February 8-12

Students should be able to use each word given in last week's Spelling/Vocabulary list in a sentence and spell each correctly. The test will be given on Tuesday when we return to school from President's Day.

February 1-5

All students remember the deadline for the first 5 AR points is this Friday. All 10 AR points are due in the computer by March 3.
Students will learn to spell the words by Thursday, February 4, and should know the definitions well enough to use each in a sentence by Thursday, February 11.

Spelling /Vocabulary
Periods 1, 3, 6, and 7 Wordskills
1. assume- v., supposed
2. dense- adj., thick
3. dependent- adj., n.,relied on
4. dispose- v., get rid of
5. extinguish- v., put out
6. factor- n., ingredient
7. judgement- n., sense
8. majority- n., a large number ( 51% or more)
9. neglect-v., n., failed, not properly taken care of
10. restore- v., repair
11. slogan- n., saying
12. surplus-adj., n., leftover
13. thorough-adj., complete
14. utter- v., adj., speak
15. various- adj., several

Period 8 PreAP Power Plus

1. adjacent- adj., lying near; adjoining
2. candor- n., sincerity; honesty
3. compassion- n., awareness; sympathy for the suffering of another
4. democratic- adj., of; or for the people
5. disperse- v., to scatter; to distribute
6. doleful- adj., causing grief; sad
7. duress- n., a threat of harm forcing someone to act against his or her will; pressure
8. irk- v., to annoy; to irritate
9. ratify- v., to approve formally; to sanction
10. sobriety- n., a seriousness in manner; a state of abstinence from drugs or alcohol
11. stagnate- v., to become inactive; or motionless
12. subordinate- adj., of lower importance or rank; subject to the control of another
13. talon- n., a claw of a bird of prey; or similar animal
14. taut- adj., pulled, drawn; or stretched tight
15. wallow- v., to roll about in something unclean