Prove you know: Use these words in two completely
different sentences. Each of your example sentences should teach the word.
What I mean is, if the word is wince and you have
written a sentence with
the word wince in it, your friends should be able to figure out what
wince means from your sentence.
Example:
Word: wince.
Meaning: make pained expression.
Example sentence 1: “When my counselor reminded me of
of my grades last semester (which were much lower than this
year), I winced, and when he noticed my pained expression,
he said, “Hey, that was last year.”
Example sentence 2 [you must be able to write two example sentences]:
“When my two-year-old niece stepped on my toe I winced,
but since I never said anything, she never knew she’d hurt me.”
Example sentence that does not in any way teach the meaning:
“I winced when I remembered last summer.”
If these headline definitions don’t make you feel
equipped to write two completely different sentences
that use a vocabulary word, look the word up in another dictionary.
Hint: search Google for the vocabulary word—Good chance you’ll
hit a use of the word exemplary and cool.
I’ll post some online dictionary sites here eventually.
Knowledge is always knowledge.
Knowledge is always work.
Knowledge is not always ink.
Really, how often is knowledge ink?
I have been thinking about knowledge all summer,
because I am writing a poem about knowledge.
As far as I can see, knowledge is independent
of ink often, if not usually.
Still, I love books, especially reference books.
I look for [some] knowledge in books.
Always have, always will.
But—I acquired some very valuable knowledge
from North Atlanta teacher Ms. Stevenson
in the faculty parking lot, this afternoon (8-18-04),
about as large a subject as how to live,
so believe me, I don’t think knowledge is all in books.
But a lot of knowledge is in books.
And a lot of it isn’t.
Keep learning, keep living, keep growing.
(definitions almost entirely word-for-word from Microsoft
Encarta World Dictionary of English)
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doozy |
something remarkable, wonderful, or excellent |
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sashweight |
weight inside a window frame |
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vague |
not explicit |
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wince |
make a pained expression |
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luminous |
full of light, very bright; very famous in a very honorable way |
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calibrated |
with a scale marked on it |
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hindrance |
something in the way |
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symmetry |
balanced proportions |
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consternation |
shocked dismay |
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cower |
cringe in fear |
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hobbled |
with one’s movement restricted |
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gambol |
leap playfully |
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synchronize |
happen together |
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riveted |
with attention firmly fixed |
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voluble |
talking a lot |
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bequest |
something left in a will |
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omen |
prophetic sign |
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unavailing |
useless |
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withered |
dried up; shriveled |
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borough |
in England, a town; in New York City, one of the five mega-neighborhoods |
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pub |
in England, a bar |
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petrol |
in England, gas |
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palaver |
empty talk |
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lido |
// LIE doe // in England, an outdoor swimming pool |
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lowering |
//LOW// rhymes with cow, overcast |
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rudimentary |
basic |
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glower |
//GLOW// rhymes with cow, stare silently |
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clematis |
//KLEM uh tiss//, climbing plant |
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plaster |
in England, a Band-Aid |
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the scullery |
in England, room for kitchen chores |
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saffron |
spice-producing crocus; bright orange-yellow; cooking spice: the deep orange-colored stigmas of the saffron plant, or an orange or yellow powder obtained from these, used to color and flavor food |
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tawny |
lion-colored; orangey-brown |
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savoring |
enjoying unhurriedly |
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indomitable |
unconquerable |
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Alert: You should be able to say what part of speech
each of these words is—with no hesitation. I mean none. Zero.
Think you might hesitate?
Check out my parts-of-speech rap.