Related words: automatic, autobiography, automation

Personal connection: when I wake up in the morning I start to get ready for the day.

Related words: transect, transaction, transportation

Personal connection: when I go to the store I place a transaction to pay for my stuff.

Related words: graphic, telegraph, autograph

Personal connection: in science class we use a lot of diagrams.

Related words: evacuate, vacuous, vacuole

Personal connection: when the fire alarm went off at McGuire we had to evacuate the building.

Related words: inflection, flexible, reflection

Personal connection: I saw my reflection in the mirror.

Related words: antonym, antisocial, antisocial

Personal connection: when I went to the party I socialized and was not antisocial

Related words: regularly, consistently, habitually

Personal connection: I’m invariably in the studio for dance everyday

Related words: precise, methodical, scrupulous

Personal connection: I am very precise when doing my homework.

Related words: amazement, statement, payment

Personal connection: I can give someone a payment with a check

Related words: subway, submit, subtraction

Personal connection: I submit my homework on time so its not late or missing

Related words: panorama, pandemic,, Pangea

Personal connection: the pandemic happen when I was in third grade

Related words: chaotic, disorderly, arbitrary

Personal connection: we haphazardly made our hobo pants

Related words: dictate, diction, verdict

Personal connection: the amount of homework I have dictates what I do everyday.

Related word: polygon, polytheism, Polynesia

Personal connection: we use polygons in math

Related words: empathy, pathogen, sympathetic

Personal connection: my teacher reads books to gain empathy

Related words: plight, dilemma, predicament

Personal connection: I was in a dilemma when I was late for a meeting

Related words: omnipotent , omniscient, omnigenous

Personal connection: Lake Superior is considered an omnipotent force, it is powerful in so many ways

Pleated words: pyromaniac, bibliomania, maniac

Personal connection: my brother is a maniac

Related words: forefront, foreboding, foresight

Personal connection: I checked the forecast before going swimming

Related words: reveal, disclose, import

Personal connection: I was eager to divulge the info

Related words; geology, geography, geologist

Personal connection; in social studies I learned about geography

Related words: hidden, concealed, enshrouded,obfuscate

Personal connection; the horizon this morning was obscured behind a this layer of fog

Related words; illuminate, bioluminescence, luminary

Personal connection; when I was younger I had glow in the dark stars in my room that would illuminate my room at night

Related words; cosmic, cosmos, microcosm

Personal connection; I have never wanted to be a cosmonaut

Related words. recede, succession, proceed

Personal connection: the tide to recede to see if any new shells appear

Related word: chronological, chronology, chronic

Personal connection: I get chronic migraines

Related words: reform, transform, formula

Personal connection: I watched the plants transform

Relat ed words: vitality, vitamin, vivid

Personal connection: take vitamins in the winter

Related words: dismiss, emit, mission

Personal connection: there was an intermission at the recent play

Related words: questioning, distrustful, skeptical

Personal connection: i am incredulous at the fact that we only have 7 days until our next break

Related words:engage simulate rivet

Personal connection:

Related words reveloution, revolve, evolution

Related words: cheerful, gleeful, exuberant

Personal connection: i love the character ruby in the book therefore he comes across as so care free and juanty

Related words: occur, arise, ensure

Personal connection:

Related words: durable, duration, endurance

Persaonal connection: Last year, a student made a rattle ball sculpture of my face in art class, but had to wait for it to be indurated before he could gift it to me.

Meaning: to cut

Related Words: dissect, intersect, intersection, bisect (cut in two), segment(ation), insect, transect (to cut across), vivisection (cutting into living animals to study organs, tissues or diseases).

Personal Connection:

My current obsession is Panera Bread's grilled cheese sandwiches, which are bisected into two melty cheesy perfections. Along with their teas, lemonades and brownies.

Meaning: across or through

Related Words:

• dialogue: communicating through words

• diameter: the distance through something

• diagnose: identify an illness by seeing through someone's symptoms

• dialect: style of speaking common through an area

• diatribe: a forceful way of talking through someone

• diorama a model of something cut in half, to see through

• diagonal: across or through

Personal Connection:

Because I have friends from all over the world, including Liberia and Brazil, I enjoy hearing other speaking dialects.

Meaning: to show or feel extreme joy

Related Words: rejcice, triumphant, revel,

jubilate.

Personal Connection: l exulted when l submitted my last coursework for grad school in December of 2023l It was such a sense of jubilation!

