1. Vocabulary Week 10

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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. Apparent Embodied Impulse Literal Perception Philosophical Predisposed Yoke

5. It was apparent that school would be closed after the National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning. Apparent adj. Clearly visible; understood.

6. The players wearing red and white on Fridays embodied the school’s spirit and competitive nature.
Embodied verb. Stood for or represented, symbolized

7. Her impulse to steal was beyond her control. Impulse noun
Her impulse to steal was beyond her control. Impulse noun. A sudden strong desire to do something

8. literal adj. involving the ordinary or usual meaning of words.
The literal meaning of “know the ropes” is “to know a lot about ropes,” while figuratively it means “to know a lot about how to do something.”
literal adj. involving the ordinary or usual meaning of words.

9. Perception noun. The way something is seen or understood
It is ironic that the impact of smoking on nonsmokers, rather than on smokers themselves, is what finally transformed the regulation and cultural perception of the cigarette. —Allan M. Brandt, The Cigarette Century, 2007
Perception noun. The way something is seen or understood

10. There have been philosophical debates over fate and free will for centuries. Philosophical adj. related to the study of knowledge, reality and existence

11. Past experiences have predisposed her to distrust people
Past experiences have predisposed her to distrust people. Predisposed verb. To cause someone/something to be more likely to behave in a particular way

12. A farm wagon drawn by two yoke of oxen had been hired to move our goods from St. Louis. Yoke noun. An object that ties a pair of animals together