Grade 9-10: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 13

Word List 13

1. supposition: the act of supposing; something supposed; an assumption
2. virulent: extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous; capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host; bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful; intensely irritating, obnoxious, or harsh
3. validate: to declare or make legally valid; to mark with an indication of official sanction; to establish the soundness of; corroborate
4. tantalize: to excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach
5. stagnant: not moving or flowing; motionless; foul or stale from standing
6. scuttle: to cut or open a hole or holes in (a ship's hull); to sink (a ship) by this means
7. reiterate: to say or do again or repeatedly

Tuesday Activities

1. Have some fun with your brain. Use this site to play games, but you can also create your own matching games. Click on the FAQ at the top and read how to create your own games to share with others!
2. Create your own crossword puzzle. Click on this link and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Enter your words and your clues (definition), then click "Create Crossword Now." A new web page will appear. You can put a title on your puzzle if you wish, then click "Create Crossword." Print this out and complete the puzzle. Insert the completed work in your vocabulary notebook.
3. Make your vocabulary words stand out! Create creative images of your words to print out and keep in a ziploc bag for study practice. Click on this link for your creations.

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:

"That's an interesting supposition boys," the headmaster told us frowning, "you are about to find out just how wrong you were.^
Supposition without all of the facts can often lead to disaster.

A particularly virulent strain of the disease wiped out more than half of the village.
His virulent rhetoric directed at all who worked with him eventually isolated the sad little man.

In an attempt to defuse the tense situation the detective held up a ticket and asked, "Do you validate parking?^
I was pleased that the professor's remarks served to validate my months of research.

Bart decided to tantalize me, moving the water bottle just out of my reach.
I tantalize my kitten by dragging a catnip mouse just out of his reach.

We later found out that the biggest problem from the flood was the huge mass of stagnant water that stayed around for weeks.
The stagnant floodwater soon began to smell awful.

After removing anything of worth, the pirates decided to scuttle the ship.
"I'm not trying to scuttle your plans, but," the professor said and then proceeded to tear my thesis apart.

"Allow me to reiterate," the professor told us, repeating to underscore the importance of what he said, "Do your own work!^
Really upset, Mom stood with hands on her hips glowering at us as she quietly said, "I reiterate, wipe those muddy feet before coming in this house.^

 
 

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