Day 1: Flocabulary— “Transformation”
• Glue or tape a copy of the lyrics into your notebook.
• Listen and follow along and circle the words you
think may be new vocabulary.
• Double-check your list with the following list.
Add/highlight the words you need to know.
“Transformation” Vocabulary Words
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Myopic
Ratiocinate
Render
Recapitulate
Loquacious
Verbose
Gregarious
Elocution
Circumlocution
Cogent
Seminal
Meritorious
Redact
Placate
Tedious
Tome
17. Peruse
18. Entomology
19. Ostracize
20. Pariah
21. Persevere
22. Latent
23. Burgeon
24. Diligent
25. Paragon
26. Commodious
27. Clairvoyant
28. Cosmopolitan
29. Vast
30. Voluminous
31. Recalcitrant
32. Exorbitant
33. Extravagant
34. Colossus
35. Synopsis
36. Cadence
37. Cavort
38. Boisterous
39. Daft
40. Deft
Day 2: Understand the song
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What was that song about?
From whose perspective was it told?
Were there any lines that you especially liked?
What characters were mentioned in the song?
What is the timeframe for the song? When did that
action take place?
6. What new information about this event/time period
did you gain from the song?
Day 3: Listen again
• Get out your lyrics
• Listen to the song again, making notes/reminders as
you follow along
• Begin making definition list/flashcards
• Flashcards/definitions are due tomorrow– Yes, you
can download them online at www.flocabulary.com
Day 4: Show the Flo-cab
• Get out your
definitions/flashcards
• Match the synonyms
below; do not simply
write letters and
numbers. USE THE
VOCABULARY WORDS
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Placate
Ratiocinate
Tedious
Tome
Recalcitrant
Redact
Burgeon
Synopsis
Deft
Cavort
A. defiant
B. appease
C. adept
D. prance
E. book
F. think
G. summary
H. blossom
I. boring
J. revise
Day 5: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
There was a talkative girl in my English class who called
herself “Chatty Cathy”; she was easily the most ____
girl in school and proud of it.
(A) myopic (B) latent
(C) elocution
(D) cogent
(E) loquacious
Day 6: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
My lawyer encouraged me to carefully ___ the cell
phone contract before signing.
(A) diligent
(B) redact
(C) peruse
(D) seminal
(E) voluminous
Day 7: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
After reading Franz Kafka’s “Metamorphosis” in which
the protagonist morphs into a cockroach, I became a
fanatical student of _____.
(A) elocution
(B) circumlocution (C) pariahs
(D) paragons
(E) entomology
Day 8: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
Always calm under pressure, Pharell won the debate
based on his ____ arguments and perfectly structured
rebuttals.
(A) commodious
(B) cadence
(C) cogent
(D) boisterous
(E) ostracize
Day 9: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses
beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up
any words you do not know.
The four years spent camping on the polar ice cap
became worthwhile when Dr. Schnoo was awarded a
Nobel Prize for completing ____ research on penguin
bathing habits.
(A) latent (B) meritorious
(C) cogent (D) tedious
(E) seminal
Day 10: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, and Bill Clinton are
known as commanding presidents and master ____,
often mesmerizing audiences with the spoken word.
(A) tomes (B) elocutionists (C) entomologists
(D) paragons (E) cadences
Day 11: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
Sometimes used-car salesmen have a way of speaking in
____; I wish they’d just tell it like it is!
(A) circumlocutions
(B) synopsis
(C) colossus
(D) pariahs
(E) elocution
Day 12: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
Maria loved being a teacher for those moments when
she discovered a(n) ___ talent in one of her most
timid students.
(A) latent (B) diligent (C) clairvoyant
(D) cosmopolitan
(E) extravagent
Day 13: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in
parentheses beside it. Circle/highlight the correct
answer. Look up any words you do not know.
The Bentley is the ____ of luxury vehicles, and a staple
for Hollywood’s elite.
(A) placate (B) tome
(C) paragon (D) pariah
(E) cadence
Day 14: Sentence Completion
Copy the sentence into your notebook. At each answer
choice, write the definition or synonym in parentheses
beside it. Circle/highlight the correct answer. Look up
any words you do not know.
Just because Tessa predicted that J. Lo and Ben Affleck
would break up doesn’t make her _____; that was a
pretty predictable outcome!
(A) daft
(B) clairvoyant
(C) deft (D) exorbitant
(E) boisterous
Don’t forget: the test is tomorrow INCLUDING SPELLING!
You’ll also turn in your vocabulary notebooks.