

Bon voyage (n): French for “have a good trip”

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Week of 11/12:

11/12: Write 3-5 complete and edited sentences telling me how you've used VPS since you learned it (other than journals in class).

11/13: Write 3-5 complete and edited sentences telling me about the plot development in the novel you're reading in your group.

11/14: Write 3-5 complete and edited sentences telling me about your responsibility for your education and how you and others may benefit from it.

Week of 11/3:

Jur, Jus, Jud=Law/Justice

11/3: When Dustin Deeber went to court, the judge ruled that he had to abjure certain rights because you don’t have the same rights in jail that you do when you’re free.

Abjure (v): to give up rights; to recant

abjures (v), abjured (v), abjuring (v), abjurer (n), abjuratory (adj)

Judge (n): a person chosen to interpret laws, decide on a winner, or settle a controversy

judges (n)

11/4: The Phoenix Police called the Glendale Police and asked them to arrest Dustin Deeber, with the justification that Glendale is out of their jurisdiction.

Justification (n): the fact that is said to prove that something is true

justifications (n)

Jurisdiction (n): the territory or land in which justice and laws are administered and followed

jurisdictional (adj)

11/5: A jurist should talk with the jury and explain the law that Dustin Deeber is being accused of breaking.

Jurist (n): an expert in law

jurists (n)

Jury (n): a group of people sworn to abide by the laws to determine the truth

juries (n), juried (v), juror (n)

11/6: It was justice when Dustin Deeber was sent to ICI because he was unable to justify being late for class.

Justice (n): fairness; rightfulness

injustice (n)

Justify (v): to prove; to offer

justifies (v), justified (v), justifying (v), justifiable (adj)

11/7: It is a just thing to do when we send a person to jail for committing perjury because a person should not be allowed to lie in the courtroom.

Perjury (n): to break the law by lying; to break a formal promise; to break an oath

perjuries (n), perjure (v)

Just (adj): lawful; fair

unjust (adj)

Week of 10/27:

Dict=Speak

10/27: If a dictator says women should not go to school and a citizen chooses to contradict him, the citizen may be severely punished, imprisoned, or killed.

Dictator n. a leader who speaks and rules with total power dictators n., dictatorial adj., dictatorially adv., dictatorialness n.

Contradict v. to speak against; to say the opposite contradicts v., contradicting v., contradicted v., contradiction(s) n., contradictor n., contradictable adj.

10/28: The court reporter had to take a dictation of everything that the judge said in his dictum at the end of the trial.

Dictation n. what is written down as someone says it dictations n., dictational adj.,

Dictum n. a judge’s ruling or statement dictum n., dicta n.

10/29: A dictionary tells the meaning of a word but the person using the word can twist the meaning depending on the diction he chooses.

Diction n. the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken)

Dictions n., dictional adj., dictionally

Dictionary n. a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

Dictionaries n.

10/30: We tried to predict what the jury’s verdict would be at the end of the trial.

Verdict n. the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

verdicts n.

Predict v. to say what will happen before it occurs predicts v., predictable adj., predictability n., predictably adv., prediction(s) n.

10/31: The Mayor read an edict about the law the criminal broke which led to his indictment and eventual imprisonment.

Indictment n. formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime indictments n.

Edict n. public words issued by an official that explain a law or command edicts n., edictal adj., edictally adv.

Week of 10/20:

Cred=Believe

10/20: I think a school should only get accreditation if it checks each and every credential of all of its teachers.

Accreditation n. granting approval or belief in a school

ac⋅cred⋅it⋅a⋅ble, adjective, ac⋅cred⋅i⋅ta⋅tion, ac⋅cred⋅it⋅ment, noun

Credential n. a document that proves a person is believable

cre·den·tialed, cre·den·tial·ing, cre·den·tials

10/21: She will only credit your account if you’re a credible person.

