Periods 6 & 8 Word of the Week - infusion

This week, periods 6 and 8 selected infusion as our word of the week.  In order to understand the definition of infusion, we had to look it up, and, in addition, we had to look up its root word: infuse.  Here are the definitions we found:

infusion:
1. the act or process of infusing;
2. something infused.

infuse:
1. to introduce as if by pouring;
2. to imbue or inspire

The sentences we created to show our understanding of infusion were:

1. Each year a class of new freshmen is infused into GHS.
2. The gunshot victim lost too much blood and needed an infusion of new blood.