3rd 9 Weeks, Week
3
Spelling:
Roots port and miss/mit
*Spelling choice activity due
Thursday if you made less than 100%
on last week’s spelling test and/or last week’s ject/sect review test.
*You need to know the definitions of these words as well as
how to spell them for the tests on
Friday.
port =
_____________________________________ miss/mit =
___________________________________
1.
deport (v.) to carry or send away from a
country; to banish
2.
export (v.) to carry out of a country
3.
import (v.) to carry into a country
4.
portable (adj.) capable of being easily carried
5.
portage (n.) the route over which boats and
supplies are carried overland from one lake or river to another
6.
porter (n.) an attendant who carries travelers’
luggage for them
7.
portfolio (n.) a case for carrying loose papers
8.
report (n.) a collection of writing that carries
information to be shared again with someone new
9.
support (v.) to carry the weight of something
10.
transport (v.) to carry something from one place to
another
11.
admit (v.) to send someone in; to allow someone
to enter
12.
dismiss (v.) to send someone out; to let someone
leave
13.
emit (v.) to send out or give off (such as an
odor)
14.
intermission (n.) a break between acts of a play or
performance during which people are sent out for snacks or stretch breaks
15.
missile (n.) a weapon designed to be sent in the
direction of a target
16.
mission (n.) a special duty or function which a
person or group is sent out to do
17.
omit (v.) to leave out; to not send
18.
remit (v.) to send back (usually related to
paying bills)
19.
submit (v.) to “send” yourself under someone
else’s control; to give in to someone else’s power
20.
transmit (v.) to send something across places; to
pass along
Vocabulary
for Number the Stars, Ch. 12-17
*Complete a vocabulary choice
activity to turn in Thursday if you
made less than 100% on last week’s test (Ch. 6-10).
*Study for Friday’s test!
1.
brusque (adj.) rough or abrupt in speech
2.
devastating (adj.) overwhelmingly terrible
3.
quaver (v.) to tremble (said of a voice)
4.
taut (adj.) tightly stretched
5.
churning (adj.) shaken or agitated
6.
tantalizing (adj.) having or exhibiting something
that provokes or arouses expectation, interest, or desire
7.
implore (v.) to beg urgently or piteously
8.
insolently (adv.) boldly, rudely, disrespectfully, contemptuously
9.
caustic (adj.) capable of burning; severely
critical or sarcastic
10.
strident (adj.) making or having a harsh sound;
grating; having a shrill, irritating quality or character
11.
integrity (n.) soundness of moral character; honest
12.
permeate (v.) to penetrate, to pass through or
into
*Drops in the Bucket (DITB) Week
11 is due Friday.
*Your biography genre project
is due Friday!
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