Word of the Day
• MALIGN
• Definition – (adj) spoken ill of
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Grammar of the Week
Every sentence must have a subject and a
predicate.
Subject is what is doing the action.
Predicate is the action of the sentence.
Our football team is working hard to win this
Friday.
Word of the Day
• APATHY
• Definition – (n) Lack of interest or emotion
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Word of the Day
• OPPRESSIVE
• Definition – (adj) causing great discomfort;
distressing
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Word of the Day
• Commemorates
• Definition – (v) Honors a memory
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Word of the Day
• Tentative
• Definition – (adj) hesitant; not confident
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Grammar of the Week …. QUIZ
Joanne asked if anybody in her group
understood the poem about “Senora X.”
Daniel replied that it was all about being
proud to learn something new. Mrs. Jones,
their English teacher, was impressed with
Daniel’s insight with the poem.
Word of the Day
• Encroaching
• Definition – (v) intruding on, especially in a
gradual way
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Grammar of the Week
• Prepositions
• A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in
a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is
called the object of the preposition.
• A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical
relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the
following examples:
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The book is on the table.
The book is beneath the table.
The book is leaning against the table.
The book is beside the table.
She held the book over the table.
She read the book during class.
Word of the Day
• Perpetually
• Definition – (adv) Continuing forever;
constantly
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Grammar of the Week
Prepositions
Prepositions showing place and directions
*Use each of the following prepositions in a
sentence*
Above
Around
Across
Behind
After
Below
Against
Beside
Along
Between
Among
Word of the Day
• Extricating
• Definition – (v) setting free; removing from a
difficult situation
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Grammar of the Week
Prepositions
Prepositions showing place and directions
*Use each of the following prepositions in a
sentence*
By
Into
Close to
Near
Down
Next to
From
Off
In front of
Onto
Inside
Vocabulary Quiz
Grammar of the Week
Prepositions
Prepositions showing place and directions
*Use each of the following prepositions in a sentence*
Opposite
Out of
Outside
Over
Past
Round
Through
To
Towards
Under
Up
Word of the Day
REVELING
Definition - (v.) taking great pleasure or delight
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Grammar of the Week
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Word of the Day
DEEM
Definition - (v) To believe; to Love
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 31 - Exercise 1
Word of the Day
ASSERTION
Definition - (n) a positive statement or
declaration, often without support or reason
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 31 - Exercise 2
Word of the Day
MANDATE
Definition - (n) an authoritative order or
command
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Word of the Day
CONVOLUTED
Definition – (adj.) twisted in a complicated way
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Word of the Day
ACCOMMODATE
Definition - (v) to make fit, adjust to
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Grammar of the Week
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Word of the Day
MYRIAD
Definition - (n) countless number
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 32 – Exercise 1
Word of the Day
INHERENT
Definition - (adj) Inborn ability
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 32 – exercise 2
Word of the Day
VENEER
Definition - (n) thin covering
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Word of the Day
INCUMBENCY
Definition - (n) a duty or obligation
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Grammar of the Week
• When a sentence begins with a preposition, you
must add a comma at the end of the
prepositional phrase.
• Example: After my doctor’s appointment, I felt
much better.
• Without a college degree people have a hard
time earning enough money.
• Now write one of your own.
Vocabulary Quiz
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Deem
Assertion
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Myriad
Inherent
Veneer
Incumbency
Word of the Day
MEAGER
• Definition – (adj) deficient in amount, quality,
or extent
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Grammar of the Week
Subject / Verb agreement
S/V agreement deals with making sure if one is
written in plural form the other is in singular
form.
Example:
She and her friends are at the fair.
The book or the pen is in the drawer.
Word of the Day
CONDONE
Definition – (v) to pardon or forgive (an offense);
excuse.
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Grammar of the Week
Correct the sentences below. Make sure the
subject and verb agree.
The television episode are to inform us about
the dangers in our diet.
The athletes has to run because they was loud
on the bus.
The cell phone rule are hard to enforce, because
students is way too attached to their phones.
Word of the Day
Proliferate
Definition – (v) to increase in number or spread
rapidly and often excessively
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 133 – exercise 1
Word of the Day
SCRUPULOUS
Definition – (adj) very careful or precise
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 133 – exercise 2
Word of the Day
UNCOUTH
Definition – (adj) awkward, clumsy, or
unmannerly
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 134 – exercise 3 and 4
– WE WILL GRADE!!!
