Red Senior Lab Day--Vocab and Journal #3
1. Choose any ten (10) vocabulary words from the list below and write sentences using them correctly in context and giving clues to their meanings.Post your sentences here at Schoolsville before the end of class today, Sept. 23.
You MAY work with a partner, in which case you should identify yourselves with both your initials in your post.
I hope to make up your vocabulary test (on Tuesday Sept. 28) from your class's sentences.
Here's the list:
Antebellum—before the war
Antithesis--opposition; contrast: the antithesis of right and wrong.
Autocratic—rule by a single person, dictatorship
Benefactor--a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
Asynchronous--not occurring at the same time.
Circumlocution—talking in circles; roundabout speaking
Convene--to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose.
Counteract—to act in opposition to
Credo—any creed or formula of belief
Verdict—the outcome of a trial, the “true words”
Dissuade--to deter by advice or persuasion
Equidistant---same in distance
Extract –to get, pull, or draw out, esp. with effort or skill
Fluctuate—to change continually; to flow back and forth
Hyperbolic—in an exaggerated manner
Innocuous—not harmful
Intermittent stopping or ceasing for a time; alternately ceasing and beginning again
Malady--illness
Neophyte--beginner
Omnivorous—something that eats all types of food
Multifaceted having many aspects or phases
Permeate—to spread throughout
Sanctimonious—holier than thou
Retrospect—(n) contemplation of the past; (v) to look back in thought
Divert—to change the direction of; turn aside from a path or course
WHEN YOU FINISH POSTING YOUR VOCABULARY WORDS ...
2. Look over the notes on An Old Fashioned Story that I've left for you on Studywiz
3. Read over and begin to complete the next blog/journal assignment #3.
It should be posted before Tuesday, September 28.
posted by JTF @ 9:31 AM
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14 Comments:
1. The President’s usage of emergency powers during peace led many critics to call him autocratic.
2. The student’s reasons for saying that she had a million and one things to do were purely hyperbolic.
3. The mother tried to vainly dissuade her son from making a horrible decision.
4. The CEO was illegally trying to divert funds from his company’s profits to his bank account.
5. The priest’s sanctimonious tone angered the poor man.
6. The retired senator, wise and full of years, remembered his beginnings as a lowly neophyte bureaucrat.
7. The poison, although powerful and fast working, was efficiently extracted by the skilled doctor.
8. The benefactor was unusually generous with his money.
9. The stock market constantly fluctuates in ups and downs.
10. The young girl, struck by a vicious malady, was so ill she could not sleep.
1.) In the antebellum of the war the troops went over their plan of attack.
2.) Most countries are not autocratic because a single person or family does not rule them.
3.) People on the bleacher fund wall are benefactors to Saint Mark's High School because they donated money.
4.) The teacher was diverted from the lecture because two people started talking.
5.) Dover is equidistant from Bethany Beach and Wilmington.
6.) Her mood fluctuates depending on the people she is with and the situations that she is in.
7.) The trend of silly bands permeated throughout the country in a matter of weeks.
8.) The team convened at the gym before the game.
9.) He is omnivorous because he can eat anything from a cauliflower to a rib-eye steak.
10.) Although the pit bull looked mean, it is actually innocuous.
The children became disgusted when the smell of the onions permeated the room.
The boy tried to divert the plans of going to the homecoming so he would not have to dance.
When entering the courthouse, the defendant had no clue the verdict would be so unjust.
My sister tried to dissuade me from wearing my new coat so that she would be able to wear it instead.
Jill counteracted the spell put on Meghan from the evil witch.
The girl convened a special scheme to make boys fall in love.
Strocko changed the schedule so events were not asynchronous.
The nose is equidistant from both of your arms.
The old grandmother was on life support from a sever malady in her brain.
People highly follow the words of their religion’s credo in order to profess their faith.
The organization was helped greatly by generous benefactors.
