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Vocabulary Week #2 Nov. 5-9, 2012. Name, Date, ELA period. Copy this at the top of your sheet. SCRIB, SCRIPT = writing. Copy the word, definition, and part of speech. Describe (v) To say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing. Postscript (n)
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Vocabulary Week #2Nov. 5-9, 2012 Name, Date, ELA period
Copy this at the top of your sheet SCRIB, SCRIPT = writing
Copy the word, definition, and part of speech • Describe (v) • To say or write down how something or someone looks; to use adjectives in writing • Postscript (n) • P.S.; a short bit of writing added after a letter is finished
Copy the word, definition, and part of speech • Prescription (n) • A piece of paper written by a doctor that lets you get medicine at the pharmacy • Script (n) • A set of papers with writing that will be read and acted out
Copy the word, definition, and part of speech • Transcribe (v) • To write down or record; to translate • Subscription (n) • A written agreement to buy and read a magazine or newspaper for a set period of time
GT Vocabulary/Spelling Week #2 • 1. Xenophobia – (n) a fear of hatred of anything foreign (mnemonic: from the planet Xenon) • 2. Cajole – (v) to fool with flattery or false promises; deceive (mnemonic: cage hole) • 3. Fledgling – (n) a beginner (mnemonic: fresh wings) • 4. Redundant – (adj) more than what is necessary; repetition of words or ideas in speech or writing (mnemonic: “Red’s done that.”)