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Welcome to the 6th Grade Page! Each post below pertains to something the class is currently working on, or something they will be learning about within the week. Homework for the week will be posted on or before every Monday.

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Spelling List #19

Spelling and Vocabulary List-
***Please copy your list words three or more times,and your definitions twice for ALL Monday homework assignments***
Spelling List:

  1. vocation- a special calling; one's occupation
  2. convocation- a special assembly or meeting
  3. evoke- to call forth; to draw forth
  4. provoked- stirred into action; irritated
  5. revoked- repealed; canceled
  6. advocate- a person who pleads for the cause of another; a lawyer
  7. vocal- oral; uttered by the voice
  8. unify- to combine into one
  9. unilateral- one-sided
  10. permanent- lasting
  11. perforate- to make holes through
  12. extravagant- too much; wasteful
  13. extracurricular- outside the regular course of study
  14. percentage- a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
  15. juvenile- pertaining to young people
Reading Vocabulary:
  1. dubious- doubtful; uncertain; questionable
  2. morass- a wet, swampy bog; something that traps and confuses
  3. deft-skillful; nimble
  4. paltry- ridiculously or insultingly small