Have you heard of the book "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley? I bet you have & you might have even seen the movie too.
SpellingCity.com has a vocabulary list that goes along with that book. However, even if you haven't read that book or seen the movie, it's chock full of good, important words to know!
Visit the list (http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=1208624) and pick out 2 words that you either don't know or don't know too well. Then visit an online dictionary site (such as Merriam-Webster) and look up those 2 words. Lastly, come back to the blog, post each word & its definition.
Be sure to check back often to see what words other bloggers have added! This way, we can all learn from each other!
12 comments:
The two words that I am unfamiliar with are:
Intonation - the rise and fall in pitch of the voice in speech
Delineate - to indicate or represent by drawn or painted lines
Leonie Florestal
I was unfamiliar with..
gnash - strike or grind together.
vacillate - to sway in lack of equilibrium(balance)
Melissa Lobsinger
I was unfamiliar with..
Loiter - to stand around without any obvious purpose, or to do something in a slow lazy way.
Grandeur - the quality of being great or grand and very impressive.
Roxana A.
August 24, 2009 3:53 pm
Unfamiliar words:
Indefatigable- incapable of being fatigued
Vacillate- to sway through lack of equilibrium
-Brad B.
Two words that I am not famaliar with are as follows:
Vacillate- - To waver in mind, will or feeling.
Tumultuous - Marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval.
Allison.
I choose the words gnash and loiter.
Gnash - I understand in the dictionary like expresion .This word is used in order to say that people are very angry about something and are complaining loudly.
Loiter-mean to stand in a public place withouta reason to be there.
The two words I researched are:
Tumultuous-marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval.
Benevolent-organized for the purpose of doing good.
Lia Muth
Spelling Words from Frankenstein:
1) Gnash: Grind together, of teeth. Example: When somebody is angry.
2) Loiter: Be about, hang around.
Example: The students like to loiter in the Central Square.
Mina Robles
Two words I have chosen are:
1. Gnash: To strike or grind (as the teeth) together.
2. Intonation: Manner of utterance, specifically, the rise and fall in pitch of the voice.
Deidra W
One familiar word was:
amassed - to accumulate for onself, accumulate.
One unfamiliar word:
vacillate - to waiver in mind, will, or feeling; hesitate in choice of opinions or courses.
Karla Banton
I found infatigable to be a long word meaning not fatigued (not tired).
Loiter means to waist time.
Rosa F.
I picked "Grandeur" which means, quality of state of being grand.
"Precure"= to get possession of. It also means: to obtain by particular care and effort.
Mianta
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