DAILY VOCAB WORDS YOUR HOWTO GUIDE WHY Daily

DAILY VOCAB. WORDS YOUR HOW-TO GUIDE

WHY? • Daily exposure to a new vocabulary word will increase your word bank, which in turn makes you a better reader, writer, and overall student • Increased vocabulary helps with – FSA – ACT ( college) – SAT( college) – AP ( college) • One a day is enough to let you absorb the word and use it in a daily assignment – “Every time you grasp a new word, you end up with more than just a new tool: you understand the ones you already know better” (Litemind. com) • YOU WILL USE THESE WORDS IN 10 TH, 11 TH, AND 12 TH GRADES

WHAT WE DO: 1. Every day – new word(s) on board 2. Each week- 4 new words, quiz on Friday 1. Each quiz is an accumulation of all new words (4, 8, 12, etc. ) 2. THIS MIGHT CHANGE! I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED! 3. You must use i. Pad to look up information 1. You must use http: //www. merriam-webster. com – no exceptions 4. You must follow exact format or you won’t receive credit

WHAT WE DO: (CONT. ) • You must alphabetized them in your toolbox • Toolbox must stay in the classroom • You may take out the notecards and bring them back • Random notecard check- be prepared and no slacking!

FORMAT FRONT OF CARD # from list Write the vocab. word here in large print

FORMAT FRONT OF CARD- EXAMPLE 1 Aberration

FORMAT BACK OF CARD 1. Definition (use definition at the top of the page, right under the term) 2. Part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc. ) 3. Variations (any other way to write the word AND the parts of speech) 4. Synonyms (minimum 3) 5. Antonyms (minimum 3) 6. Use word in a sentence

FORMAT BACK OF CARD- EXAMPLE 1. Something (such as a problem or type of behavior) that is unusual or unexpected 2. Noun 3. Aberrational (adj. ) 4. Insanity, derangement, instability 5. Rationality, reasonability, calm 6. For her, such a low grade on an exam was an aberration.

VOCABULARY WORDS 1 -100

ABERRATION 1. Something (such as a problem or type of behavior) that is unusual or unexpected 2. Noun 3. Aberrational (adj. ) 4. Insanity, derangement, instability 5. Rationality, reasonability, calm 6. For her, such a low grade on an exam was an aberration.

ABBREVIATE 1. To make (something) shorter; especially : to reduce (a word or name) to a shorter form 2. Verb 3. Abbreviated (v), abbreviating (v), abbreviator (n) 4. Shorten, curtail, abridge 5. Elongate, extend, maximize 6. You can abbreviate the word “building” as “bldg. ”

ABSTINENCE 1. The practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable 2. Noun 3. Abstinent (adj. ), abstinently (adv. ) 4. Self-denial, sobriety, temperance 5. Gluttony, greed, voracity 6. My parents ask for abstinence of cursing because it makes me look bad.

ADUMBRATE 1. To foreshadow vaguely; to suggest, disclose, or outline partially 2. Verb 3. Adumbrated (v), adumbrating (v), adumbration (n), adumbrative (adj. ), adumbratively (adv. ) 4. Foreshadow, harbinger, foresee 5. Descriptive, full disclosure, detailed 6. The strife in Bloody Kansas in the 1850 s adumbrated a civil war that would follow.

ADVERSITY 1. A difficult situation or condition : misfortune or tragedy 2. Noun 3. Adversities (pl. n. ), adverse (adj. ) 4. Misfortune, mischance, tribulation 5. Fortune, luck, serendipity 6. He showed courage in the face of adversity.

AESTHETIC 1. Of or relating to art or beauty 2. Adjective 3. Aesthetically (adv. ) 4. Beautiful, well-favored, attractive 5. Grotesque, homely, unpleasing 6. There are practical as well as aesthetic reasons for planting trees.

AMICABLE 1. Showing a polite and friendly desire to avoid disagreement and argument 2. Adjective 3. Amicability (noun), amicableness (noun), amicably (adv. ) 4. Agreeable, congenial, kindred 5. Antagonistic, contentious, quarrelsome 6. The contract negotiations between the hotel workers and management were reasonably amicable.

ANACHRONISTIC 1. Something (such as a word, an object, or an event) that is mistakenly placed in a time where it does not belong in a story, movie, etc. ; a person or a thing that seems to belong to the past and not to fit in the present 2. Adjective 3. Anachronism (n. ), anachronistically (adv. ), anachronous (adj. ), anachronously (adv. ) 4. Incongruous, old fashioned, ill-fitting 5. Placed, time-fitting, era 6. He's an old-fashioned politician who is seen by many of his colleagues

ANECDOTE 1. A short story about an interesting or funny/sad event or occurrence 2. Noun 3. Anecdotes (n) 4. Story, Tale, Incident 5. Data, Facts 6. Any competent science reporter knows anecdotes are not data and that one dramatic story proves nothing.

ANONYMOUS 1. Made or done by someone unknown; not distinct or noticeable; lacking interesting or unusual characteristics 2. Adjective 3. Anonymously (adv. ), Anonymousness (n) 4. Unidentified, unnamed, unspecified 5. Termed, claimed, specified 6. His was just another anonymous face in the crowd.

ANTAGONIST 1. A person who opposes another person 2. Noun 3. Antagonists (pl. n. ) 4. Adversary, Enemy, Hostile 5. Comrade, Friend, Amigo 6. They are interested in character first, and in Don, a foulmouthed psychopath with a hair-trigger temper and buried longings for Gal's wife, they have created a truly

ARID 1. Lacking in interest and life; Very dry : having very little rain or water 2. Adjective 3. Aridity (n), aridness (n) 4. Drab, drudging, monotonous 5. Engaging, engrossing, gripping 6. She looked at her math textbook and though, “Man, this is a dull and arid textbook. ”

ASSIDUOUS 1. Showing great care, attention, and effort 2. Adjective 3. Assiduously (adv. ), assiduousness (n) 4. Diligent, laborious, detail-oriented 5. Idle, unoccupied, flighty 6. They were assiduous in their search for all the latest facts and figures. The project required some assiduous planning.

ASYLUM 1. Protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed; a hospital where people who are mentally ill are cared for 2. Noun 3. Asylums (pl. n. ) 4. Sanctuary, shelter, refuge 5. Exposed, released, abandoned 6. She was granted asylum after it was made clear that she would be killed if she returned to her native country.

BENEVOLENT 1. Kind and generous 2. Adjective 3. Benevolently (adv. ), benevolentness (n) 4. Compassionate, philanthropic, humane 5. Barbaric, insensate, fiendish 6. He belonged to several benevolent societies and charitable organizations. 1. Raven apologized benevolently after she threw paper at my head.

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