Credible adj. believable; reliable

cred⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, cred⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun, cred⋅i⋅bly, adverb

Credit v. to believe that someone will do something

cred·it·ed, cred·it·ing, cred·its

10/22: It is not a good idea for a creditor to be too credulous because then he might loan money to people who won’t pay it back.

Creditor n. a person who believes that he will be paid back the money he loaned

Creditors n.

Credulous adj. tending believe too easily; easily convinced; easily fooled

cred⋅u⋅lous⋅ly, adverb, cred⋅u⋅lous⋅ness, noun

10/23: Each religion has its own creed and you may discredit some, but you should respect the rights of others to believe the way they want.

Creed n. a set of religious beliefs or principles

Creedless adj., creeds n.

Discredit v. to refuse to believe; to reject as untrue

dis·cred·it·ed, dis·cred·it·ing, dis·cred·its

10/24: The people at the party were incredulous about the incredible story he told about the UFO landing on his house.

Incredible adj. not believable; improbable; unlikely

in⋅cred⋅i⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, in⋅cred⋅i⋅ble⋅ness, noun, in⋅cred⋅i⋅bly, adverb

Incredulous adj. doubting; unwilling or unable to believe

in⋅cred⋅u⋅lous⋅ly, adverb, in⋅cred⋅u⋅lous⋅ness, noun

Week of 10/13

Scrib/Script=Write

10/13: He had the jeweler put an inscription on the watch he bought for her that helped describe how he felt about her.

Inscription n. a short dedication written in a book or engraved on something, such as a coin or monument inscriptional adj., inscriptionless adj.

Describe v. to say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing

describes v., described v., describing v., describable adj., describability n., describably adv., describer n.

10/14: The author put a postscript that said P.S. I love you at the end of the manuscript he wrote about a couple in love.

Manuscript n. a piece of writing; a book manuscriptal adj.

Postscript n. P.S.; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished

10/15: When doctors write a prescription for you to get medicine, they scribble, so it’s often hard to read what they wrote.

Prescription n. a piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy

prescriptions n.

Scribble v./n. sloppy writing that is hard to read scribbles v.n., scribbled v. Scribbling v., scribes n., scribed v., scribing v.,

10/16: The actor read the movie script about a scribe that did all the writing for a storyteller in the old days when there weren’t any copy machines.

Scribe n. a person who writes things down

Script n. a set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out

scripts n., scripter n., scripted v., scripting v.

10/17: We had to transcribe everything the professor said in class because we didn’t have a subscription to his magazine.

Subscription n. a written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time subscriptions n., subscriptive adj.

Transcribe v. to write down or to record; to translate transcribes v., transcribed v., transcribing v., transcriber n.

Week of 9/29

9/29: After reading about Maya’s life in her autobiography, I wanted to get her autograph in the book.

*Autobiography n. writing about a person’s life written by that person

Autobiographies n., autobiographer n., autobiographic adj., autobiographical adj., autobiographically adv.

Autograph n. the writing of one’s own name

Autographs n.v., autographed v., autographing v., autographic adj., autographical adj., autographically adv.

9/30: The bibliography in the back of the biography of Michael Jackson listed several names of people who gave information about him.

*Biography n. a book written about a person’s life

Biographies n.

Bibliography n. the written list of all the books used in a report or book

Bibliographies n., bibliographic adj., bibliographical adj., bibliographically adv.,

10/1: When we were studying cartography at the map center, we looked at the seismograph that showed how strong the earthquake was.

*Cartography n. mapmaking; the writing involved in making maps or charts

Cartographic adj., cartographer n.

Seismograph n. a device that writes down (records) the movements of the earth

Seismographic adj., seismographical adj., seismographer n., seismography n.

10/2: After reading the paragraph, she realized that the word bow, once about hair and once about a boat, was used twice because it is a homograph.

*Homograph n. a word written the same way as another word but having a different meaning (bow-hair, bow-ship)

Homographs n., homographic adj.

