3rd 9 Weeks, Week
2
Spelling: Roots
ject and sect
*Spelling choice activity due
Thursday if you made less than 100%
on last week’s spelling test.
*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as
how to spell them for the tests on
Friday.
Use the worksheet with the definitions to help you study.
ject = _____________________________________ sect =
___________________________________
1.
dejected (adj.) to feel sad; to feel thrown down
in spirit
2.
eject (v.) to throw out
3.
injection (n.) a shot; the “throwing” of medicine
into the body by a needle
4.
interjection
(n.) a word thrown into a sentence or conversation
5.
jettison (v.) to throw goods overboard to lighten
the load on a boat or an airplane
6.
projectile (n.) an object thrown into the air with great force
7.
projector (n.) a machine that throws an image onto
a wall
8.
reject (v.) to throw something out because it’s
defective and can’t be used again
9.
subject (v.) to throw oneself under someone
else’s rule
10.
trajectory (n.)
the curved path of an object thrown into space
11.
bisect (v.) to cut into two pieces
12.
dissect (v.) to cut apart for the purpose of
investigation
13.
insect (n.) a class of small arthropod animals
that has three separate sections on their bodies: head, thorax, abdomen
14.
intersection
(n.) the point at which two lines or
roads meet and cut across each other
15.
section (n.) a separate part of something
16.
sectional (n.) a couch that is made up of separate
pieces
17.
sector (n.) a separate part of a society, group,
or area
18.
transect (v.) to cut across something
19.
trisect (v.) to cut into three separate pieces
20.
vivisection
(n.) surgery on living animals;
medical research that involves cutting into living animals to study organs,
tissues, or diseases
Vocabulary
for Number the Stars, Ch. 6-10
*Complete a vocabulary choice
activity to turn in Thursday if you
made less than 100% on last week’s test (Ch. 1-5).
*Study for Friday’s test!
1.
deftly (adv.) in a quick and skillful way
2.
distorted (adj.) twisted out of shape
3.
protrude (v.) to stick out
4.
ruefully (adv.) in a regretful or mournful way
5.
tentatively
(adv.) with uncertainty
6.
casket (n.) a coffin; a burial box
7.
custom (n.) a habit or ritual
8.
appliqué (n.) cut out decoration added to fabric
9.
specter (n.) something terrifying or dreadful
10.
wryly (adv.)
sarcastically or mockingly; distortedly
11.
condescend (v.) to stoop to a level considered less
dignified or humbler than one’s own; to act “better” than others
12.
recurring (v.) to
happen more than once
*Drops in the Bucket (DITB)
Week 10 is due Friday.
*Have you read a biography
for this month’s genre project?
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