Thursday, April 11, 2013

Vocab Blog #9 (Farenheit 451)

1. Parlor (81)- dated a sitting room in a private house.
Middle English (par-lur)
My parlor consists of a couch and a TV.
2. Investigations (75)-the action of examining or research
Middle English (in-ves-teh-gay-shun)
Police do investigations when they have a crime that was committed.


3. Suffused (76)- gradually spreading through or over.
Latin (suh-few-jun)
The jelly suffused over the bread and peanut butter.

4. Substitute (76)- a person or thing acting or serving in place of another
Middle English (suhb-sti-too-te)
The teacher was out so she got a substitute.
5. Notions (76)-a conception or belief about something
Middle English (no-shun)
Jesus is a notion to most people.

6. Perspiring (77)- sweating
French (pur-spur-ring)
The soccer player was perspiring during the game.




7. Toil (79)-work extremely hard
Middle English (toil)
Honors kids toil in school.

8. Fragile (80)-easily broken
Latin (frah-gil)
Glass is fragile

9. Soluble (81)- able to dissolve a substance
Middle English (saw-you-bowl)
Sugar isn't hat soluble

10. Infinite (82)- limitless or endless in space, extent or size.
(in-fin-it) Middle English
The galaxy is infinte.

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