Unit 4: Week 2

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  1. dalmatian
    a medium to large dog with a smooth, white coat and black or brown spots
    I'm feeling like a clumsy Dalmatian with all the spot Jinx going on.
  2. frilly
    having decorative ruffles or similar ornamentation
    "We wouldn't have to wear the frilly dresses or bow ties like they did on TV."
  3. promenade
    take a leisurely walk
    And I'm thinking how happy I'd be if my two feet were safely planted on the wooden floor, promenading down the court.
  4. sprain
    twist suddenly so as to wrench
    They smiled, laughed, and nobody fell into anybody else or sprained anything.
  5. substitute
    serving or used in place of another
    Life is good—until I find out it's a lie in fifth period and I'm going to have to dress and head out onto the gym floor like every day before with a substitute teacher who will follow all the lesson plans that Mr. Deimeister left behind.
  6. jinx
    a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him
    My uncle Jeff began calling me Jinx when I started crawling backward as a baby and getting stuck in boxes, under tables, and even, the story goes, a pair of my dad's boots.
  7. campaign
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
    Victoria is my best friend and I was counting on her to help me in the gym square dance campaign.
  8. concussion
    injury to the brain caused by a blow
    They say I have a concussion and a sprained ankle.
  9. generalization
    reasoning from detailed facts to broad principles
    Make a generalization about how the main character feels about herself.
  10. idiom
    expression whose meaning cannot be inferred from its words
    An idiom is a phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the ordinary meanings of the words that form it.
  11. accuracy
    the quality of being near to the true value
    Accuracy is being able to read and understand without having to stop to figure out words.
Created on Fri Jul 17 08:04:17 EDT 2020 (updated Mon Jul 20 15:45:49 EDT 2020)

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