JPTaravella High School Word of the Day
Week of February 2-February 6
Greek Prefix: POLY- (many)
DATE
WORD
PART OF SPEECH
PRONUNCIATION
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
Monday
2/2/2015
polyarchy
noun
[PO lee ar kee]
Tuesday
2/3/2015
polychromatic
adjective
[po lee kro MA tik ]
having a variety of colors;
multicolored
The polychromatic effect was lost
when the building was later
restored using only white stone.
noun
[puh LI guh mee]
marriage to several people
at the same time
Polygamy is a statutory offense in
England and Wales.
Beginning of
5th period
Words from 12/1-1/30
Words from 12/1-1/30
[PO lee gon]
closed plane figure having,
literally, many angles and
therefore many sides
You can draw a closed polygon by
finishing at the point you started.
Wednesday
2/4/2015
Thursday
2/5/2015
PSD Day
Friday
2/6/2015
polygamy
WOD quiz
polygon
noun
rule by many; government America is not a polyarchy, for it
having three or more rulers has a single "ruler", the President.
JPTaravella High School Word of the Day
Week of February 9-February 13
Greek Prefix: MICRO (small, minute)
DATE
Monday
2/9/2015
Tuesday
2/10/2015
Wednesday
2/11/2015
WORD
microbe
microfilm
microscope
PART OF SPEECH
noun
noun
noun
PRONUNCIATION
[MI krob]
[MI kruh film]
[MI kruh skop]
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
microscopic life-form;
microorganism; germ
A new pneumonia treatment will
aim to boost the immune system in
order to fight off the microbe
causing the infection.
film of very small size
Documents can be recorded in a
minimum amount of space if
photographed on microfilm.
an instrument that uses a
lens to produce magnified
images of small objects,
especially objects too small
to be seen by the unaided
eye
I studied the strangely active
bacteria under my microscope.
Thursday
2/12/2015
microgram
noun
[MI kruh gram]
millionth of a gram
Friday
2/13/2015
microwave
noun
[MI kruh wav]
very short electromagnetic
wave
The mouth washings had removed
all but one microgram, a minute,
but nevertheless hazardous,
amount.
The defrost setting just pulses the
microwaves on and off to allow
time for these bursts of cooking to
even out.
JPTaravella High School Word of the Day
Week of February 16-February 20
Greek Derivative: BIO (life)
DATE
Monday
2/16/2015
Tuesday
2/17/2015
Wednesday
2/18/2015
Thursday
2/19/2015
Friday
2/20/2015
WORD
DAY OFF
antibiotic
biology
biopsy
symbiosis
PART OF SPEECH PRONUNCIATION
DAY OFF
noun
noun
noun
noun
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
DAY OFF
DAY OFF
DAY OFF
[an tee bi O tik]
Germ-killing substance
produced by or derived from
a microorganism
He asked a pharmacist for advice,
and an over-the-counter antibiotic
ointment cleared it up.
[bi O luh jee]
[BI op see]
[sim bee O suhs]
Science dealing with the
study of living organisms
Diagnostic examination of a
piece of tissue from the
living body
The relationship between
two different kinds of living
things that live together and
depend on each other
She fainted while dissecting a frog
in biology class.
After doing a biopsy through a
small incision in her leg, her
doctors checked the tissue sample
for cancerous cells.
The clown fish and the sea
anemone live in symbiosis.
JPTaravella High School Word of the Day
Week of February 23-February 27
Greek prefix: HYPER (over, above, beyond the ordinary)
DATE
Monday
2/23/2015
WORD
hypersensitive
PART OF SPEECH
adjective
PRONUNCIATION
[hi per SEN suh tiv]
DEFINITION
SENTENCE
excessively sensitive;
supersensitive
The more that the members of a
cast have devoted themselves to
perfecting their roles, the likelier
they are to be hypersensitive
about criticism of their
performances.
Tuesday
2/24/2015
The novel’s review was
hypercritical; it exaggerated minor
faults and gave no credit at all for
the author’s style and humor.
hypercritical
adjective
[hi per KRI ti kuhl]
overcritical
Wednesday
2/25/2015
hyperacidity
noun
[hi per uh SI duh tee]
excessive acidity
Causing hyperacidity, too much
lemon juice spoils lemonade.
Thursday
2/26/2015
hyperbole
noun
[hi PER buh lee]
extravagant exaggeration
of statement
“I’ve told you a million times to
buckle up!” is an example of
hyperbole.
Friday
2/26/2015
hyperactive
adjective
[hi per AK tiv]
overactive
Billy is a hyperactive youngster; he
won’t sit still for a minute.