Friday, October 27, 2006

Vocabulary Fun

In my classes we work with a me-adapted program based off of Vocabulary for College Thinking. The first step of the week's five words is to guess a synonym for them from their context in a sentence. Sometimes this goes well, sometimes it's just amusing.

Here are some of my favorites from last week. Feel free to editorialize.

She allegedly took the ipod while her brother was gone.

smartly
intelligently


It is important to take meticulous notes because the information from each day will be tested.

sneaky
unnoticeable
Obsessively
Obsessive-compulsively


Many people were unnerved by the discovery of a woman’s finger in Wendy’s Chili.
Unhurt
Excited
Lured

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