Word of the Day
WRITHE
Definition – (v) to twist the body about, or
squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
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Word of the Day
ZEPHYR
Definition – (n) a gentle, mild breeze
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Word of the Day
ADJUDICATE
Definition – (v) to settle or determine (an issue
or dispute) judicially
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Word of the Day
LITHE
Definition – (adj) bending readily; limber;
flexible
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Word of the Day
REVERE
Definition – (v) to regard with respect
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Vocabulary Quiz
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Condone
Proliferate
Scrupulous
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Zephyr
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Word of the Day
Foliage
• Definition – (n) the representation of leaves,
flowers, and branches in painting
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Word of the Day
• CLANDESTINE
• Definition: (adj) - secret and concealed, often
for illicit reasons
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Grammar of the Week
Appositives
Appositives rename the noun. Appositives help
define who or what the noun is.
Appositives are always placed inside commas.
Example: Mrs. Hobson, my English teacher, is
teaching grammar.
Word of the Day
• INCLEMENT
• Adj. severe in temper or action; unmerciful
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 59 – exercise 1
Word of the Day
• COGNIZANT
• Definition: adj. Aware; having knowledge
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 59 – exercise 2
Word of the Day
• PETTY
• Definition: adj. - of lesser or secondary
importance, minor
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Word of the Day
• ABASH
• Definition: (v) to cause embarrassment or
make someone feel ashamed
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 60 – exercise 1
Word of the Day
PLAUSIBLE
• Definition – (adj.) worthy of approval or
acceptance; credible; believable
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 60 – exercise 2
– WE WILL GRADE!!
Word of the Day
TORRID
• Definition – (adj.) oppressively hot or burning
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Grammar of the Week
• Page 60 – Writing Application
Word of the Day
Welter
• Definition – (v) to roll or toss
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Word of the Day
AFFRONT
• Definition – (n) a personally offensive act or
word; deliberate act or display of disrespect
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Vocabulary Quiz
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Clandestine
Inclement
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Plausible
Torrid
Welter
Affront
Word of the Day
• DEPRAVITY
• Definition – (n) the state or an instance of
moral corruption
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Word of the Day
PRAGMATIC
• Definition – (adj) involving everyday or
practical business
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Word of the Day
AMBIVALENCE
Definition – (n) the simultaneous existence of two
opposed and conflicting attitudes, emotions
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Word of the Day
GULLIBLE
• Definition – (adj) easily deceived; cheated
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Word of the Day
PIQUE
• Definition – (v) to provoke an action; to
motivate
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Grammar of the Week
• Comparisons
• Page 145 – exercise 1
Word of the Day
• Disquisition
• Definition-(n) a formal inquiry into or
discussion of a subject
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Grammar of the Week
• Comparisons
• Page 146 – exercise 1
Word of the Day
REQUISITION
• Definition – (n) an authoritative or formal
written demand for something to be done,
given, supplied, etc.
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Word of the Day
VOCIFEROUS
• Definition – (adj) crying out noisily; clamorous
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Word of the Day
DECOROUS
• Definition – (adj) characterized by dignified
propriety in conduct, manners, appearance,
character, etc.
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Word of the Day
CODDLE
• Definition – (v) to treat tenderly; nurse or tend
indulgently; pamper
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Vocabulary Quiz
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Pragmatic
Ambivalence
Gullible
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Requisition
Vociferous
Decorous
Coddle
Word of the Day
LUCID
• Definition – (adj) Easily Understood; Clear
Information
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Word of the Day
ENTOURAGE
• Definition – (n) a group of attendants or
associates, as of a person of rank or
importance
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Word of the Day
AMBIGUITY
Definition – (n) The multiple meanings, either
intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase,
sentence, or passage
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Word of the Day
EUPHEMISM
Definition – (n) less offensive substitute for a
generally unpleasant word or concept
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Word of the Day
SUBTLE
• Definition – (adj) not immediately obvious
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Word of the Day
CANDID
• Definition – (adj) Sincere; Free from
reservation; not posed
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Word of the Day
ESCAPADE
• Definition – (n) a reckless adventure or wild
prank.
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Word of the Day
METHODICALLY
• Definition – (adv) orderly or acting in a
systematic way
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Word of the Day
CRYPTIC
• Definition – (adj) mysterious in meaning;
puzzling
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Word of the Day
OSTENTATIOUS
• Definition – (adj) characterized by actions or
manner intended to attract notice
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Vocabulary Quiz
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Word of the Day
AVANT GARDE
Definition – (n) the advance group in any field
whose works are characterized by experimental
methods.
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Word of the Day
• Denotation
• Definition – (n) the dictionary definition of a
word; the literal or cognitive meaning
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Word of the Day
Connotation
Definition - the emotions or set of associations
attached to a word that is implied rather than
literal (e.g., feeling blue)
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