Period 4 Word of the Week: legerdemain

Students in period 4 voted for legerdemain as this week's word of the week.  When we looked up the word, we discovered that legerdemain means "skillful use of hands while performing tricks."

We had a difficult time creating sentences to convey the meaning of this rare word, but here's what we came up with:

The magician's hands showed great legerdemain while he was performing the card trick.

Period 1 Word of the Week: fallacious

Students in period 1 voted for fallacious as this week's word of the week.  We looked it up, and we discovered that fallacious means "erroneous, tending to deceive or mislead."

We then wrote sentences to convey the meaning of fallacious:

1. Hitler was a fallacious dictator.
2. Cigarette ads give the fallacious impression that it is cool to smoke.

Periods 3 & 6 Word of the Week: loquacious

This week, students in periods 3 and 6 chose loquacious as our word of the week.  The word loquacious means "talkative" or "uses lots of words."  Students in both classes came up with sentences to demonstrate the meaning of loquacious:

1. Janessa is loquacious; she never stops talking.
2. The loquacious girl was giving me a headache with all her talking.
3. The loquacious teacher explained the problem for the entire class period.
4. When I skipped school, my mom lectured me loquaciously.

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