It seems that her mood fluctuates with any given day.
The small cut was nothing in retrospect to the car accident that he had gotten into.
The Priest’s sanctimonious homily left me feeling enlightened.
The mom had to extract the splinter from her daughter’s finger.
The children became disgusted when the smell of the onions permeated the room.
The boy tried to divert the plans of going to the homecoming so he would not have to dance.
When entering the courthouse, the defendant had no clue the verdict would be so unjust.
My sister tried to dissuade me from wearing my new coat so that she would be able to wear it instead.
Jill counteracted the spell put on Meghan from the evil witch.
The girl convened a special scheme to make boys fall in love.
Strocko changed the schedule so events were not asynchronous.
The nose is equidistant from both of your arms.
The old grandmother was on life support from a sever malady in her brain.
People highly follow the words of their religion’s credo in order to profess their faith.
The organization was helped greatly by generous benefactors.
It seems that her mood fluctuates with any given day.
The small cut was nothing in retrospect to the car accident that he had gotten into.
The Priest’s sanctimonious homily left me feeling enlightened.
The mom had to extract the splinter from her daughter’s finger.
1. Augusten was suffering from an atrocious malady for months.
2.His lecture was difficult to follow because of his frequent fluctuation in volume
3.His mother persistently attempted to dissuade Percy from joining the army.
4.I imagined I had just ingested a deadly poison, but the questionable liquid turned out to be innocuous.
5.In retrospect, I should not have pelted that jelly doughnut at Beatrice’s head.
6.The alien fluid began to slowly permeate my brain.
7.I believed the dinosaur would not try to eat me as it was grazing peacefully in a field, but in reality it was omnivorous, because now I’m in its stomach.
8.I could no longer listen to their argument; it was nothing but circumlocution.
9.To be able to finish the twenty-pound steak, Boris had to gnaw on it intermittently.
10.She stuck her hand in the drain, groping around, in order to extract her ring.
1. Hitler was an autocratic ruler, whom dominated Germany without opposition.
2. Erin’s mom was her life long benefactor, she helped her through all aspects of life.
3. Muto likes to speak in a circumlocution manner.
4. The Eagles counteracted the Colts field goal by scoring a touchdown on their next drive.
5. The lawyer and the criminal waited patiently for the jury to deliver the verdict.
6. The dentist extracted the patient’s tooth after a powerful tug.
7. The United States economy had continued to fluctuate over the past few years.
8. We diverted the bus’s trip by changing the road signs before they reached them.
9. Antebellum America was in economic crisis before the prosperity of the war.
10. In retrospect, Cole’s past relationships were nothing compared to his current situation.
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1. I wanted to talk to my friend about the test we have in math class, but our frees were asynchronous.
2. My mother, the benefactor of all fights, helped us solve our conflict.
3. After a long time of going through our evidence, we reached the verdict that Mia was the one who stole the cookie from the cookie jar.
4. She was suffering a terrible malady, so I decided to collect and bring her all the work she missed.
5. We realized that both of our houses are equidistant from school; both taking 20 miles to get there.
6. I was amazed at how close Steve Irwin was getting to the crocodile, but then I learned the crocodile was tame and innocuous.
7. In retrospect, I was too naïve to realize sitting on a roof could lead to me falling off and breaking my arm.
8. I felt proud when I managed to dissuade the most stubborn person I had ever met.
9. With goggles in place, we tried to carefully extract the chemicals so we wouldn’t spill them on ourselves.
10. The spilled milk was quite an upset, but feeling creative I took pictures of the different shapes it made as I watched it permeate on the floor.
