Grade 9-10: Vocabulary Lesson for Tuesday, Week 2

Word List 2

1. agile: characterized by quickness, lightness, and ease of movement; nimble
2. benign: kind and gentle, mild, harmless
3. convey: to carry from one place to another; to communicate or make known
4. durable: able to withstand wear and tear, or decay; able to perform over a long period
5. elite: the best or most skilled members of a group
6. gullible: easily deceived
7. hover: to remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air

Tuesday Activities

1. Make Flashcards - Write the word on one side of an index card and put the definition and a sentence on the opposite side. You can find ideas for making flashcards on the Internet by clicking on the link.
2. Click on the link to this site, lingro.com. Click on "wordlist" at the top of the page. Then click on "create new wordlist." When finished, click on "games" at the top of the page. Then click on "flashcards" and select your list. See if you can name the definition on each word before clicking on it to see the answer.
3. Write your vocabulary words in alphabetical order in your vocabulary notebook. Write your own definition beside each word.

Other Help

If you need more information on your words, click on the link to use a on-line dictionary.

Use the daily activities to help you remember words that you learn each week. It is much easier to remember what the words mean if you do something with them and use them frequently in talking with your parents, family and friends.

Sample sentences:

The striker on our team is one of the most agile soccer players I have ever seen.
I was chosen for the debate team because of my agile mind.

My grandmother was relieved to hear that her tumor was benign.
My Dad wanted to be a football coach but his benign manner made the players feel that he was not serious.

"Please convey my greetings to your grandmother," the friendly old guy next door told me.
The wires that run all over our city are used to convey electricity to homes.

Jack Adams is the most durable fullback that has ever played for our team.
A plastic sword is light but not very durable.

Each year the elite players are recognized as members of the All-State team.
Wealthy people often make up the elite of a society.

My cousin is so gullible that he believes all of my lies.
Con artists would go broke if no one was gullible.

I love to watch humming birds hovering over the flowers.
Seagulls hover over the breaking surf looking for food.

 
 

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