8th Grade: The Forbidden Schoolhouse: Vocabulary/SpellingWeek 2

Which word means: to give money or support to (someone or something); to be a regular customer or user of a place; to talk to someone in a way that shows that you believe that you are more intelligent or better than other people.

• dignified

• impartial

• discriminate

• patronize

As soon as the child fell the park filled with the loud ___________ of a child crying!

What does thee word "dignified" mean?

• not partial or biased: treating all people the same

• serious and somewhat formal; having or showing dignity

• to shout in a deep voice

• to be able to tell the difference between things

Which word means: (adj) not partial or biased; treating all people the same?

• warrent

• patronize

• dignified

• impartial

The 8th grade class chose to _________ themselves appropriately, since the teacher promised to move them from sitting with their friends if they refused.

• conduct

• confuse

• relate

• import

Which word means: (n) a document giving legal power ; a reason or cause for an opinion or action; (v) to be sure of or to justify.

• oxymoron

• bibliography

• warrant

• charge

When an author writes they must be careful to adhere to accepted ____________so as to be taken seriously as a writer.

Which word means: (v) to be able to tell the difference between things?

• warrant

• discriminate

• patronize

• impartial

Some teachers require students to include a ______________at the end of every research paper.

Which word means: a combination of words that have opposite or very different meanings; contradiction of terms used for literary effect.

• bibliography

• patronize

• bellow

• oxymoron