Meaning: to believe

Related Words:

incredible credible credit accreditation sacred incredulous credo

Personal Connection:

Knowing that spring weather is on the horizon is incredible!

Meaning: against

Related Words:

• contrary

• contradiction)

Personal Connection: I love reading books, on the contrary I struggle to read graphic

Meaning: to take or to lead

Related Words: air duct, aqueduct, induct, deduct, reduce, reduction, introduction, introduce, conductor, produce, production, educate, education.

Personal Connection:

• I am trying to reduce the number of excuses I make when I should be going to the gym in the morning.

Meaning: showing great energy in pursuit of a cause.

Related Words: dedicated, passionate, fervent, devoted, impassioned.

Personal Connection:

I am zealous about the importance of reading as as a life-long healthy habit.

Related Words: quest, inquisitive, question, acquire, conquest, acquisition, prerequisite

Personal Connection:

Whenever Ms. Suihkonen travels to new places, she likes to acquire new rocks, gems or fossils to add to her collection.

Meaning: standing out as to be clearly visible; attracting notice or attention Related Words: noticeable, detectable, discernable

Personal Connection:

When I am hiking in the woods during hunting season, I like to wear bright colors to be conspicuous.

Meaning: bad, evil or wrongly

Related Words:

malicious - someone who is unkind or evil malfunction - work wrongly malaria - a disease

malpractice - a doctor or physician who practices incorrectly dismal - sad or gloomy, in mood or weather

Personal Connection:

I appreciate dismal rainy days because they are great for cozying up with a book, or movie, and eating snacks, with my cat, Cloud

Meaning: to look or see

Related Words: inspect; inspection; spectrum; speculate; perspective; spectacles; circumspect; spectator; prospective; spectacle; suspect

Personal Connection:

Although I speculated last month that we would not have many snow days this winter, I am now starting to think that I was entirely wrong!

Meaning: bad, evil or wrongly

Related Words:

malicious - someone who is unkind or evil malfunction - work wrongly malaria - a disease

malpractice - a doctor or physician who practices incorrectly dismal - sad or gloomy, in mood or weather

Personal Connection:

I appreciate dismal rainy days because they are great for cozying up with a book, or movie, and eating snacks, with my cat, Cloud

Meaning: small

Related Words: microscope, microphone, microbe (tiny organism).

Personal Connection:

• Even though high school was a very long time ago for me, I still remember looking at cells under a microscope!

Meaning: a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning

Related Words:

1. misconception

2. deception

3. sophism

Personal Connection:

When my students research the Holocaust, I hope that they learn about the fallacies that people were convinced of, that allowed this terrible genocide to happen.

Related Words: perennials (flowers that bloom yearly), annual, anniversary, millennium, centennial.

Personal Connection:

• I am hoping to participate in the annual Gitchi

Gami bike ride on the North Shore this summer; I had such a great time last time l went!

Meaning: above, beyond or excessive

Related Words: hyperactive, hypersensitive, hyperbole, hyper.

Personal Connection:

• I have to be really careful with how much caffeine I drink because if I'm not, it'll make me hyper and then I will crash later and be super tired

accompanied by a feeling

of intense dislike

1. dislike

2. distaste

3. scorn

4. contempt

5. derision

When I am hiking, I have a strong

disdain for finding trash on the

trails because it is harmful to the

plants and animals.

magnanimous, magnificent,

magnify, magnitude,

magnifying glass,

Mannum Opus (an artist’s

masterpiece work)

I think it is important to read

about magnanimous people

who teach us how to be

courageous in times of conflict.

with

accelerate, acclimate,

accentuate, accurate,

accuracy, accumulate,

acquire, accent, accrue

After moving to Oregon, it took

awhile to acclimate to the

rainy weather during winter

months, instead of snow

or give

Contribute, contributions,

tribute, attribute, tributary,

retribution, distribute,

distribution

I enjoy contributing to my local

public library by volunteering

1-2 hours per week to help

keep books organized.

Related words: perfect, effect, effective Personal Connection

Because I have a sweet tooth, I love visiting confectionaries. I'm most likely to buy fudge, cotton candy, or gummy candy there!

Related words: fear, apprehension, dread

Personal connection: after losing my way on the hiking trail, i set off in fear and trepidation in the direction of the road

Related words: concept, inception, interception

Personal connection: i intercepted a love note between two students when I thought fifth grade in Oregon

Related words: falsify, false, falsification

Personal connection: during our haulocaust unit, we read about resistors who helped Jewish people and other targeted groups by falsifying identification