Vocabulary Practice Out of My Mind

Vocabulary Practice Out of My Mind

Chapter 1-20

Harmonies

The blending of simultaneous sounds of different pitch or quality, making chords.

_{"Harmonies make me smile and I can almost hear colors and smell images when music is played."}

Pores

small openings in the skin

"I could see the pores on Dr. Hugely's face."

Faculties

Powers of the mind

"All of us who have our faculties intact are just plain blessed," Mom yelled at Dr. Hugely,

Defiance

A challenging attitude

"Then we'll just have to study and show them they're wrong!" Catherine said a hint of defiance edging her voice.

Ecology

The relationship between living things (organisms) and their environments.

"The topic of the essay was why fish are important in our world ecology."

Evasively

Trying to avoid and issue

"Uh, no," Rose says evasively walking away from us and toward them.

Haz-mat

Shortened version of hazardous materials

"Dad whistled softly while he cleaned up Penny, threatening to call the Haz-mat team."

Inclusion

Being included

_{"For fifth grade our school started something called, 'inclusion classes'."}

Indignation

Strong Displeasure

"So you aced the quiz and then bombed the follow-up? Mrs. V said to me, indignation decorating her words."

Mainstreaming

The including of children from special education classes into the regular classes and activities in a school.

"When the school decided to start mainstreaming us into the regular classes, the electric chair was really helpful."

Muses

To comment thoughtfully after thinking

"Looks like insurance will cover about half the cost," Mom muses as she navigates the website."

Paparazzi

Photographers who follow and track famous people and often invade their privacy to take photos and sell.

"Dad and his camcorder followed Penny around like the paparazzi follow a rock star!"

Statistically

The mathematical chances of something happening.

"Statistically, what are the chances that both children will have Cerebral Palsy? asked Dad."