1. VOCABULARY
WEEK 6 DAYS 1 & 2

2. AFFLUENT DEFINITION: RICH
PART OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVE
SENTENCE: CHILDREN FROM EVEN THE MOST DEPRIVED BACKGROUNDS HAVE PROVEN TO OUTSHINE THEIR MORE AFFLUENT PEERS IF THEY REGULARLY READ OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.

3. FEASIBLE
DEFINITION: POSSIBLE PART OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVE SENTENCE: I WANTED A NEW PHONE, BUT MY MOM SAID IT WASN’T FEASIBLE ON HER MEAGER WAGES.

4. DISCERN
DEFINITION: PERCEIVE (to become aware of) PART OF SPEECH: VERB SENTENCE: BECAUSE DAD FOUND IT HARD TO DISCERN WHETHER OR NOT I WAS TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT MY GRADES, HE CALLED MY TEACHER.

5. SALLY
DEFINITION: SUDDENLY RUSH FORTH PART OF SPEECH: VERB SENTENCE: THE MAN TRIED TO SALLY PAST THE BUILDING SECURITY GUARD.

6. CONSTERNATION
DEFINITION: DISMAY (distress) PART OF SPEECH: NOUN SENTENCE: A TORNADO WILL CAUSE CONSTERNATION AMONG MANY PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.

7. PRECOCIOUS DEFINITION: REACHING MATURITY EARLY
PART OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVE
SENTENCE: PRECOCIOUS READERS OFTEN HAVE VARIED PATTERNS OF ACHIEVEMENT.

8. PERFUNCTORY
DEFINITION: DONE WITHOUT CARE, SUPERFICIAL PART OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVE SENTENCE: HAPPY TO FINALLY HAVE INDEPENDENCE FROM HIS PARENTS, MATT ONLY MAKES PERFUNCTORY PHONE CALLS TO THEM ON SUNDAYS BEFORE THE GAME.

9. CHAGRIN
DEFINITION: FEELING OF DISAPPOINTMENT, HUMILIATION PART OF SPEECH: NOUN SENTENCE: TO MY CHAGRIN, I FAILED THE VOCABULARY TEST.

10. PERVERSE
DEFINITION: CONTRARY, PERSISTING IN ERROR (not normal or proper) PART OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVE SENTENCE: MANY SERIAL KILLERS FIND PERVERSE PLEASURE IN TORTURING THEIR VICTIMS.

11. DERIDE
DEFINITION: TO RIDICULE, SCOFF AT (speak in a scornful or mocking way) PART OF SPEECH: VERB SENTENCE: BULLIES OFTEN DERIDE OTHERS IN ORDER TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES.

12. IDIOM
RED-LETTER DAY: A DAY OF HAPPINESS, TIME FOR REJOICING (HOLIDAYS ARE RED-LETTER DAYS ON OUR CALENDARS) SENTENCE: WHEN I RECEIVED THE AWARD, IT WAS A RED-LETTER DAY.

13. IDIOM
I’M FROM MISSOURI: A SKEPTIC, ONE WHO IS NOT EASILY CONVINCED SENTENCE: THE JURY ALL SEEMED TO BE FROM MISSOURI; NOBODY BELIEVED THE DEFENDANT’S STORY.