I know, I know. I'm running late. I've been grading and interim reporting and just going generally CRAZY. Here are this week's vocabulary words . . .I'll update everything else tomorrow.

Vocabulary lesson 12:

1. circumspect - adj. - careful, cautious
2. histrionic - adj. - over-acting, dramatic
3. debilitate - v - to weaken
4. gesticulate - v - to make gestures while talking
5. dismantle - v - to take apart
6. bucolic - adj. - rural, country, bucolic
7. enervate - v - to weaken
8. evanescent - adj. - fleeting, short-lived
9. didactic - adj. - instructive, meant to teach
10. garner - v - to collect
11.squander - v - to waste, to use extravagantly
12. pandemic - adj. - epidemic over a large region
13. grueling - adj. - exhausting, difficult
14. belligerent - adj. - ready to fight
15. lurid - adj. shocking and sensational; glowing through flames
Extra credit:

pye dog - n
purulence - n
doggo - adv
belles lettres - n

Okay - more tomorrow!