Today’s Mission ~ in your vocab. section
of your notebook:
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1. Have your Fall Vocab. List in front of you.
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2. Use the word correctly in your ORIGINAL sentence.
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3. Draw a picture that represents the word.
You will share these…whoop whoop
(my vocabulary noise…) 
1. abate (verb) – to lessen in violence
or intensity.

When the winds abated, the helicopter was able to land.
Before:
After the winds abated.
2. abet (verb) – to assist or encourage,
especially in wrongdoing.
 For
hiding the thief in his basement, he was
charged with aiding and abetting a
That was a
criminal.
dumb move
Aiding and
abetting = prison
3. abhor (verb) – to detest, loathe, hate
strongly.

I abhor snakes, but Roni and Christy love them and keep them as
pets.
4. acquit (verb) – to find not guilty of a
fault or crime.
 The
jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of murder.
5. acrimony (noun) – harsh temper or
bitter feeling.
 Because
of his acrimony, the old man found
himself lonely and friendless.
6. adamant (adj.) – unyielding; firm in
opinion.
 Despite
the outpouring of support for the
new employee, the boss was adamant in his
decision to fire her.
Adamant!
7. adulation (noun) – excessive praise or
admiration.
 The
members of One Direction loved the
adulation their fans heaped on them at
their concert.
8. affable (adj.) – friendly; courteous;
agreeable in manner; easy to talk to.
 Our
affable neighbor always brings us
cookies when she visits us.
So affable!!
9. agnostic (noun) – one who believes that the
existence of God is unknown and unknowable.
 Although
he would not say there was no
God, he did not attend church because he
was an agnostic.
10. agrarian (adj.) – having to do with farms,
farmers, or the use of land; agricultural.
 Because
New Jersey (home of Bon Jovi) is
mostly agrarian, it is called “The Garden
State.”
agrarian
What time is it???
 Time
to share your amazing sentences and
pictures with your Mayflower partner!
 Go!!