1. Vocabulary Lesson 6 – Thought and Belief CONTEMPLATELUCID CONVICTIONMORAL DISSEMINATEPROFOUND ENGROSSPURITANICAL INTUITION SANCTIFY

2. CONTEMPLATE To consider carefully and thoughtfully. (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

3. CONTEMPLATE To consider carefully and thoughtfully. This young man is contemplating his next step in solving a math problem. Rodin, the sculptor of “The Thinker”, stated that this statue has his “Fist pressed against his teeth as he sits lost in contemplation.”

4. CONVICTION a. A very strong belief or opinion b. Being found guilty (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

5. CONVICTION a. A very strong belief or opinion Many teachers have strong convictions, or beliefs, that their students can succeed.

6. CONVICTION b. Being found guilty A person who has a previous conviction for shoplifting will have difficulty getting a job.

7. DISSEMINATE To make widely known; to spread (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

8. DISSEMINATE To make widely known; to spread Dissemination of information is quick and easy with the use of social media sites and smart phones.

9. ENGROSS To occupy the mind completely; absorb (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

10. ENGROSS To occupy the mind completely; absorb This baby gorilla watches as his mother is engrossed in playing a hand-held video game. Some people find their smart phones so engrossing that they don’t pay attention to where they are walking!

11. INTUITION A feeling; a sense; understanding gained without thinking (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

12. INTUITION A feeling; a sense; understanding gained without thinking

13. LUCID Easy to understand; clear (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

14. LUCID Easy to understand; clear Good teachers will explain lessons in a lucid manner.

15. MORAL a. Conforming to a standard of right or good behavior b. The lesson taught by a story, fable, or an event (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

16. MORAL a. Conforming to a standard of right or good behavior b. The lesson taught by a story, fable, or an event

17. PROFOUND Deep; deeply thought or reasoned (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

18. PROFOUND Deep; deeply thought or reasoned This profound quote from Mahatma Gandhi has inspired many people to do good deeds.

19. PURITANICAL Strict in matters of religious or moral conduct (Write some clues/hints or draw a picture below to help you to remember this word.)

20. PURITANICAL Strict in matters of religious or moral conduct Puritan law was extremely strict. For example, a child could be severely punished for talking back to his/her parents. Some teenagers may think that their parents’ rules are puritanical.

21. SANCTIFY To make holy or sacred