1. The antebellum period before WWII was the worst economic time for the United States.
2. The family convened at the wedding of their youngest protégé of their law firm.
3. The boy was given ante venom to counteract the snakebite.
4. She was dissuaded by the banker not to invest in the stock market, at the current time.
5. Both vacation spots were equidistant from their home, making the choice even harder for the family.
6. The mother had to carefully extract the splinter from the whimpering child’s finger.
7. Depending on the time of day that you weigh yourself, your weight fluctuates.
8. Most humans choose an omnivorous diet, but some choose an herbivorous diet.
9. The cancer foundation held a banquet in thanks for all the support from its benefactors.
10. After driving on the straight road for several hours, when the road suddenly diverted I quickly became more alert.
Oprah, a benefactor for children in Africa, has opened many schools for them to receive quality educations.
We had a student a council meeting for all members to convene for the new school year.
The doctor extracted the glass from the patient after a terrible car accident.
Mr. V diverts his attention away from teaching math everyday and go off on conversations about Chic-Fil-A.
The accidents were asynchronously, happening within a couple hours of each other, but yet the drivers arrived at the hospital at the same time.
Her malady was terminal because they had discovered it too late.
The girl’s sanctimonious nature made her difficult to talk to.
The family retrospected on their memories from their diseased grandmother on the first anniversary of her death.
The neophyte driver drove slowly, but cautiously, making sure he was aware of his surroundings.
I had a tough time choosing between equidistant colleges because they were equally good schools.
1. Some teachers have a sanctimonious view over their students.
2. When my mom feels ill, she acts in a hyperbolic manner.
3. The chemists extracted the chemical, dimethyltryptamine from the capi vine.
4. When my uncle Frank died, leaving me thousands of dollars, he was the benefactor to my savings fund.
5. I managed to dissuade my already hefty friend from purchasing another burger.
6. The verdict of the trial was determined by the jury, and read aloud in court.
7. English has shown to be a multifaceted course, helping to write for other subjects.
8. The car wizzed by so fast that it diverted me from the conversation I had previously been upholding with my friend.
9. The stock market has fluctuated very much due to recent economic downfall.
10. A drunkard will normally try to avoid their problem calling it “innocuous”.
When Elizabeth talked about God, she had a sanctimonious demeanor.
In retrospect I probably should have spent more time studying for that test!
Her perfume permeated throughout the room, giving me a serious headache.
His grades tend to fluctuate depending on how much effort he puts into his schoolwork.
I extracted the heart from the dissected pig in biology class.
When Billy hit me, I counteracted and punched him back.
Sally’s mom was a major benefactor in our school fundraiser.
After the long and strenuous trial, the jury convened and came up with a guilty verdict.
Although my dog seems innocuous, she is actually quite dangerous.
Carolyn went to the doctor to diagnose her malady.
The child diverted his mother’s attention so she would not see his messy room.
My father just installed intermittent windshield wipers in my car so that I can see better when it rains.
My mother tried to dissuade me from going to the party that night.
1) My grandmother uses vanilla extract in her cookies.
2) The waves in the ocean fluctuated from large ones to small ones.
3) In Great Expectations Pip received money from a benefactor.
4) The antithesis of light is darkness.
5) My sister came down with a malady called werewolf syndrome.
6) I am a neophyte at fly fishing.
7) Both the river and the town are equidistant from my house.
8) We diverted our attention from school work to raspberry turtles.
9) Goldfish are innocuous compared to piranha.
10) The milk permeated through my bowl of cereal.
RED AK AC said...
1. The antebellum America was an extremely differentiating society.
2. The benefactor always visited the soup kitchen at Christmas time to assist in setting up the holiday dinner.
3. When I came home after curfew my father yelled at me, but the verdict was not too bad and I was only grounded for one night.
4. Teachers convene on a monthly basis to review student’s behaviors, new rules, and figure out better strategies to connect with their classes.
5. Ben’s circumlocution frustrated his mother because she was not able to get a clear answer about where he would be after school.
6. Joel counteracted the well-enforced school rule of no facial hair.
7. The surgeons extracted the glass from the boy’s arm after he had a bad fall out of the window.
8. Despite many people’s beliefs, marijuana is found highly innocuous to a fetus.
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