Wednesday, Jan. 28

Periods 1, 3, 4, 5, 7
1. Continue context clues projects
2. New vocab

1. forlorn: sad and lonely (adj): I was forlorn after my dog died. I was sad and lonely after my dog died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/images/300/man_forlorn.jpg

2. fluctuate: to shift back and forth uncertainly (v): The stock market fluctuates. The stock market shifts back and forth uncertainly.

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3. facile: easy (adj): Graduating high school is becoming a facile accomplishment. Graduating high school is becoming an easy accomplishment.

What are some other things that are facile?

4. fortify: make stronger (V): We had to fortify our house after the hurricane. We had to make our house stronger after the hurricane.

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5. flux: change (N): Teenagers' hormones are in a state of flux. Teenagers' hormones are in a state of change.

6. vehemently: intensely (adv): He vehemently denied that he cheated on his wife. He intensely denied that he cheated on his wife.

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7. farce: something absurd or ridiculous (N): What the student did was a farce. What the student did was something absurd or ridiculous.

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8. vivacious: lively and full of energy (adj): Despite being 82, my grandma is vivacious. Despite being 82, my grandma is lively and full of energy.

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9. vindicated: freed (V): He was vindicated after a witness said he was telling the truth. He was freed after a witness said he was telling the truth.

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10. vacillate: go back and forth (v): He vacillated on what he wanted to do after high school. He went back and forth on what he wanted to do after high school.