Grade 11-12: Vocabulary Lesson for Thursday, Week 7

Word List 7

1. facetious: playfully jocular; humorous
2. belie: to give a false representation to; misrepresent; to show to be false; contradict
3. impeach: to make an accusation against; to charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal; to challe
4. paradigm: one that serves as a pattern or model; a set or list of all the inflectional forms of a word or of one of its grammatical catego
5. recapitulate: to repeat in concise form; to make a summary
6. tempestuous: tumultuous; stormy; of, relating to, or resembling a tempest
7. homogeneous: of the same or similar nature or kind; uniform in structure or composition throughout

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" button. 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:

The principal tried to break the ice with a facetious remark, unfortunately many of the students took him seriously.
No matter how serious the situation, you can always count on my dad to make some kind of facetious remark.

My grandfather always spoke gruffly trying to belie the fact that he was a teddy bear at heart.
The smirk on his face seemed to belie his assurance that he was innocent.

The competing team did its very best to impeach the validity of our data.

The mayor announced that his new administration would shift to a people-oriented paradigm.
The old way of doing things wasn't working; it's time for a new paradigm.

"In conclusion, allow me to recapitulate," the congressman said as he reminded us about the major points of his speech.
If you are giving an oral presentation, remember to recapitulate your main points before you stop speaking.

Our relationship ended badly because of her tempestuous nature.
Our small boat was tossed wildly by the tempestuous storm raging outside the cabin.

Over time, the United States has gradually become less homogeneous.
Those seeking a homogeneous society to move to will have a hard time finding one.

 
 

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