EDL #4
VOCABUL ARY
D A I LY B E L LW O R K
MONDAY, FEBRUARY
• No school
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
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• 1. adjacent – adj.- having a common boundary or edge;
touching
• 2. ardent – adj.- full of strong feeling or devotion
• 3. sparse – adj.- scant; thinly spread
• 4. foretell - verb- to predict; to tell beforehand
• 5. exquisite – adj.- of extreme beauty; of the highest quality
• 6. fidget – verb- to move from restlessness or nervousness
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
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• 7. evasive – adj.- giving an unclear answer or behaving in a sneaky
way
• 8. oppress – verb- to keep down unjustly or cruelly
• 9. deluge – noun- a heavy rain. A downpour; a great flood
• 10. census – noun- a government count of the population of a
country
• 11. indefinite pronoun- does not refer to a specific person, place,
thing, or idea and has no antecedent. Example: Many are eager to
prove they have what it takes!
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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• Write out the sets of synonyms and match with the
corresponding vocabulary word.
• 1. sneaky, cagey, elusive: ______________________
• 2. flood, downpour, torrent: __________________
• 3. zealous, devoted, passionate: ____________________
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
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• Write out the sentences, identifying the vocabulary words by
circling them and underlining the indefinite pronouns.
• 1. Many math classes learn about adjacent angles in their
curriculum.
• 2. Some may look at the sparse tree limbs outside to remind
themselves that it is winter.
• 3. Both of the fortune tellers knew their predictions would foretell
disaster.
EXTRA PRACTICE
• Use the following words in original sentences:
• 1. Exquisite
• 2. Oppress
• 3. Census