Vocabulary for Week of 1/25/15. (The Giver)
Due Tuesday: Look up definitions at learnersdictionary.com.  Due Wednesday: Finish the Show Me You Know Sentences. Optional for +1 each: For any word you rate less than a 4 after class Thursday, review the definition, and use it in a sentence of your own on the back of this sheet. Show them to me Friday for extra credit.
1 = I have never heard of it.  2 = I kind of know what it means.  3 = I know it.   4 = I could teach it to the class.

Before
After  
Definition  (Due Tuesday.)                                                                
tentative
 


frigid
 


obsolete

 
 
benign



jaunty



indolent



excruciating



intricate



conspicuous



(un)scrupulous



haphazard



clause (grammar)



Show Me You Know Sentences. (Due Wednesday.)
I tentatively...

It was frigid...

It became obsolete...

She looked rather jaunty...

He was indolent...

It was excruciating...

The design was intricate...

It was very conspicuous...

She was (un)scrupulous about...

It looked rather haphazard...

A clause contains...