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Your Assignment:
1) Click on the 1st link and find 3 words that you do not know. Then list those 3 words along with their definitions (Worth 1 test grade point).
2) Click on the 2nd link and find 3 words that you do not know. Then list those 3 words along with their definitions (Worth 1 test grade point).
3) Click on the 3rd link and find 3 words that you do not know. Then list those 3 words along with their definitions (Worth 1 test grade point).
Due: Sunday 2/19/12 by no later than 11:59pm
1.)accommodate - Provide lodging or sufficient space for.
ReplyDeleteobesity - weighing too much
Pediatrics - The branch of medicine dealing with children and their diseases
2.)verge - Incline in a certain direction or toward a particular state: "his style verged into the art nouveau school". vulnerabilities - the state of being vulnerable or exposed
royalties - honorarium - fee
3.)Congressional - of or relating to congress
bipartisan - Of or involving the agreement or cooperation of two political parties that usually oppose each other's policies
GOP - Grand Old Party
Accomodate: to make for
ReplyDeleteManuever: to work around
Tactfully: Strategically
Skeptical: disbelief
Substantial: considerable amount
Decade: a period of 10 years
Emerging: surfacing or beginning
Bipartisan: composed of 2 political parties
Tentative: unsure or uncertain
1) pediatrician- kids doctor
ReplyDeleteaccommodate- to make for
snickered- make fun of
2)skeptical- disbelief
unprecedente- Never done or known
resurgence- bringing again into activity and prominence
3)bipartisan- made of 2 political parties
reimbursement- compensation paid
extension- A part that is added to something to enlarge or prolong it
1) Pediatrician- a physician
ReplyDeleteAccommodate-to do a kindness or a favor to
Ostracized-to exclude
2)Unprecedented-never before known or experienced
Substantial-of ample or considerable amount
Squandering-to spend or use
3)Tentative-of the nature of or made or done as a trial
Lapse-an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state
Pension-an allowance, annuity, or subsidy
1- ceramic-made from materials like clay. maneuvering-planned and regulated movement. pediatricians-child doctor.
ReplyDelete2- squandered-to use excessively. unprecedented-never before known. mogul-a bomb of hard snow.
3- bargainers-an advantageous purchase. tentative-made or done as a trial. reimbursements-to make repayment to for expense.
accomdate- to include
ReplyDeleteverge - Incline in a certain direction or toward a particular state
skeptical- disbeleif
Gross-income
Substantial: considerable amount
Decade: a period of 10 years
Emerging: surfacing or beginning
Bipartisan: composed of 2 political parties
Tentative: unsure or uncertain