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Week 1 Vocabulary
 
     1.     forecast - A forecast is a prediction. When you tell what you
                              think will happen you are forecasting.
 
    2.     contrariness - A person shows contrariness when they choose to
                                   do the opposite of what they are asked.
 
    3.     indignant - You are indignant when you are angry in response to
                              something someone has said.
 
    4.     demonstrate - When you demonstrate you are showing someone
                                    how to do something.
 
    5.     examined - When you've looked very carefully at something or
                               checked it, you have examined it.
 
    6.     artistic - Someone who shows an ability for art might be
                            artistic.
 
    7.     revolt - When you revolt you resist doing what you are told to
                          do.
 
    8.     peculiar - Something that is strange or odd is peculiar.
 
    9.     frantically - A way of doing something in a quick & hurried
                                manner
 
   10.     distinguished - Someone who dresses as if they were very
                                     important looking would look distinguished.
 
 
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Lesson 1 "Ruby the Copycat"
 
 
        1.     trudged - If you walked slowly as though your feet were        
                              stuck in mud, you trudged.
 
      2.     gushed - When you were excited about something and talked
                            a lot about it you gushed.
 
      3.     coincidence - When the same things happen at the same time, 
                                    it is usually a coincidence.
 
      4.    pleasant - Something that is pleasant is enjoyable and makes  
                                you happy.
 
    5.      modeled - If you modeled something, you showed it so other 
                               people could see it.   
 
      6.    murmered - If you murmered something, you said it softly so 
                                  people could hardly hear it.  
 
      7.    loyal - Someone who is loyal sticks by you in good times and 
                          bad.    
 
         8.      recited - If you recited a poem, you memorized it and then   
                               spoke it aloud.
 
 
      9.      frustrated - When you try and try to do something and    
                                    cannot, then you might be frustrated.
 
 
    10.    imitated - If you copied what someone did or said, you 
                               imitated him or her. 
 
 
 
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     words.
 
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Last Modified on August 9, 2010