Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Vocabulary Words Free Rice Donations

Go to http://www.freerice.com/
spend 10 minutes practicing vocabulary.
Keep track of how much rice you donate.
On a paper write the number of grains you donated and 10 new vocabulary words.
Bring it to class on Thursday 28 or Friday 29
Due by Thursday October 28 Friday October 29.
Included on Quiz: Essay Question from page 195
Explain this statement "Integrity is doing what you say you will even in the face of adversity."

Lookover these Vocabulary Words to study for Thursday or Friday Quiz
There will be 25 words on the Quiz



  1. Credibility: reputation, reliablity

  2. Philanthropy: compassion, donation

  3. Decipher: figure out meaning

  4. Context: how it fits, how it is used, where, when,

  5. Apparatus: equipment

  6. Pseudoscience: false knowledge

  7. supplementary: extra, additional

  8. adversity:

  9. alleviate:Improve, ease, lighten

  10. dissuade: discourage

  11. contrary: Opposite

  12. Alleviate: Make easier,

  13. integral: Important

  14. embryonic: undeveloped

  15. Adversity: complications, bad luck, illness

  16. tendency: inclination

  17. ubiquitous: everywhere

  18. incessant: unceasing, keep on going

  19. stipend: payment

  20. amenable: agreeable

  21. Hyperactivity:

  22. chronicle: record

  23. synthesize: figure out, create

  24. ambiguous: uncertain

  25. antebellum: before the war

  26. pseudonym: false name, alias

  27. implication: consequences

  28. cognizant: recognize, aware

  29. secede: leave

  30. plasticity; ability to shape

  31. integrity: honesty, goodness

  32. inevitable: decided, determined

  33. Adept: expert, able, expert

  34. dependency: need, addiction

  35. meta cognition: awareness

  36. beneficial: helpful, gainful

  37. integral: important, essential

  38. commencement: Begin,

  39. conversely: on the other hand,

  40. adequate: acceptable

  41. gratitude: thanks

  42. amicable: Friendly

  43. demeanor: conduct

  44. Skimming:

  45. Scanning: examine close

  46. academic integration: interact with teachers, staff members

  47. social integration: participate in campus clubs with other students

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