Speak Vocabulary Flashcards First Marking Period

1. Speak Vocabulary FlashcardsFirst Marking Period Goal: Students will create a picture dictionary for nine (9) words. Include the word, definition, sentence using the word, and picture with color to demonstrate understanding of the key vocabulary words. • indoctrination: teaching someone to accept an idea or principle without criticism (p. 5) • demerit: a mark against someone for misconduct (p. 6) • inconspicuous: not noticeable; invisible (p. 7) • sanctuary: a sacred place offering refuge or safety (p. 9) • errant: straying from the right course (p. 17) • wan: dark; gloomy; pale in color; sickly; unhappy (p. 20) • pseudo: pretend; fake; false (p. 22) • burrow: a hole or hideout animals use to take shelter; a hideout (p. 24) • floundering: to act clumsily or in confusion (p. 31)

2. indoctrination demerit inconspicuous sanctuary errant wan pseudo burrow floundering Speak Vocabulary First Marking Period

3. Speak Vocabulary FlashcardsSecond Marking Period Goal: Students will create a picture dictionary for nine (9) words. Include the word, definition, sentence using the word, and picture with color to demonstrate understanding of the key vocabulary words. • refurbished: to make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate (p. 50) • xenophobic: unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners (p. 56) • retreat: to withdraw or go back (p. 59) • subjectivity: decisions based on personal feelings rather than facts (p. 61) • sensibilities: emotions or feelings (p. 64) • revolutionary: support for radical change or innovation (p. 67) • drone: a remote control mechanism (p.70) • demure: shy, modest, coy (p. 75) • dormant: inactive; lying asleep; not erupting (p. 87)

4. refurbished xenophobic retreat subjectivity sensibilities revolutionary drone demure dormant Speak Vocabulary Second Marking Period

5. Speak Vocabulary FlashcardsThird Marking Period Goal: Students will create a picture dictionary for ten (10) words. Include the word, definition, sentence using the word, and picture with color to demonstrate understanding of the key vocabulary words. • conundrum: a difficult problem; a dilemma (p. 98) • imbeciles: a group of stupid or silly people (p. 103) • vespiary: a nest of social wasps (p. 104) • dynamics: the social, intellectual, or physical forces that characterize a system or group (p. 114) • dense: acting dull or slow-witted; thinking in a stupid manner (p. 116) • bigoted: intolerant of any other beliefs or opinions (p. 117) • submission: surrendering power to another; acting in a way of meekness (p. 117) • asphyxiated: choked; suffocated; smothered (p. 126) • wistful: pensive; thoughtful in a sad way; longing, yearning (p. 129) • reluctance: unwillingness; resisting (p. 132)

6. conundrum imbeciles Vespiary dynamics dense bigoted submission asphyxiated wistful reluctance Speak Vocabulary Third Marking Period

7. Speak Vocabulary FlashcardsFourth Marking Period Goal: Students will create a picture dictionary for ten (10) words. Include the word, definition, sentence using the word, and picture with color to demonstrate understanding of the key vocabulary words. • consistency: keeping the same behavior, form, pattern, or principles (p. 141) • tenacious: persistent; stubborn; vicious; not easily pulled apart (142) • genetics: science of heredity and genes (p. 146) • momentum: force or speed of movement; motion (p. 150) • conscience: the inner sense of what is right or wrong (p. 152) • muse: something or someone that is inspiring to an artist (p. 152) • incriminate: to make someone appear guilty in a crime (p. 157) • delinquency: wrongful; illegal; failure to fulfill a duty or obligation (p. 163) • minute: extremely small (p. 178) • leper: a person avoided by others; a pariah (p. 181)

8. consistency tenacious genetics momentum conscience muse incriminate delinquency minute leper Speak Vocabulary Fourth Marking Period