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December 14, 2009

Spelling/Vocabulary 12/14/09

Spelling/Vocabulary due dates:

Alphetebize, syllables, parts of speech, accent marks, and sentences are due Wednesday, 12/16.

Words written three times paper is due Friday, 12/18.
Test is on Friday, 12/18.

1. communion the act of sharing thoughts and feelings with others
2. ultimate final, utmost
3. calabashes the dried, hollow shells of a tropical gourdlike fruit, used for bowls

4. foo-foo an African food made from boiled and mashed yam, cassava, or plantain

5. tentative hesitant, uncertain
6. pottage a thick soup or stew of vegetables with or without meat

7. consoled made less sad; comforted
8. persistent stubborn, persevering, refusing to give up
9. grandees people of high rank
10. prophesied predicted; foretold
11. capricious whimsical, flighty, tending to change suddenly and without reason

12. imperious overbearing, arrogant, domineering
13. potent powerful
14. ultimatum a final demand whose rejection ends negotiations and leads to a use of force or other strong action

15. kola an African tree whose nuts contain caffeine and yield a flavorful extract

Posted by ValerieC at December 14, 2009 03:51 PM