Daily Language Practice Grade 10 Week 11 1
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Daily Language Practice Grade 10 – Week 11 1. In 1869, the Navajo population is less then 10, 000, in the 1990 census, the population was well over 200, 000.
Vocabulary Week 11 poignant – (adj. ) moving; painful to the feelings inundate – (v. ) to flood fruitless – (adj. ) useless garbled – (adj. ) confused; mixed up sanguine – (adj. ) optimistic Idiom: to feather one’s nest – grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances
Daily Language Practice Grade 10 – Week 11 2. 2/3 of all adult Americans wears corrective lenses. Because of nearsightedness farsightedness or astigmatism.
Vocabulary Week 11 phlegmatic – (adj. ) calm; hard to rouse to action corroborate – (v. ) confirm, support comprehensive – (adj. ) thorough zealous – (adj. ) enthusiastic coerce – (v. ) to force Idiom: fair-weather friends – unreliable friends who fail one in times of distress
Daily Language Practice Grade 10 – Week 11 3. One of the most daring performers of all time were a French performer named Blondin, who crossed niagara falls on a tightrope.
Vocabulary Week 11 elapse – (v. ) to slip by meticulous – (adj. ) careful domicile – (n. ) home lax – (adj. ) careless, negligent sporadic – (adj. ) occasional Idiom: to sow one’s wild oats – to lead a wild, carefree life
Daily Language Practice Grade 10 – Week 11 4. The mother language of queen Victoria who set on the throne of England for 64 years is German.
Vocabulary Week 11 rash – (adj. ) to hasty, reckless conjecture – (v. ) guess obviate – (v). do away with; eliminate lurid – (adj. ) sensational quip – (v. ) joke Idiom: windfall – unexpected financial gain
Daily Language Practice Grade 10 – Week 11 5. The longest mountain range on earth lays under the ocean and is called the Dolphin Rise and it extend from the Arctic to the Antarctic with peaks so high they sometimes rose above the ocean’s surface.
