A Compendium of Erudite Lexemes: to get rid of

Objectives

Goal: Vastly increasing the class's vocabulary in preparation for SATs and for the use in everyday life in ways that can be easily grasped and allow us to think in different ways.

Key elements: using words correctly in context, memorization strategies,

Strategy: weekly RSS feed words that vary in difficulty, games that help to introduce and make use of vocabulary recently learned.

Short assignment: No set date as of now. Perhaps we will be having students use the words in a story or skit, or find new words of their own to teach.

Technical Things: We're using blogspot!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

to get rid of

Abjure- (verb) to reject, renounce
To prove his coolness, the dean abjured the evil dress code of his wicked predecessor.

Repudiate- (verb) to refuse to accept or be associated with
Mr. Georgi repudiated his ties to the Marines after some embarrassing youtube videos were found on a commander's blog.

Flout- (verb) openly disregard
Rick Astley flouted the dress code on the Carnival weekend by wearing a skimpy bikini. The deans ignored it.