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Vocabulary Strategies

Vocabulary Strategies. Using Word Study for Ownership!. Vocabulary squares. A teacher example……. Adjective

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Vocabulary Strategies

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  1. Vocabulary Strategies Using Word Study for Ownership!

  2. Vocabulary squares A teacher example……

  3. Adjective Origin:1530s, from L. egregius, from the phrase ex grege "rising above the flock," from ex "out of" + grege, ablative of grex "herd, flock." Disapproving sense, now predominant, arose 16c., originally ironic and is not in the Latin word, which etymologically means simply "exceptional." Related: Egregiously Synonyms: atrocious. deplorable, extreme, flagrant, glaring, heinous, infamous, insufferable, intolerable, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, outright, preposterous,scandalous, shocking Antonyms: little, minor, secondary, slight egregious

  4. outstandingly bad; outrageous The egregious rumor that she posted on Facebook caused many problems during the school day, and ended with several suspensions due to the confrontations.

  5. Vocabulary squares Practice as a class….

  6. Adjective ORIGINlate 15c., from Fr. furtif, from L. furtivus "stolen, hidden, secret," from furtum "theft, robbery," from fur (gen. furis) "thief." Related: Furtiveness Synonyms:calculating, cautious, clandestine, cloaked, conspiratorial, covert, cunning, disguised, elusive, evasive, foxy, hidden, hush-hush, insidious, masked, scheming, shifty, sly, stealthy, under wraps, under-the-table, undercover, underhanded Antonyms: aboveboard, forthright, honest, open, truthful furtive

  7. 1.taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance. 2.sly; shifty: a furtive manner. He did not think the teacher noticed his furtive glance at his neighbor’s test; silly rabbit, she sees everything!

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