WORD OF THE DAY

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LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Monday, May 2, 2016

Word of the Day:

je·june Definition: [jiˈjo͞on] adjective • naive, simplistic, and superficial. • (of ideas or writings) dry and

uninteresting.

Check out “Jejune | Word Songs | The Friday Zone | WTIU | PBS”.

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MATH Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Word of the Day:

par·ti·tion Definition: [pärˈtiSH(ə)n] noun • (especially with reference to a country

with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts. noun • divide into parts.

Check out “(Abstract Algebra 1) Definition of a Partition”.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Word of the Day:

bu·reauc·ra·cy Definition: [byo͝oˈräkrəsē] noun a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives. • a state or organization governed or managed as a bureaucracy. • the officials in a bureaucracy, considered as a group or

hierarchy.

Check out “Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics #15”.

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SCIENCE Thursday, May 5, 2016

Word of the Day:

rec·la·ma-tion Definition: [rek-luh-mey-shuh] noun • the act of returning something to a former, better state. Land reclamation

might involve razing a strip mall and planting crops. Most people involved in reclamation want to reclaim something out of a sense of moral or environmental duty.

Check out “Beach Reclamation Project Barefoot Beach Bonita Springs Florida”.

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ACADEMY OF ARTS

Friday, May 6, 2016 & ENTERTAINMENT

Word of the Day:

ve·he·ment Definition: [ˈvēəmənt] adjective • showing strong feeling; forceful,

passionate, or intense.

Check out “The Simpsons - Homer is the Incredible Hulk”.

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LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Monday, May 9, 2016

Word of the Day:

fat·u·ous Definition: [ˈfaCHo ͞oəs] adjective • silly and pointless.

Check out “Learn English Vocabulary - New Word: Fatuous”.

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MATH Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Word of the Day:

or·thog·o·nal Definition: [ôrˈTHäɡənl] noun • of or involving right angles; at right

angles. • (STATISTICS) (of variates) statistically

independent.

Check out “Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic on "The Doctors"”.

Atlas Orthogonal

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SOCIAL STUDIES Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Word of the Day:

col·lu·sion Definition: [kəˈlo͞oZHən] noun • secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.. • (LAW) illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially between ostensible opponents in a lawsuit.

Check out “Plagiarism A Film by Murdoch University Dubai -Collusion ”.

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SCIENCE Thursday, May 12, 2016

Word of the Day:

hy·per·ton·ic Definition: [hīpərˈtänik] adjective having increased pressure or tone, in particular. • (BIOLOGY) having a higher osmotic pressure than a

particular fluid, typically a body fluid or intracellular fluid. • (PHYSIOLOGY) of or in a state of abnormally high muscle

tone.

Check out “Egg Osmosis (Hypertonic vs. Hypotonic Solution)”.

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ACADEMY OF HOSPITALITY & TOURISM

Friday, May 13, 2016 Word of the Day:

com·merce Definition: [ˈkämərs] noun • the activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale. • social dealings between people.

Check out “What is E-Commerce? (Simple!)”.

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LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Monday, May 16, 2016

Word of the Day:

lu·gu·bri·ous Definition: [ləˈɡ(y)o͞obrēəs] adjective • looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Check out “Eeyore Quotes”.

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MATH Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Word of the Day:

in·var·i·ant Definition: [inˈverēənt] adjective • never changing. noun • (MATH) a function, quantity, or property

that remains unchanged when a specified transformation is applied.

Check out “Loop Invariant Tips”.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Word of the Day:

def·i·cit Definition: [defəsət] noun the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small. • an excess of expenditure or liabilities over income

or assets in a given period. • (in sports) the amount or score by which a team or

individual is losing.

Check out “Ep. 12: AN ANIMATED FILM ON THE DEBT & THE DEFICIT | Marshall Curry”.

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SCIENCE Thursday, May 19, 2016

Word of the Day:

a·bi·ot·ic Definition: [ˌābīˈädik] adjective • physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.

• devoid of life; sterile.

Check out “Abiotic and Biotic Factors”.

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ACADEMY OF BIOMED Friday, May 20, 2016

Word of the Day:

san·guine Definition: [saNGɡwən] adjective • optimistic or positive, especially in an

apparently bad or difficult situation. • (MEDICAL) consisting of or relating to

blood noun • a blood-red color.

