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Vocabulary List - Definitions and Parts of Speech

Enhance your vocabulary skills with this list of words and their definitions and parts of speech for writing purposes in English language arts class.

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Vocabulary List - Definitions and Parts of Speech

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  1. Week #1 Vocabulary Name, Date, ELA Period

  2. GRAPH = writing Write this on the top of your sheet.

  3. Copy Word, Part of Speech, and Definition 1. Autobiography (n) 2. Bibliography (n) The WRITTEN list of all the books used in a report or book • WRITING about a person’s life WRITTEN by that person

  4. 3. Cartography (n) 4. Paragraph (n) A section of WRITING that has a topic and concluding sentence • Mapmaking; the WRITING involved in making maps or charts

  5. 5. Photography (n) 6. Seismograph (n) A device that WRITES down (records) the movements of the earth • The use of light to RECORD an image using a camera

  6. GT Spelling/Vocabulary 7. Ubiquitous (adj) – existing everywhere at the same time (mnemonic: a Bic with us) 8. Vacillate (verb) – move backand forth between choices; unable to decide (mnemonic: vessel late) 9. Wastrel (noun) – one who wastes his money or resources ( mnemonic: waste trail) 10. Belligerent (adj) – having a strong tendency to argue and fight (mnemonic: bell, ledger, rent)

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