Vocabulary Development
When you arrive to class, ensure that you immediately record the word of the day and its definition in your notebook. Then, use the word in two sentences. After that, start your silent reading.
Word List:
Jan 3rd - 6th: lethargic, encroach, nostalgic, decorum, accolades
Dec 11th - 16th: guffaw, obsequious, idiosyncracies, poignant, recapitulate
Dec 5th - Dec 9th: bilk, nuance, noxious, abrasive, placid
Nov 28th - Dec 2nd: litany, pecuniary, endemic, enervate, wistful
Nov 21st - 25th: gauche, supercilious, acumen, subjugate, quotidian
Nov 14th - 18th: incontrovertible, reparation, hubris, precipitous, omnipotent
Nov 7th - 10th: whimsical, pathos, audacious, equivocal
Oct 31 - Nov 4th: ostracize, tenuous, ignoble, colloquial, respite
Oct 24 - 28th: antipathy, enigmatic, gambol, contrite, gregarious
Oct 17th - 20th: serendipity, futile, gaffe, abate, quandary
Oct 11 - 14th: intrinsic, squall, obfuscate, magnanimous, sagacious
Oct 3rd - 7th: desultory, temerity, evasive, commemorate
Sept 26 - 30th: apoplectic, dispel, negotiate, poltergeist, confection
Sept 19 - 23rd: vacuous, rigmarole, facetious, diverge, luminous
Sept 12- Sept 16th: superfluous, flagrant, circumlocution, mitigate, precision
Word List:
Jan 3rd - 6th: lethargic, encroach, nostalgic, decorum, accolades
Dec 11th - 16th: guffaw, obsequious, idiosyncracies, poignant, recapitulate
Dec 5th - Dec 9th: bilk, nuance, noxious, abrasive, placid
Nov 28th - Dec 2nd: litany, pecuniary, endemic, enervate, wistful
Nov 21st - 25th: gauche, supercilious, acumen, subjugate, quotidian
Nov 14th - 18th: incontrovertible, reparation, hubris, precipitous, omnipotent
Nov 7th - 10th: whimsical, pathos, audacious, equivocal
Oct 31 - Nov 4th: ostracize, tenuous, ignoble, colloquial, respite
Oct 24 - 28th: antipathy, enigmatic, gambol, contrite, gregarious
Oct 17th - 20th: serendipity, futile, gaffe, abate, quandary
Oct 11 - 14th: intrinsic, squall, obfuscate, magnanimous, sagacious
Oct 3rd - 7th: desultory, temerity, evasive, commemorate
Sept 26 - 30th: apoplectic, dispel, negotiate, poltergeist, confection
Sept 19 - 23rd: vacuous, rigmarole, facetious, diverge, luminous
Sept 12- Sept 16th: superfluous, flagrant, circumlocution, mitigate, precision