wordly wise 1 language arts 7 thurston middle school amy cochren
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Wordly Wise 1
Language Arts 7
Thurston Middle School
Amy Cochren
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1. abate
to become weaker;
to decrease
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2. acknowledge
To admit existence of;
To express recognition or thanks
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3. agentA person who acts for or does business for another;
Something that brings about a result
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4. authority
The right to give orders, make decisions, or take action;
An expert source of information
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5. devastate
To ruin or destroy completely
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6. epidemic
Rapid spreading of a disease to many people at one time
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7. estimate
A number that is not exact;
A careful guess;
To figure out roughly
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8. evict
To force out of property by taking legal action
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9. impartialNot favoring one side more than another;
fair
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10. industrious
Hardworking;
Not lazy
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11. infuriate
To make very angry
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12. irrelevantHaving nothing to do with the subject
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13. precise
Exact or accurate
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14. sham
Something fake or false;
Not genuine; fake
To pretend
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15. trek
A long, slow, and difficult journey;
To travel slowly and with difficulty
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1. abate 6. epidemic
2. acknowledge 7. estimate
3. agent 8. evict
4. authority 9. impartial
5. devastate 10. industrious
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11. infuriate
12. irrelevant
13. precise
14. sham
15. trek
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Test Format: Fifteen fill in the blank sentences with a word
bank.
The word bank will have the vocabulary word as listed in the form given in the book.
You will have to decide if you need to change the word in any way. You may have to change the tense or form of the word. The form must be spelled properly!
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Strategies for Studying:
Create three lists of the vocabulary words:
a. Nouns
b. Adjectives
c. Verbs
Knowing how the word functions will help you select the right word to fill in the blank.
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Nouns:1. agent 7. sham
2. authority 8. trek
3. devastation
4. epidemic
5. estimate
6. precision
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Adjectives:1. unabated 7. irrelevant
2. acknowledged 8. sham
3. devastating
4. epidemic
5. impartial
6. industrious
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verbs1. abate 7. trek
2. acknowledge
3. devastate
4. estimate
5. evict
6. sham
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Strategies for Study:
Take the time to complete the Wordly Wise activities thoughtfully.
Rushing through the homework just to finish quickly will not help you on the test!
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For Example: Ex. A #5
(a) An agent is…
(d) something that produces
a result.
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Strategies for Study:
Use Exercise E as a practice tool for the test.
Study how the vocabulary word was used in the passage.
Practice asking and answering the questions to yourself.
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Question: Why did smallpox kill so many
Cherokees in such a short time?
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Answer:
Many Cherokees were killed by
smallpox because it was an epidemic.
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Question: About how many Cherokees
died of smallpox in 1745?
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Answer:It was estimated that
approximately half of the population was killed by the
epidemic.
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Question: Did the Cherokees’ appeals
slow down the theft of their land?
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Answer: The theft was unabated by their
requests.
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Question: What is the meaning of agent as
used in the passage?
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Answer: The meaning of “agent” in the
passage was “one who does business for another”.
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Question: Why was the Cherokees’ last
treaty a sham?
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Answer: The Cherokee signers had no
authority to sign for the Cherokee Nation.
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Question: Why might we think that the
Cherokees were good farmers?
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Answer:The Cherokees were industrious
and able to live off of their land.
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Question: Were those who wanted the
Cherokees’ land influenced by the fact that the Cherokee signers of the 1835 treaty had signed illegally?
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Answer:They found that to be irrelevant.
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Question:What was the meaning of
acknowledged in the passage?
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Answer:The meaning was “commonly
accepted and recognized”.
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Question: Why do you think President
Andrew Jackson was infuriated
by the chief justice’s opinion?
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Answer: He was infuriated because he
did not want to acknowledge that he allowed the sham and was a cause of such hardship to the Cherokee Nation.
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Question: What is the meaning of authority
as used in the passage?
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Answer:“Authority” meant “the right to
make decisions”.
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Question: What happened when the
Cherokees tried to evict illegal settlers?
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Answer:The illegal settlers ignored the
requests to evict them.
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Question: How should the government
have behaved dealing with the disputes between the Cherokees and the settlers?
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Answer:They should have been impartial.
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Question: How far did the Cherokees have
to travel to get to what is now Oklahoma?
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Answer: They trekked approximately
900 miles.
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Question: Is the figure of 20,000 persons
forced out of their homes and exact guess?
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Answer:No, it was an estimate.
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Question: What kind of effect did the
forced removal of the Cherokees from their land have on them?
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Answer: It was estimated that
approximately 4,000 Cherokees died on the “trail of tears” trek to Oklahoma.