Grade 11-12: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, 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

Tuesday Activities

1. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on the link
2. Write the vocabulary words on paper and cut them into individual word pieces. Lay your flash cards on the table with the definition side up. Match the paper words with the correct definition.
3. Motivator: Create your own motivational poster to help keep you motivated! Add some motivational text about learning vocabulary words.

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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