- Post your team's words, definitions, derivative, & perfect sentence here, on the class blog (DEADLINE 10/29)
- Final Brainy Flix uploaded to School Tube by EXAM Day, 12/14/10
Vocabulary Study: Part 2 Individual!
- Free Rice: minimum 200 grains @ week
- Pick one words each week, from 10/25/10 through 11/26/10, to "own"
- Have 18 words chosen by the end of the quarter.
- You will have a vocabulary assignment, using your words & class words, on the final exam (total 30).
9 comments:
Rebekah and Czarina:
Neophyte: novice, beginner, noob
Neophyte comes from Late Latin neophytus , from Greek neophutos , "newly planted," from neo- , "new" + phutos , "planted," from phuein , "to grow, to bring forth.
Sentence: After watching the video, which included bad lighting, poor editing, and inaudible audio, the new student was clearly a neophyte at videomaking.
Korie and Kristen:
Ubiquitous (adj.) Present, appearing, or found everywhere
Deriving from: Latin ubīque meant ‘everywhere’
Sentence:
After seeing Korie in the kitchen, bathroom, and living room, Kristen started to panic when she realized the house was filled with Korie's ubiquitous presence.
(back up sentence): The 'shaka' sign in Hawaii is ubiquitous and many people use it as a way of greeting someone.
Sharmaine and Traci
Obfuscate: v. To confuse, to make unclear
Sentence: The poor and inaccurate directions given by the local obfuscated the tourist as he was searching for the store he was looking for.
CJ and Joseph
Word: Chaos
Definition: a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.
Derivative: It was borrowed into English from Latin, where it had the same form and meaning as it does in Modern English. The Latin "chaos" in turn came from the Greek word "xaos" which meant ‘any vast gulf or chasm, the nether abyss, empty space, of the first state of the universe’.
Sentence: With paper airplanes and screaming students all over the room, the classroom was in utter chaos.
Names: Shaneika Aguilar and Maddie Nguyen
Word: Aboveboard
Definition: In open sight, without tricks, concealment, or disguise, honest, straightforward
Derivative: 1610-20; above + board; so called from the requirement of keeping the hands above the table or board in order to discourage possible cheating at cards.
Sentence: Sophia confessed that she revealed her best friend's secret so that everything would be aboveboard and she would not have any feeling of guilt.
Isabelle and Jody:
Decry- v. To criticize openly.
Sentence: Trevor could not help but to decry his classmate, his teacher, and his date.
Kai, Kiyo, and Jordie:
Quixotic:adj. extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.
Derived from: 1805–15; ( Don) Quixote + -ic
Perfect Sentence: The boy began a quixotic attempt to win his girl back.
Kevin and Desiree:
Inane: silly and pointless
Derived from: Latin inanis ‘empty, vain.’
Sentence:
Due to Kevin's playfulness and lack of concentration, his inanity caused Desiree to hire another photographer.
Shannel & Brittany:
Refurbish: Clean up, restore
Derivative: 1611, from re- "again" + furbish (q.v.), on model of Fr. refourbir.
Sentence: The students repainted the M, cleaned up the campus, and replanted new plants, refurbishing the entire school.
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