1. Vocabulary Week 5

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3. Mnemonic Devices
A system of making something easier to memorize. Ms. Gelston’s classes came up with mnemonic devices for some of our other words. Benevolent- a doer of good Benevolent  Be-not-violent Morose- gloomy Morose Someone who dies gets more roses After we go thru today’s words I want to see what you can come up with It doesn’t have to have the exact word in it, but close in pronunciation.

4. Aptly Haste Melancholy Resolve Smote Tarry Threshold Wretch

5. The town was aptly named Twin Rivers as it sat between two similar rivers.
Aptly adv. appropriately

6. Working with feverish haste, the student finished the project on time but it fell apart before he could present it.
Haste noun. Quickness due to rushing

7. The melancholy tune depressed the churchgoers. Melancholy adj
The melancholy tune depressed the churchgoers. Melancholy adj. depressing.

8. He remembered his resolve to attain success and would let nothing get in his way. Resolve noun. Fixed purpose

9. His heart smote him due to guilt. Smote verb. attacked

10. Don’t leave just yet. Tarry with us for awhile. Tarry verb. stay

11. The advertisers have started advertising gift ideas as we are on the threshold of the holiday season. Threshold noun. Boundary

12. The clerk was an ungrateful wretch who stole money from his employer's cash register. Wretch noun. Awful, miserable person