Period 6 Word of the Week - facade

This week, period 6 selected facade as our word of the week.  Facade means:

1. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one;
2. a superficial appearance or illusion of something.

We wrote the following sentence to demonstrate our understanding of the word facade:

Bob put up a facade of happiness, but he was actually depressed.

Period 3 Word of the Week - enigma

This week period 3 chose enigma as our word of the week.  An enigma is:

1. a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation;
2. a person of puzzling or contradictory character;
3. a saying, question, or picture containing a hidden meaning; a riddle.

Our sentence that correctly uses the word enigma is:

All the windows in the house suddenly opened; it was a frightening enigma!

Periods 4 & 8 Word of the Week - pulchritudinous

This week, periods 4 and 8 voted, and pulchritudinous was the winner of our "word of the week" contest!  We looked up the word and discovered that it means "physically beautiful."

Each class created a sentence or two to reflect our understanding of the word:

1. All the ladies in this class are pulchritudinous.
2. The celebrity was pulchritudinous, but her inner beauty left much to be desired.
3. He felt his girlfriend was very pulchritudinous.

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