Paragraph n. a section of writing that has a topic and concluding sentence

Paragraphs n., paragraphed v., paragraphing v., paragraphism n., paragraphistical adj., paragraphical adj., paragraphic adj.

10/3: Since no one listens to records anymore, she sold the phonograph and bought a new camera to use with her photography.

*Photography n. the use of light to record an image using a camera

Photographer n.

Phonograph n. record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound

Phonographs n., phonographic adj., phonographically adv.

Week of 9/22

Mit/Mis=Send

9/22: The teachers at school decided to dismiss all the bullies and only admit kids who were interested in getting an education.

*Admit v. to send someone in; to allow someone to enter

Admits v. admitted v. admitting v. admittable adj. admitter n.

Dismiss v. to send someone out; to let someone leave

Dismisses v. dismissed v. dismissing v. dissmissable adj.

9/23: The snack bar couldn’t help but emit the smell of popcorn during intermission at the play.

*Emit v. to send out or give off (such as an odor)

Emits v. emitted v. emitting v. emitter n.

Intermission n. a break between acts of a play or performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks

9/24: The spies went on a secret mission to find the deadly missile.

*Mission n. a special duty or function which a person or group is sent out to do

Missions n. missioned v. missioning v.

Missile n. a weapon designed to be sent in the direction of a target

Missiles n.

9/25: When he received the sweater he ordered online, he had to remit his payment but he decided to omit his phone number so the company would not be able to call him.

*Omit v. to leave out; to not send

Omits v. omitted v. omitting v. omitter n.

Remit v. to send back (usually related to paying bills)

Remits v. remitted v. remitting v. remitter n. remittable adj. remitment n.

9/26: If you want to keep your job, you must submit to your boss when she requests that you transmit the message for her, even if you don’t want to.

*Submit v. to send yourself under someone else’s control; to give in to someone else’s power

Submits v. submitted v. submitting v. submittable adj. submissible adj. submittal n. submitter n. submitter n. submittingly adv.

Transmit v. to send something across places; to pass along

Transmits v. transmitted v. transmitting v. transmittable adj. transmitter n.

Week of 9/15

Port-Carry

9/15: When they chose to deport the German people who were in the US illegally they had to export their belongings.

Deport v. to carry or send away from a country; to banish

Deports n., deported v., deporting v., deportable adj., deportee n., deporter n.,

Export v. to carry out of the country

Exports v., exported v., exporting v., exportable adj., exportabiliy n., exporter n.,

9/16: China has to import the portable radios they make in order to sell them to Americans.

Import v. to carry into the country

Imports v., imported v., importing v., importable adj., importability n., importer n.

Portable adj. capable of being easily carried

Portability n., portableness n., portably adv.

9/17: The porter who carried our luggage at the hotel gave us information about the portage where boats get people and supplies from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River.

Portage n. the route over which boats and supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another

Portages n., portaged v., portaging v.,

Porter n. an attendant who carries traveler’s luggage for them

Porters n.

9/18: I had to file my report on dolphins into my science portfolio.

Portfolio n. a case for carrying loose papers

Portfolios n.

Report n. a collection of writing that carries information to be shared again with someone new

Reports v., reported v., reporting v., reportable adj.

9/19: I wasn’t strong enough to support the weight of the heavy pallet of bricks so I had to get help to transport them from one place to the next.

Support v. to carry the weight of something

Supports v., supported v, supporting v., supportive adj., supporter n., supportingly adv.

Transport v. to carry something from one place to another

Transports v., transported v., transporting v., transporter n., transportable adj., transportability n., transportive adj.

Week of 9/8

Sect-Cut

9/8: We had to bisect our room so that each of us had our own section.

*Bisect v. to cut into two pieces

bisects v., bisected v., bisecting v., bisection n., bisectional adj., bisectionally adv.

Section n. a separate part of something

sections n., sectioned v., sectioning v.

