Mrs. C. Johnson-Gallego

GRADE 10  WORD OF THE DAY LIST #1

FEB. 8- 19

From Sightlines textbook

1.   PRECONCEIVED (P.51)
2.   MUSTERED (P.51)
3.   MERE (P.52)
4.   ESSENCE (P.52)
5.   LIBERATED (P.52)
6.   MAJESTIC (P. 91)
7.   CIVIL (P.91)
8. MOBILITY (P.91)
9. INTERPOSITION (P.91)
10. NULLIFICATION (P.91)

GRADE 11

WORD OF THE DAY LIST #1

FEB. 8- 19

Article; “Five Lessons on Sexting”  And the “Reading Comp.Package” Gr. 11 exam

1.   LIABILITY (article)
2.   RELEGATED (article)
3.   VIRAL (article)
4.   ECLIPSED (pkg. p. 14)
5.   NUANCED (“ p.14)
6.   LOOMING (“ p.14)
7.   DECIPHER (“ p.14)
8.   CONTRARY (“ p.14)
9.   WANE (“ p. 15)
10. UNWITTINGLY (“ p. 15)

GRADE 12

WORD OF THE DAY LIST #1

FEB. 8- 19

Works of Short Prose; Gr. 12 Provincial Exam Process Booklet (Jan 2010)

1. …”The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water” and
2. “How the Pacific Ocean became the world’s largest dump”

1.   LEACH (a)
2.   INCINERATED (a)
3.   EXTRACTION (a)
4.   ESSENTIALLY (a)
5.   TRAVERSE (b)
6.   ENSNARING (b)
7.   MYRIAD (b)
8.   COMMUTES (b)
9.   MAGNITUDE (b)

10.      DIFFUSE (b)

WORD OF THE DAY    List #2             FEB. 22^ND – MARCH 5^TH

Grade 10

Words from Sightlines textbook

1. eroded p. 319
2. entrenched
3. dominant
4. paternalism
5. colonialism
6. strive
7. ideals
8. predicament
9. virtues
10.  squabbling

GRADE 11

Words from the story, Burnt Toast

1. assimilate
2. pallor
3. wavered
4. attired
5. imperceptible
6. reform
7. commodity
8. precipitated
9. contempt

10. bravado

GRADE 12

Words from the article, Top of the Food Chain

1. vector
2. compounded
3. racked
4. malarial
5. contingent
6. exponentially
7. magnitude
8. dysentery
9. commission
10. omission

Grade 10

Word of the Day List #3 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 19^th)

Words are from novel, “The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian”

spinal p.1

susceptible p.3

unpredictable  p.5

existence   p.8

dependable  p.9

shroud p.8 (pic.)

orbit     p.11

fig        p. 11

authentic p. 12 (pic.)

Grade 11

Word of the Day List #3 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 19^th)

Words are from article, Plagiarize at your Peril

concrete

feign

doctoral

mere

opted

pretense

solely

alma mater

plagiarized

profusely

Grade 12

Word of the Day List #3 (Mar. 8 – Mar. 19^th)

Words are from short story; “The Shining Houses”

pretext             p.1

episodes          p.1

blithe               p.2

wicket             p.2

ravelling          p.2

inanimate         p.2

grimace            p.2

unaccommodating       p.3

barricades        p.3

unalterable       p.3

WORD LIST #4 MARCH 22^ND – APRIL 9^TH

ALL GRADES

All adjectives

1. magnanimous
2. melancholy
3. agog
4. egocentric
5. esoteric
6. eccentric
7. cavalier
8. pompous
9. brazen
10. cynical