Spelling WordsYour—pronoun Your shoes are untied.You’re—contraction you + areYou’re working a nerve today!To—toward a point, person, place, or thingI went to the store today.Too—in addition; also; furthermoreI want that too.Two—numberSometimes you act like you are two.

AlliterationDefinition: repetition of initial consonant

sounds

Example: I stood still and stopped to listen to the sounds surrounding me.

BizarreDefinition: very strange or odd

Example: Many people in this world are bizarre, especially old people.

ChronologyDefinition: sequence of events; time order

Example: History is a subject that is taught chronologically.

DeductionDefinition: act of subtracting; the process

of reaching a conclusion

Example: After reviewing the tape, one can deduce that the killer had planned their attacks.

EmbargoDefinition: a prohibition by a government

on certain or all trade with a foreign nation

Example: The United State has an embargo on all trade with Cuba.

FlourishDefinition: thrive; to grow, develop, or do

well

Example: The flowers flourished in the sunlight.

GuruDefinition: a person who is followed as a

leader or teacher

Example: Russell Simmons is a music and clothing guru.

VaccineDefinition: preventative medicine;

substance that stimulates cells to recognize and attack disease-causing agents (may contain a weaker form of the disease)

Example: The flu vaccine is given yearly to protect individuals from contracting the most common strain of the flu that year.

WitherDefinition: to shrivel; fade; decay; to lose

freshness of youth

Example: The sun had withered her body, but not her mind.

ZephyrDefinition: a gentle, mild breeze (usually

referring to the west wind)

Example: The zephyr breeze cooled and calmed the family.

Vocabulary Test 3I went (1) the mall at (2) (3)! (4) going to go

back today, though because (5) outfit is hurt.

1. Alliteration

2. Bizarre

3. Chronology

4. Deduction

5. Embargo

6. Flourish

7. Guru

8. Vaccine

9. Wither

10. Zephyr