Spelling Test What a (1) that the (2) did not steal the jewelry that they (3) from (4) grandparents. Too bad the cameras attached to the (5) weren

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Spelling Test What a (1) that the (2) did not
steal the jewelry that they (3) from (4)
grandparents. Too bad the cameras attached to the
(5) werent working to find out who those bad
guys were! Vocabulary Test

• 1. spectrum
• 2. technique
• 3. undulate
• 4. vacillate
• 5. wretched

• 6. analogy
• 7. boisterous
• 8. commemorate
• 9. despondent
• 10. exult

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Spelling Words (AGAIN)

• Rule Rhyme i before e except after c
• -Use i before e except after c or when saying
  ay as in neighbor and weigh
• i before e except after c or ay
• believe receive height
• siege ceiling their
• thief conceited vein
• relief deceive feisty

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Spectrum

• Definition a broad range of varied but related
  ideas or objects, the individual features of
  which tend to overlap so as to form a continuous
  series or sequence
• Example The political spectrum ranges from very
  liberal to very conservative.

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Technique

• Definition skill ability to apply procedures or
  methods so as to effect a desired result
• Example The surfers technique was something the
  judges had never seen before.

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Undulate

• Definition to move in a wave-like fashion
  display a smooth rising-and-falling or
  side-to-side alternation of movement
• Example The Jell-O undulates every time the
  refrigerator
• door opens.

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Vacillate

• Definition to sway unsteadily waver waver in
  opinion indecisive
• Example He vacillated with the decision of
  whether or not to go to the party.

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Wretched

• Definition very unfortunate in condition or
  circumstances miserable mean
• Example The wretched old woman would not give
  the children any candy on Halloween.

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Analogy

• Definition a similarity between like features of
  two things, on which a comparison may be based
• Example These 5th
• graders are making
• an analogy between
• objects used at
• school.

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Boisterous

• Definition rowdy unrestrained rough and noisy
  loud
• Example Being boisterous
• is a good thing, as long as
• you know when to calm
• down.

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Commemorate

• Definition to serve as a memorial or reminder
  of to honor the memory of by some observance
• Example The United States
• commemorates 9/11 with
• a moment of silence each year.

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Despondent

• Definition feeling or showing profound
  hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom
  
• Example The despondent teenager would not
  respond to her parents, much less anyone else.

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Exult

• Definition to show or feel a lively or
  triumphant joy rejoice exceedingly be highly
  elated or jubilant
• Example They exulted in their victory.

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Story Starter

• The despondent teenager vacillated between
  telling her parents what was happening or
  continuing to keep it to herself.