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1st WOD
1st 9 weeks WOD
41
General Vocab
4th Grade
01/09/2017

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clerisy
Definition
educated group as a class
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academia
Definition
the academic world
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intelligentsia
Definition
the educated and enlightened class
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synonym
Definition
words having the same or similar meaning
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antonyms
Definition
words that have the opposite meanings
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homonym
Definition
words have the same spelling and pronunciation but different meaning multiple meaning words
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homophones
Definition
words having the same pronunciation but different spelling and meaning
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homograph
Definition
words that have the same spelling but sounds different and have different meaning
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simile
Definition
comparing 2 unlike things using like or as
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metaphor
Definition
comparing 2 unlike things not using like or as
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onomatopoeia
Definition
words that imitates the sound that it describes BATMAN words
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idiom
Definition
words or phrases that do not literally mean what they say
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alliteration
Definition
the repetition of beginning consonant sounds
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hyperbole
Definition
an exaggeration used for emphasis or effect
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character
Definition
person or animal that takes part in events of a story
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setting
Definition
the time and place in which a story occurs
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sequence
Definition
the order in which events happen
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inference
Definition
guess from text, "figure it out" based on PK and text clues
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acronym
Definition
a word formed from the initial letters of title, name, phrase
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astron
Definition
star
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geo
Definition
earth
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thermos
Definition
heat
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aqua
Definition
water
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meter
Definition
measure
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skope
Definition
look,see,examine,inspeat
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phone
Definition
speak/sound
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graph
Definition
write/draw
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dia
Definition
through,between,across,apart
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micro
Definition
small,mini
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photo
Definition
light
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cosmos
Definition
world
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chrom
Definition
color
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tropos
Definition
turn
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roto
Definition
turn wheel
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visi
Definition
see look
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hydro
Definition
water
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magna
Definition
large big immense
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pedi
Definition
foot
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pend
Definition
to hang
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logy
Definition
the science or study of
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auto
Definition
one self
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