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Week 2
August 31, 2015- September 4,
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Monday, August 31, 2015
Word of the Day:
fa-ce-tious
Definition: [feseSHes] adjective
treating serious issues with
deliberately inappropriate humor;
flippant.
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Facetious
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MATH
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Word of the Day:
tra-ject-or-y
Definition: [tre-jekt-er-e] noun
a chosen or taken course
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Trajectory
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Social Studies
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Word of the Day:
ab-ro-gate
Definition: [abr,gt] verb
repeal or do away with (a law,
right, or formal agreement).
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reaction once Prohibition was abrogated.
Repeal of Prohibition Newsreel
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Science
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Word of the Day:
a-brade
Definition: [e-brad] verb
scrape or wear away by friction or erosion.
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Friday, September 4, 2015
Word of the Day:
in-fra-structure
Definition: [infre,strekt-SHer] noun
The basic physical and organizational
structures and facilities (e.g., buildings,
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roads, and power supplies)
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for
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the operation of Infrastructure
a society or enterprise.
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Word of the
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Week 3
September 8, 2015-September
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Word of the Day:
dif-fi-dent
Definition: [difedent] adjective
modest or shy because of a
lack of self-confidence.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Word of the Day:
hy-pot-e-nuse
What is a hippo called when its
Definition: [hi-patn-yoos] noun
lying on the HYPOTENUSE? A
HIPPOTENUSE!
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Word of the Day:
an-te-bellum
Definition: [an-te-bel-um] adjective
occurring or existing before a
particular war, especially the American
Civil War.
An antebellum slave
cabin from the Point of
Pines Plantation on Edisto
Island, South Carolina.
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Science
Friday, September 11, 2015
Word of the Day:
ev-a-nescent
Definition: [ev-enes-ent] adjective
1. Soon passing out of sight,
memory, or existence; quickly
fading or disappearing.
2. (Physics) denoting a field or wave
that extends into a region where
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Week 4
September 15, 2015-September
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Word of the Day:
ca-pri-cious
Definition: [adjective
given to sudden and unaccountable changes of
mood or behavior
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moi-e-ty
Definition: [moi-e-te] noun
1. each of the two parts into which a thing is or
can be divided.
2. a part or portion, especially a lesser share.
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Thursday, September 17, 2015
Word of the Day:
en-franchise
Definition: [infran,Chiz,enfran,CHiz] verb
1. Give the right to vote to.
2. Free (a slave).
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lu-mi-nous
Definition: [adjective
1. Full of shedding light; bright or shining, especially
in the dark.
2. (of a color) very bright; harsh to the eye.
3. (Physics) relating to light as it is perceived by the
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eye, rather than in terms of its actual energy.
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Word of the
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Week 5
September 21, 2015-September
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Monday, September 21, 2015
Word of the Day:
o-men
Definition: [o-men] noun
Anything perceived or happening that is believed to
portend (a sign or warning) a good or evil event or
circumstance in the future; portent (a sign or
warning that something, especially momentous or
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calamitous, is likely to happen.
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Science
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Word of the Day:
e-qui-nox
Definition: [ekwe,naks] noun
the time or date (twice each year) at
which the sun crosses the celestial
equator, when day and night are of
equal length (about September 22
and March 20).
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How Equinoxs Work-Beyond Our Earth.
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Social Studies
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Word of the Day:
le-van-ter
Definition: [levan-ter] noun
a strong easterly wind in the Mediterranean
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MATH
pa-rab-o-la
Definition: [perable] noun
a symmetrical open plane curve formed by the
intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to its
side. The path of a projectile under the influence of
gravity ideally follows a curve of this shape.
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Parabolas in Mario??!!.
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Word of the
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Week 6
September 28, 2015-October 2,
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Monday, September 28, 2015
Word of the Day:
teem-ing
Definition: [tem-ing] gerund or present participle
abounding or swarming with something as with
people
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MATH
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Word of the Day:
pa-ram-e-ter
Definition: [perameder] noun
1. (technical) a numerical or other measurable factor forming one of
a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation.
2. (math) a quantity whose value is selected for the particular
circumstances and in relation to which other variable quantities
may be expressed.
3. (statistics) a numerical characteristic of a population, a distinct
from a statistic of a sample.
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Social Studies
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
prim-i-tive
Definition: [prim-e-div]
adjective
1. Relating to, denoting, or preserving the
character of an early stage in the
evolutionary or historical development of
something.
2. Not developed or derived from anything
else
noun
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A person belonging to a preliterate,
nonindustrial society or culture