Language Arts Master List Week 1
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perspective
neutral
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naive
perceive
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preferable
Due Thursday: Define each word and use in a sentence
Due Friday: Write each word five times, Signed practice test (by an adult)
Vocabulary
1. Saga: heroic story
Open your hands like you are reading a
book.
2. Belated: late, delay
Point to your wrist
3. Decrepit: broken down, worn out
Bend over with your hand on your back.
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T-Chart due on Thursday
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4. Imperturbable: calm, steady, serene
Yoga hands
5. Vacillate: hesitate, fluctuate
Make a see-saw motion with your
hands
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act
act, do
actual, action
ami
like, love
amiable
ced
go
intercede
cept
take, hold
intercept, concept
T- Chart due on Friday
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Language Arts Master List Week 2
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unnecessary
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compassionate
cancellation
commemorate
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dilemma
appropriate
Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Write each word five times.
Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Friday: Signed practice test
Vocabulary
1. Staunch: Strong, loyal, firm
flex salute hand over heart
2. Opprobrium Scorn, insult
“You’re such a marshmallow brain.”
3. Machiavellian: to use corrupt and
dishonest principles to achieve political
power
Nixon signs “I am not a crook”
T-Chart due on Wednesday
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English Meaning
4. Unconscionable : Without conscience,
unreasonable
“Talk to the hand!”
5. Pandemonium Disorder, uproar
Wave arms and “Ahhhhh!”
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cid
kill, cut
Genocide, homicide
clud
shut, close
Conclude, occlude
cred
believe
Credible, credential
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dict
run
tell
Cursive, current
Dictate, contradict
T- Chart due on Thursday
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Language Arts Master List Week 3
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amendment
noticeable
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Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Write each word five times.
Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Friday: Signed practice test
Vocabulary
1. Flay:- strip off the skin, scold harshly
Scolding, shake finger (Ow! Ow! Ow!)
2. Demeanor- conduct, bearing
Attentive listening “I appreciate your good
demeanor”
3. Delineation- sketch, description in words
Write in the air. “Line, line, sketch!”
T-Chart due on Wednesday
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Vindicate- absolve, justify
Hands out, “just let me explain…”
Heinous- hatefully evil
“evil laugh
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duct
lead
induct, conduct
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gress
make, do
bear, carry
flex, bend
step, go forward
factory, manufacture
ferry, transfer
reflect, inflection
progress, egress
T- Chart due on Thursday
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Language Arts Master List Week 4
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amendment
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Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Write each word five times.
Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Friday: Signed practice test
Vocabulary
1. turpitude- wickedness, vileness
(horns on head with index fingers)
2. infraction- violation, to break the
law (driving a car recklessly)
3. callous- unfeeling, insensitive
(Fold arms and turn your back)
T-Chart due on Wednesday
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English Meaning
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redress- to remedy, to make
right
(“I am so so so sorry.” with a sad
face)
5. vituperation- severe criticism,
blame
(point @ neighbor “It’s all your
fault!”)
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here
stick, adhere
adhere, inherent
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throw
eject, inject
junct
join
conjuncture, junction
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talk, speak
legal, legislative
elocution, eloquent
T- Chart due on Thursday
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Language Arts Master List Week 5
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wives
giraffes
tariffs
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crises
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criteria
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wharves
ghettos
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vetoes
embargoes
sisters-in-law
diagnoses
stimuli
phenomena
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Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Write each word five times.
Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Friday: Signed practice test
Vocabulary
1. rhetoric: the art of speaking
with elegance and force
Bow or curtsy and then make a muscle
2. clique: a small, exclusive group
Get in a small group and huddle “oh yeah,
we’re cool”
T-Chart due on Wednesday
3. extol: to praise, to glorify
Bow and worship
4. mentor: a teacher or advisor
Point to the teacher
5. elucidate: to explain, to clarify
Say “clarify” with extreme enunciationCuh-lar-i-fy
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mit
send
transmit, submit
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move
moveable, moving
ped
foot
centipede, pedestrian
pel
drive
impel, propel
pend
hang
pending, pendulum
T- Chart due on Thursday
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Language Arts Master List Week 6
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faulty
parliament
aviator
federal
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bachelor
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bankruptcy
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perseverance
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battery
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Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Write each word five times.
Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Friday: Signed practice test
Vocabulary
1. cant: insincere or meaningless talk
Wha-wha-wha-whaaa (Charlie Brown)
2. umbrage: offense, resentment
Fold arms and give a hmph sound
3. magnanimous: generous, honorable
Japanese bow
4. vilify: to defame, to slander
“He did it!!!”
5. facile: easily accomplished or attained
“Easy Peasy Lemmon Squeezie”
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T-Chart due on Wednesday
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English Meaning
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agere
act
agent, agency, agenda
amphi, ambi
round, both sides
ante
before
amphitheater, amphibian,
ambidextrous,
antedate, anteroom, anterior
anthro
man
anthropology, anthropomorphic
anti
against
antipathy, antitank, anticlimax
T- Chart due on Thursday
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Language Arts Master List Week 7
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consequences
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distribute
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Tuesday: Definitions
Wednesday: Write each word five times.
Thursday: Use each word in a sentence.
Friday: Signed practice test
Vocabulary
1. vapid – uninteresting, dull
(“Buehler? Buehler?”)
2. unwieldy – bulky, difficult to handle
(pretend to have a hard time holding a HUGE
package)
3. proximity – nearness
(hold up a hand “Excuse me, you are in my bubble”)
4. lassitude – weakness, weariness
(rag doll slump then a hand on a forehead)
5. vitiate – corrupt, destroy the value
(“Vandalism sucks!” Thumbs down)
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T-Chart due on Wednesday
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aqua
water
aquarium, aqueous
archaios
ancient
archeology, archetype, archaic,
archos
leader, first, chief
monarchy, anarchy, archetype, architect
audio
hear
audiophile, auditory
auto
self
automatic, automaton, auto-immune
T- Chart due on Thursday
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Language Arts Master List Week 8
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transfer
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referral
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inference
destructive
obstruction
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consensus
sensitize
Tuesday: Definitions Use each word in a sentence.
Wednesday: Write each word five times. Signed practice test.
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Vocabulary
1. augment: enlarge, increase
Arms open as if holding a growing balloon
2. fatuous: foolish, silly
Crazy finger around your ear with a goofy
laugh
3. contort: twist violently
Twist your body around like a pretzel
T-Chart due on Tuesday!!!!!
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4. repertoire: works that an artist is
ready to perform.
“ Twinkle twinkle little star” (singing)
5. imperceptible: extremely slight or
gradual, subtle
Slowly lean one direction and back
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English Meaning
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constitutus
stand
constitution, statute
corpus
body
corpse, corporeal punishment,
cracy
rule
democracy, theocrat,
demos
people
democracy, demographic
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two, double
divorce, divide, disect
T- Chart due on Wednesday!!!!
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