Thursday, December 17, 2009

A Little Time Off for 5A??????

Nope but I am going to give you a little break. This week we only have 20 new words and I have added sentences so you can understand the words more easily. There are no easy words this week so be sure to spend time studying each day.

1. Offer – To tell someone something you will give. He offered me twenty shekels to help him cheat but I didn’t do it.

2. Feasible – Can happen. Flying in a plane is feasible. Flying by waving your arms very fast is not feasible.

3. Perhaps – Maybe. Perhaps Mr. Canavan will make this test easy but he might not.

4. Package – Something that comes in the mail that is bigger than a letter or a magazine.

5. Delight – Happiness. When I see the Teachers, Thinkers, and Helpers Class my heart is filled with delight

6. Sneer – To look at something like it is not good. Rawya sneered at the cookies Mr. Canavan made.

7. Grin – To smile

8. Bury – To put something under the ground and cover it with dirt. In America when someone dies they bury him.

9. Invisible – You can’t see invisible things

10. Blind – Can’t see

11. Deaf – Can’t hear

12. Mute – Can’t talk

13. Memory – The part of your mind that remembers things.

14. Superior – Better by a lot. A Ferrari is a superior car. Barcelona is superior to the Hippos Team.

15. Dozen – 12. I ate a dozen doughnuts and I feel sick.

16. Disappointed – When you wanted something good to happen and then it didn’t, you are disappointed. I thought my mom would give me 500 shekels but she didn’t. I was disappointed.

17. Intelligent – Smart

18. Fond – When you are fond of someone it means you like them. Saad is fond of the beach. Sarah is fond of rabbits

19. Competitive – Always wants to win. He was so competitive he cheated to win every time.

20. International – In more than one country. I went on an international trip. I went to Jordan, the USA, Mexico, and Palestine.

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