9/9: She didn’t want to dissect the insect in science class.

*Dissect v. to cut apart for the purpose of investigation

dissects v., dissected v., dissecting v., dissectible adj., dissector n.

Insect n. a class of small arthropod animals that has three separate sections to their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen

insects n., insectival adj.,

9/10: We had to transect the intersection in order to get to the other side of the street.

*Intersection n. the point at which two lines or roads meet and cut across each other

intersections n., intersectional adj.

Transect v. to cut across something

transects v., transected v., transecting v., transection n.,

9/11: At the furniture store, we saw a sectional that we could trisect so that it would fit into our large living room perfectly.

Sectional n. a couch that is made up of separate pieces

Sectionals n.

*Trisect v. to cut into three separate pieces

Trisects v., trisected v., trisecting v., trisector n.,

9/12: The Science Corporation is divided so that there is a sector for each branch, each doing its own kind of vivisection on different types of animals.

*Sector n. a separate part of a society, group or area

Sectors n., sectoral adj., sectored v., sectoring v.

Vivisection n. surgery on living animals; medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues, or diseases

Vivisections n., vivisectional adj., vivisectionally adv., vivisectionist n.

Week of 9/2

Ject-Throw

9/2: I felt dejected when the captain chose to jettison my luggage from the plane.

Dejected adj. to feel sad; to feel thrown down in spirit dejectedly adv., dejectedness n.

Jettison v. to throw goods overboard to lighten the load on a boat or plane

jettisons v., jettisoned v., jettisoning v., jettisonable adj.

9/3: We used the projector to look at the trajectory of the projectile that was shot from the cannon which was hard to measure because I have never taken physics.

Projectile n. an object thrown into the air with great force

projectiles n.

Trajectory n. the curved path of an object thrown into space trajectories n., trajection n.

Projector n. a machine that throws an image onto a wall projectors n.

9/4:The doctor had to eject the needle after giving an injection to the sick patient so that his body would reject the illness.

Eject v. to throw out ejects v., ejected v., ejecting v., ejectable adj., ejection n.

Injection n. a shot; the “throwing” of medicine into the body by a needle

injections n.

Reject v. to throw something out because it’s defective and can’t be used again rejects n/v., rejecting v., rejected v., rejecter n., rejective adj., rejectable adj.

9/5: Please do not subject me to another interjection when I am trying to tell you something because it’s not polite to interrupt.

Interjection n. a word thrown into a sentence or conversation

Interjection n. a word thrown into a sentence or conversation interjections n., interjectional adj., interjectionally adv.

Subject v. to throw oneself under someone else’s rule subjects v./n., subjected v., subjecting v., subjectable adj., subjectability n., subjectedly adv., subjectedness n. subjectless adj.

Week of 8/25

Spec-Look

8/25: A spectator who is sitting in the nosebleed section may need spectacles to see the game better.

Spectacles n. glasses that help someone see better

Spectator n. a person who watches something, such as a sporting event spectators n., spectatorial adj.

8/26: Circumspect created the need for the buyers to inspect every little detail of the house before they finally decided to buy it because they didn’t want to buy a house with a lot of problems.

Circumspect adj. careful to look at all possibilities before acting; cautious; aware of consequences circumspectly (adj.), circumspectness (n.), circumspection (n.),

Inspect v. to look at carefully in search of flaws inspects (v.), inspected (v.), inspection (n.), inspective (adj.)

8/27: At Cholla, teachers will ask you to use introspection while you sit in ICI if you make a spectacle of yourself in the classroom.

Spectacle n. something displayed for the public to see spectacles n., spectacleless adj.

Spectacles n. glasses that help someone see better

Introspection n. the act of looking into one’s own thoughts and feelings introspect (v.), introspectional (adj.), introspective (adj.), introspectively (adj.), introspectiveness (n.)

8/28: In this class, you must respect one another, even when you have a perspective, which differs from another student.

