Monday, March 28, 2011

At last! Vocab Set!


It’s Getting Better
Words to Make You Feel Good

Provide the definition of the following words. Include the dictionary definition and a translation of the dictionary definition into your own words. Write an original sentence for each. Post one sentence as a comment.

1.     Alleviate
2.     Asylum
3.     Auspicious
4.     Benevolent
5.     Benign
6.     Mollify
7.     Reclamation
8.     Sanction
Bonus Point – Tell me why the following sentence is funny: The students were happy when the principal agreed to sanction the use of cell phones in class.

Liar, Liar
When the Truth is in Question

1.     Dubious
2.     Fabricated
3.     Hypocrisy
4.     Slander
5.     Spurious
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26 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 29, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    I don't know how an asylum is supposed to make you feel better, Mr Kline!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 29, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    @anonymous- asylum: a safe or inviolable place of refuge; a haven, shelter, or retreat.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 29, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    i have a feeling the bonus point is a ruse...
    sanction- to officially allow, give permission
    as in the students had free and complete use of their cellphones at all hours of the school day and were no longer forced to hide their obsession behind their bags or under the desks etc.
    that must be wrong though... I am sure someone has a better take?
    kathleen karpal

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  4. shainaMarch 29, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    The majestic sunset brought with it an auspicious hope of a better tomorrow.

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  5. Sarah CoxMarch 30, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    No, I am on the same page as you Kathleen. Sanction can be a reward or punishment.

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  6. UnknownMarch 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    The harried young mother mollified her shrieking child with a cherry lollipop.

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  7. Stephen BellMarch 31, 2011 at 4:25 PM

    The judge, seeing the driver’s clean record, alleviated the sentencing for the crime of running over the turtle.

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  8. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    woo fourth person to post their sentence! should we remind people?

    "She retreated to the asylum after her stressful day."

    -Kaleigh

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  9. LaurenMarch 31, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    1.The woman felt she would have an auspicious future when the Wheel of Fortune appeared as her tarot.

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  10. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    When I fell and scraped my knee my friend gave me a band-aid and neosporin to try and help alleviate my pain and discomfort.

    Taylor

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  11. It's Sarah!March 31, 2011 at 9:34 PM

    While my family remains dubious, I know that I will marry Justin Bieber someday.

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  12. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    I am seeking a benevolent doner for my failing kidney, liver, and heart.

    - Erin Bach

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  13. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    His spuriously cheerful attitude was dubious because his grin looked more like a grimace.

    i hope the sanction thing gets explained tomorrow. looking into it, spurious also implies one is rewarded if one is good (uses cells) and punished if one is bad (does not use cells)
    still not making sense. I am accepting the fact that it's too over my head for me to find funny... and that no one else is interested

    kathleen karpal

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  14. Nathan MeekerMarch 31, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    The crook passed off the spurious bills to the unsuspecting cashier.

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  15. mcmackieeMarch 31, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    Many women search for natural home remedies to alleviate their hot flashes.

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  16. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    I don't know if this works.

    When I first started reading my rejection letter from Harvard, I was enraged. That was, until I read the “We’re sorry.” The two words mollified me.

    -Philip Nguyen

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  17. Justin BieberMarch 31, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Being infected with Bieber Fever is highly dubious and very unlikely, according to many doctors.

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  18. Nathan MeekerMarch 31, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    The sentence is funny because NBL would never do that! Kline is just laughing at our hope of one day being able to use our cell phones freely.

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  19. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 7:06 AM

    The judge said the equestrian had an auspicious air about her, she would surely make it to the Grabd Prix.

    Morgan Damm

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  20. Whitney hoodApril 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Ooopps ... Forgot to post a sentence .

    The death of her father alleviated the pain she felt seeing her father battle the cancer.

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  21. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    Ice packs tend to alleviate ankle spasms.

    -Katie Stagl

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  22. Mariah HubbardApril 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    Teachers who are strict on not having cell phones in the classroom but, continually use their own are hypocrites.

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  23. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 11:58 AM

    With her benign strength of heart, the little girl pulled the man away from the edge of the building.

    - MeShine Lee

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  24. AnonymousApril 1, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    After so many warnings, she wondered how she could trust the spurious man. Perhaps it was good the ostrich had chased him into the pool of snapping turtles.
    ~rachael

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  25. MyriaApril 2, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Look at America today, every way you turn you see the hypocrisy of the ones who say one thing and do another.

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  26. UnknownApril 3, 2011 at 12:47 PM

    I thought mine had posted!

    The nutritionist ate at McDonald's for lunch, ashamed of his own hypocrisy.

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