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District 233

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H-F's Word of the Week program

The purpose of H-F's Word of the Week program is to emphasize to our students the power of words while encouraging them to develop more sophisticated vocabularies. 

 
 


Words for 2010-2011

05/20/11 - RESPITE
05/13/11 - MILIEU
05/06/11 - STRINGENT
04/29/11 - VARIEGATED

04/22/11 - TENACIOUSLY

04/15/11 - CLICHE
04/11/11 - AMBIVALENT
03/18/11 - INNOCUOUS

03/11/11 - IRRESOLUTE
03/04/11 - MYOPIC

02/28/11 - dilatory

02/21/11 - plaudit
02/14/11 - unyielding
02/07/11 - alleviate
01/31/11 - opulent
01/24/11 - inept
01/17/11 - exonerate

01/10/11 - squander
01/03/11 - raze
12/13/10 - modicum
12/06/10 - concur
11/29/10 - sycophant
11/22/10 - askance
11/15/10 - capacious
11/08/10 - verbose
11/01/10 - flummox
10/25/10 - macabre

10/18/10 - persnickety
10/11/10 - perfunctory
10/04/10 - omit
09/27/10 - rigorous
09/20/10 - esoteric
09/13/10 - alacrity
09/06/10 - elude
08/30/10 - rife
08/24/10 - ephemeral   

Words for 2009-2010
Week of:
  

5/24/10 - frenetic
5/17/10 - quandary
5/10/10 - neophyte
5/3/10 - traduce
4/26/10 - arcane
4/19/10 - ostracize
4/12/10 - lugubrious
4/5/10 - gesticulate
3/22/10 - puerile
3/8/10 - enumerate
3/1/10 - redact
2/22/10 - vicissitudes
2/15/10 -  nascent
2/8/10 - xenophile
2/1/10 - vernacular
1/25/10 - surreptitiously
1/18/09 - foment
1/11/10 - quell  
1/04/10 - arduous
12/15/09 - mellifluous  
12/7/09 - idiosyncrasy
11/30/09 - mundane
11/23/09 -innovate  
11/16/09 - adroit
11/9/09 - innocuous
11/2/09 - capricious  
10/26/09 - preternatural
10/19/09 - procrastinate    
10/12/05 - mercurial
10/5/09 - disingenuous  
9/28/09 - epitome  
9/21/09 - supercilious  
9/14/09 - influx  
9/7/09 - banal  
8/31/09 - amicable
8/24/09 - antithesis    

2008-09's list of words:
Week of:  
  
5/25/09 tangential  
5/18/09 mercenary  
5/11/09 truncate  
5/4/09 anecdote  
4/27/09 equilibrium  
4/20/09 nonplussed 
4/13/09 conflation  
4/6/09 anachronistic  
3/23/09 tenaciously  
3/16/09 mortify  
3/9/09 circumlocution  
3/2/09 equanimity 
2/23/09 lackadaisical 
2/16/09 acclimate  
2/9/09 bicentennial  
2/2/09 effusive  
1/26/09 interject  
1/19/09 emulate  
1/12/09 correlation  
1/5/09 benevolent 
12/15/08 ebullient     
12/8/08 periphery  
12/1/08 salubrious  
11/24/08 satiated  
11/17/08 meander   
11/10/08 cacophony   
10/27/08 loquacious  
10/20/08 sanguine  
10/13/08 evoke  
10/6/08 epiphany  
9/29/08 expunge 
9/15/08 pragmatic  
9/8/08 auspicious   
9/2/08 ethical     
8/25/08 lexicon   



 

  

Summary by quarter:

2010 - Quarter 1 Summary

2010 - Quarter 2 Summary

Quarter 1, 2009-10    
Quarter 2, 2009-10  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary by quarter:

Quarter 1, 2008-09    
Quarter 2, 2008-09  
Quarter 3, 2008-09  
Quarter 4, 2008-09  

 

 

 

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