Check out “Positive Attitude is Everything - Very Funny Attitude Video - Inspirational”.

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LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Monday, May 23, 2016

Word of the Day:

ob·se·qui·ous Definition: [əbˈsēkwēəs] adjective • obedient or attentive to an excessive or

servile degree.

Check out “TingoEd Vocab Video - OBSEQUIOUS”.

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MATH Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Word of the Day:

car·di·nal·i·ty Definition: [kärdəˈnalədē] noun • the number of elements in a set or other

grouping, as a property of that grouping.

Check out “Cardinality of Sets (Discrete Maths : Set Theory)”.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Word of the Day:

jin·go·ism Definition: [ˈjiNGɡōˌizəm] noun • extreme patriotism, especially in the

form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.

Check out “Jingoism”

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SCIENCE Thursday, May 26, 2016

Word of the Day:

a·que·ous Definition: [ˈākwēəs] adjective • of or containing water, typically as a solvent or medium.

• like water; watery.

Check out “Aqueous vs. Solid : Chem Class”

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ACADEMY OF ARTS &

Friday, May 27, 2016 Word of the Day:

pan·to·mime Definition: [ˈjiNGɡōˌizəm] noun • a dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music. • (BRITISH) a theatrical entertainment, mainly for children, that involves

music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy and is based on a fairy tale or nursery story, usually produced around Christmas.

verb • express or represent (something) by extravagant and exaggerated mime.

Check out “Best In Show Pantomime 2013 - "Youthful Ignorance" - Troupe 5244”

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LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Word of the Day:

vac·u·ous Definition: [ˈvakyo ͞oəs] adjective • having or showing a lack of thought or

intelligence; mindless. • empty.

Check out “Peter taking an IQ test”.

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SOCIAL STUDIES Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Word of the Day:

ol·i·gop·o·ly Definition: [äləˈɡäpəlē] noun • a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small

number of producers or sellers.

Check out “Oligopolies, Duopolies, Collusion, and Cartels?”.

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SCIENCE Thursday, June 2, 2016

Word of the Day:

e·qui·lib·ri·um Definition: [ēkwəˈlibrēəm] noun • a state in which opposing forces or influences are balanced

• a state of physical balance. • a calm state of mind.

• (PHYSICS) a state of balance between opposing forces or actions that is either static (as in a body acted on by forces whose resultant is zero) or dynamic (as in a reversible chemical reaction when the rates of reaction in both directions are equal)

Check out “Equilibrium: Crash Course Chemistry #28.”

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ACADEMY OF LAW STUDIES Friday, June 3, 2016

Word of the Day:

li·bel Definition: [ˈlībəl] noun • a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation. • (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) a plaintiff's written declaration. verb • defame (someone) by publishing a libel. • (in admiralty and ecclesiastical law) bring a suit against (someone).

Check out “How Do You Prove Libel and Slander?”.

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LANGUAGE ARTS/READING Monday, June 6, 2016

Word of the Day:

pol·yp·to·ton Definition: [pälə̇pˈtōˌtän] noun • a stylistic device that is a rhetorical repetition of the same root word, however, each time the word is repeated in a different way (as in Tennyson's “my own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell”)

Check out “The magical world of rhetorical devices – Repetition, anaphora, and polyptoton”

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SOCIAL STUDIES Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Word of the Day:

mo·nop·o·ly Definition: [məˈnäpəlē] noun • the exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.

Check out “Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Markets: Crash Course Economics #25”

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SCIENCE Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Word of the Day:

en·tro·py Definition: [entrəpē] noun • (PHYSICS) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system. • lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.

Check out “What is Entropy?”

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

ACADEMY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Word of the Day:

con·fig·u·ra·tion Definition: [kənˌfiɡ(y)əˈrāSH(ə)n] noun an arrangement of elements in a particular form, figure, or combination. • (CHEMISTRY) the fixed three-dimensional relationship of the

atoms in a molecule, defined by the bonds between them. • (COMPUTING) the arrangement or set-up of the hardware

and software that make up a computer system.

Check out “Configure BSNL Wifi Modem,Router to Enable Wifi/WLAN”