Perspective n. one way of looking at things perspectives n., per⋅spec⋅tiv⋅al adj.,

perspectived adj., perspectiveless adj., perspectively adv.

Respect v. to look up to someone; to show honor respects v., respected v., respecting v., disrespect n., disrespecting v.

8/29: He is a retrospective person and thinks that he should have tried to speculate about his decision a little more before he spent all his money.

Retrospective adj. looking back at past things retrospective⋅y adv.

retrospectiveness n., retrospect n./v.

Speculate v. to look at and think about something from different points of view;come to a conclusion w/out firm evidence speculates (v.), speculated (v.), speculating (v.), speculator (n.), speculative (adj.)

Week of 8/18

Man-Hand

8/18: The police decided to give the guy a warning and emancipate him by removing his manacles.

Emancipate v. to set free; to lend a hand in freeing someone; to release from someone’s hands emancipated v., emancipating v., emancipates v., emancipation n., emancipator n., emancipative adj., emancipatory adj.,

Manacles n. handcuffs manacled v., manacling v.,

8/19: The manager of the restaurant decided to make a mandate for her employees to wear pink hats to work everyday.

Manager n. a person who has the upper hand; a person who is in charge of someone or something managers n., managed v., managing v., managerial adj.

Mandate n. an order or command placed in one’s hands mandates n., mandated v., mandating v., mandatory adj.

8/20: In order to maneuver a machine properly, it is best to read the manual first.

Maneuver v. to handily or skillfully go around something maneuvers v., maneuvering v., maneuvered v., maneuverability, maneuverable adj., maneuverer n.

Manual v. a book of directions manuals n., manually adj.,

8/21: You must be able to manipulate a small brush in order to give someone an adequate manicure.

Manipulate v. to skillfully operate by hand manipulates v., manipulated v., manipulating v., manipulative adj., manipulatable adj., manipulatively adj., manipulatory adj., manipulation n., manipulator n.

Manicure n. a treatment for the hands and nails manicures n., manicured v., manicuring v.

8/22: Before a writer can hope to get a publishing company to manufacture thousands of her books, she must first submit a manuscript, or original copy, to the editor.

Manufacture v. to make by hand or by machine; to change raw material into a new product manufactures v., manufacturer n., manufacturers, manufactured v., manufacturing v., manufacturable adj., manufactural adj.

Manuscript n. a handwritten or typed piece of writing, such as a book

manuscripts n., manuscript bvh,m al adj.

Week of August 11

Ped-Foot

8/12: I am a biped and my dog is a quadruped but we are both pedestrians when we go for walks.

Biped (n.) creature w/2 feet

bipedal (adj.), bipedally (adv.), bipeds (n.)

Quadruped (n.) creature w/4 feet

quadrupedal (adj.), quadrupedism (n.), quadrupeds (n.)

Pedestrian (n.) person who crosses the street on foot pedestrianism (n.), pedestrians (n.)

8/13: A centipede would not be able to pedal a bike very well because they have too many feet!

Centipede (n.) creature with 100 feet

centipedes (n.), centipedal

*Pedal (n.) a lever moved with one’s foot

pedaled (v.), pedaling (v.),

pedals (n.)

8/14: The tripod peddler didn’t sell many tripods because he had a sleep impediment that made him fall asleep at random times.

Tripod (n.) 3 footed stand often used to balance a camera

tripods (n.)

Peddler (n.) a person who goes door to door on foot trying to sell a product peddlers (n.)

Impediment (n.) something that stands in one’s way-an obstacle impedimental (adj.), impediments (n.), impedimentary (adj.)

8/15: I bet it would be very expensive for a millipede to get a pedicure because of all the extra feet.

Millipede (n.) creature with 1,000 feet

millipedes (n.)

Pedicure (n.) a foot treatment that could include soaking the feet and polishing the toenails

pedicures (n.), pedicurist (n.)