1. Date: 9/05 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/05 Subject: Reading
Abet – to approve, encourage, or support
Accord – to conform or agree
Adept – highly skilled person or expert
Advocate – to speak for, argue in favor of.
Agile – quickness or ease of movement
Allot – to parcel or dole out; distribute

2. Date: 9/06 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/06 Subject: Reading
Aloof – distant, physically or emotionally
Amiss – out of order, wrong
Analogy – similarity
Anarchy – absence of political authority; no government
Antics – Extravagant act
Apprehend – take into custody

3. Date: 9/07 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/07 Subject: Reading
Eccentric – departing from a normal pattern
Elite – the best of something
Embargo – government preventing movement of merchandise.
Encroach – to take another’s possessions or rights gradually
Endeavor – earnest attempt, a concerted effort toward an end
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5. Date: 9/12 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/12 Subject: Reading
Onslaught – violent attach
Ornate – elaborate, heavily or excessively ornamented
Ovation – prolonged enthusiastic applause
Overt - open and observable
Pang – sudden sharp spasm or pain

6. Date: 9/13 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/13 Subject: Reading
Panorama – an unbroken view of a surrounding area
Enhance – to make greater as in value, beauty, and reputation
Enigma – one that is puzzling or inexplicable
Epoch – a particular period of history
Era – a period of time as referenced from a specific period of history

7. Date: 9/14 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/14 Subject: Reading
Eventful – full of events, happening
Evolve – to develop or achieve gradually
Perspective – the technique of representing a 3D object on a 2D surface
Phenomenon - an occurrence, a circumstance, or a fact that is perceptible by the senses

8. Date: 9/15 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/15 Subject: Reading
Pioneer – one who settles unclaimed territory
Pithy – precisely meaningful, brief
Pivotal – vital/important moment
Plausible – apparently valid, likely acceptable
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10. Date: 9/19 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/19 Subject: Reading
Ardent – passionate, really care
Articulate – endowed with the power of speech
Assail – to attack with violent blows
Assimilate - to consume or incorporate into the body
Atrocity – monstrousness, horrible

11. Date: 9/20 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/20 Subject: Reading
Attribute – to relate to a cause or source
Exceptional – being uncommon, an exception
Excerpt – a passage or segment taken from a larger piece of work
Excruciating – horrible, painful

12. Date: 9/21 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/21 Subject: Reading
Exemplify – to illustrate/show by example
Exotic – rare, from another part of the world
Facilitate – to make easier
Plunder – to rob by force
Porous – full of or having pores/holes

13. Date: 9/22 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/22 Subject: Reading
Preposterous – absurd, contrary to reason, or common sense
Principal – first, highest or foremost in rank, importance or degree
Prodigy – a person with exceptional talent or powers
Proficient – to have an advanced degree of competence to be good at something
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14. Warm up Quiz #7
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15. Date: 9/26 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/26 Subject: Reading
Audacious- fearless, bold, often reckless
Augment – to make greater as in size or extend.
Authority- power to enforce laws, exact obedience or judge
Avail – to be of use or advantage to
Avid – having an ardent desire or craving

16. Date: 9/27 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/27 Subject: Reading
Awry – in a position that is torn, twisted to one side
Reception – the act or process of receiving or being received
Recourse- turning to a person or thing for aid or security
Recur- to happen again

17. Date: 9/28 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/28 Subject: Reading
Renounce – to give up by formal announcement
Renown – to be widely honored or acclaimed
Revenue – government income from public payment of expenses
Profound – great depth

18. Date: 9/29 Subject: Reading
Copy each vocabulary word and definition on your own paper. You will need to turn in one sheet of paper on Friday with ALL the vocabulary words and definitions for the week.
Date: 9/29 Subject: Reading
Pseudonym – pen name
Pungent – sharp, acrid smell
Rankle – to cause persistent irritation
Rational – having or exercising the ability to reason
Rebuke – to criticize, reprimand.
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19. Friday Reading Vocabulary Quiz #9
Choose a word from the bank below and match the vocabulary word to the definition
augment avail awry avid
recourse recur pungent renown
rankle rebuke revenue pseudonym
__________ 1. to be of use or advantage to
__________ 2. to cause persistent irritation
__________3. pen name
__________ 4. to make greater as in size or extend.
__________ 5. to be widely honored or acclaimed
__________6. having an ardent desire or craving
__________7. to happen again
__________ 8. to criticize, reprimand.
__________9. government income from public payment of expenses
__________ 10. turning to a person or thing for aid or security

20. Warm up Quiz #8
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21. J. W. Stewart Middle School
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Debra Harrington
J. W. Stewart Middle School