Grade 11-12: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 3

Word List 3

1. luminous: Bright; emitting light: full of light
2. intervene: To get involved in a situation so as to alter or change the course of events; to interfere, usually though force
3. haven: A harbor; a port; a place of refuge or rest
4. glut: To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; to flood a market with an excess of goods
5. foreboding: A sense of impending evil or misfortune; an evil omen
6. embark: To go aboard a vessel or aircraft as in the start of a journey; to set out on a venture.
7. decipher: To read or interpret obscure, or illegible matter; to convert from a code to plain text

Thursday Activities

1. Test yourself with this link, Easy TestMaker You will have to create an account to save your tests. Read the directions and create your own test. You can choose from many formats. We suggest you try "Fill in the blank" and make up a sentence using your vocabulary word. You can download it into Word if you wish. Print out the test you created and complete it. Insert it into your notebook.
2. Word Scrambler - Click on the link and create your own word scrambler with your vocabulary words. Type in the number of words you wish to scramble and press the "next" buton. You will see a sheet that has the answers for you. Press next again and print out the page. Complete it and put it in your notebook.
3. Go to the Spelling City website. Type in your list of vocabulary words. Click on the button that says Play A Game. Select Which Word. Play the game and write down the fill-in-the-blank sentences in your notebook.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

There are stars in the daytime sky but the sun is so luminous you can't see them.
Las Vegas at night is a luminous jewel in the desert.

The tiny Asian nation came before the UN to ask them to intervene in their civil war.
The lunchroom argument got so loud our school security officer had to intervene.

Bridges in Austin, Texas have become a haven for thousands of bats.
Wildlife in the oil spill area were seeking a haven; unfortunately none could be found.

Lack of planning in the south caused a soybean glut.
The downturn in our economy has made for a glut of warehouse space.

Timmy approached the door of the haunted house with a strong sense of foreboding.
Steven King incorporates a sense of foreboding in most of his novels.

Meriwether Clark gave his troops a stirring speech as they were about to embark on their long journey.
Finally the steward motioned us forward to embark on our three day cruise to the Bahamas.

The Rosetta Stone allowed archeologists to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics.
My teachers often complained that they couldn't decipher my handwriting.

 
 

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