January 2015

Gladiator Word of the Day

Week 19

January 5-9, 2015

Language Arts/ReadingMonday, January 5, 2015

Root of the Week:

tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)

Word of the Day: Tenure

Definition: ten·ure

(noun) [ten-yer]

1. the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.

2. the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered.

3. the period or term of holding something.

MathTuesday, January 6, 2015

Root of the Week: tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)

Word of the Day: con·strain

(kənstrān′)tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains1.

a. To keep within certain limits; confine or limit: "Legislators ... used the power of the purse to constrain the size of the military" (Julian E. Zelizer).

2. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force;oblige: felt constrained to object to his behavior.

Social StudiesWednesday, January 7, 2015

Root of the Week:


Word of the Day: Detain

Definition: de·tain [dih-teyn]

verb (used with object)

1. to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.

2. to keep under restraint or in custody.

3. to keep back or withhold, as from a person.

ScienceThursday, January 8, 2015

Root of the Week:tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)Word of the day: TensionDefinition: ten•sion[ten-shuh-n] noun 1. the act of stretching or straining. 2. the state of being stretched or strained. 3. mental or emotional strain; intense, suppressed suspense, anxiety, or excitement. 4. a strained relationship between individuals, groups, nations, etc.

Academy of Arts and EntertainmentFriday, January 9, 2015

Root of the Week:


con·tent·ment (kən-tĕnt′) adj.

1. Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.

2. Ready to accept or acquiesce; willing: She was content to step down after four years as chief executive.


Week 20

January 12-15, 2015

Root of the Week us/ut (to use)

Word of the Day: Peruse

[puh-rooz]

verb (used with object), perused, perusing.

1. To read through with thoroughness or care:

to peruse a report.

2. To read.

3. To survey or examine in detail.

10 True Facts

Language Arts/Reading

Monday, January 12, 2015



Word of the Day: Usurer[yoo-zher-er] noun

A person who lends money and charges interest, especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate; moneylender.

Social StudiesWednesday, January 14, 2015Root of the Week us/ut( to use)

Word of the Day: utilitarianism

[yoo-til-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh-m]

noun

The ethical doctrine that virtue is based on utility, and that conduct should be directed toward promoting the greatest happiness of the greatest number of persons.



Word of day: Uterus

Definition: u•ter•us

[yoo-ter-uh s]noun

The enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and develops or rests during prenatal development; the womb of certain mammals.


Week 21

January 20-23, 2015

Language Arts/ReadingTuesday, January 20, 2015

Root of the Week ven/vent (to come, to move toward)

Word of the Day: conveneDefinition: con·vene[kuh n-veen] verb

1. to come together or assemble, usually for some public purpose. 2. to cause to assemble; convoke. 3. to summon to appear, as before a judicial officer.

MathWednesday,January 21, 2015

Root of Week ven/vent

(to come, to move toward)

Word of the Day: circumvent

1. to go around or bypass

2. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem

Social StudiesThursday, January 22, 2015

Root of the Week ven/vent

(to come, to move toward)

Word of the Day: Venturesome

[ven-cher-suh m] adjective

1. Having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring

2. Attended with risk; hazardous:

ScienceFriday, January 23, 2015Root of the Week ven/vent(to come, to move toward)Word of the Day: ventricleDefinition: ven·tri·cle[ven-tri-kuh l] noun 1. Zoology: any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body. 2. Anatomy:a. either of the two lower chambers on each side of the heart that receive blood from the atria and in turn force it into the arteries.b. one of a series of connecting cavities of the brain


Week 22

January 26-30, 2015

Language Arts/ReadingMonday, January 26, 2015Root of the Week ab/abs

(off, away from, apart, down)

Word of the Day: Absolution

Definition: ab•so•lu•tion

[ab-suh-loo-shuh n] noun

1. act of absolving; a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties.

2. state of being absolved.


Root of the Week ab/abs

(off, away from, apart, down)

Word of the day: Abstract

1. thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.

2. theoretical; not applied or practical

Social StudiesWednesday, January 28, 2015

Root of the Week ab/abs (off, away from, apart, down)

Word of the Day: abolish

Definition: a·bol·ish

[uh-bol-ish] verb

To do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to abolish slavery.


Root of the Week ab/abs

(off,away from,apart,down)

Word of the Day: Abort

Definition: a·bort

[uh-bawrt] verb

1. to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.

2. to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or undeveloped state.

3. to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage.

Academy of HealthFriday, January 30, 2015

Root of the Week ab/abs (off,away from,apart,down)

Word of the Day: abdominal

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. the part of the body of a mammal between the thorax and the pelvis; belly.

2. the cavity of this part of the body containing the stomach, intestines, etc.

January 2015

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