This document contains the weekly word lists from the Gladiator Word of the Day program. It provides the root word and definition for each week, along with the word of the day and its definition for each subject area (Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, and other areas) for several weeks. The root words include "fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy" meaning "to do, to make", "gn/gno" meaning "to know", and "hypo" meaning "under, beneath, less than". Each word of the day is defined and examples are provided.
2. Language Arts/Reading
Monday, March 2, 2015
Root of the Week: fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
(to do, to make)
Word of the Day: figurative
[fig-yer-uh-tiv] adjective
Of the nature of or involving a figure of speech,
especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal.
3. Math
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Root of the Week:
fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
(to do, to make)
Word of the Day: Factorize
[fak-tuh-rahyz] verb
To resolve into factors, elements
contributing to a particular result or
situation
4. Social Studies
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Root of the Week: fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
(to do, to make)
Word of the Day: Forfeiture
[fawr-fi-cher] noun
An act of forfeiting, (to lose or become liable to lose, as
in consequence of crime, fault, or breach of
engagement).
5. Science
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Root of the Week: fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
(to do, to make)
Word of the Day: transfiguration
[trans-fig-yuh-rey-shuh n] noun
1. a change in outward form or appearance;
transform.
2. a change so as to glorify or exalt.
6. Root of the Week: fac/fic/fig/fait/feit/fy
(to do, to make)
Word of the Day: Fictitious
[fik-tish-uh s] adjective
1. created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine;
false
2. of, relating to, or consisting of fiction; imaginatively produced or set
forth; created by the imagination
Academy of Arts and
Entertainment
Friday, March 6, 2015
8. Language Arts/Reading
Monday, March 9, 2015
Root of the Week: gn/gno (know)
Word of the Day: Cognate
[kog-neyt] adjective
1. related by birth; of the same parentage, descent, etc.
2. Linguistics: descended from the same language or form
3. allied or similar in nature or quality.
9. Math
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Root of the Week: gn/gno (know)
Word of the Day: Alignment
[uh-lahyn-muh nt] noun
1. an adjustment to a line; arrangement in a straight line.
2. the proper adjustment of the components of an electronic
circuit, machine, etc., for coordinated functioning
3. a state of agreement or cooperation among persons, groups,
nations, etc., with a common cause or viewpoint.
10. Social Studies
Wednesday,
March 11, 2015
Root of the Week: gn/gno (know)
Word of the Day: Agnosticism
[ag-nos-tuh-siz-uh m] noun
An intellectual doctrine or attitude affirming the uncertainty
of all claims to ultimate knowledge.
11. Science
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Root of the Week: gn/gno (know)
Word of the Day: Cognitive
[kog-ni-tiv] Adjective
Of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory,
judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and
volitional processes.
12. Academy of Informational
Technology
Friday, March 13, 2015
Root of the Week: gn/gno (know)
Word of the Day: Magneton
[mag-ni-ton] noun
Physics: a unit of magnetic moment, used in measuring the
magnetic moment of atomic and subatomic particles.
14. Language Arts/Reading
Monday, March 16, 2015
Root of the Week: hypo
(under, beneath, less than)
Word of the Day: Hypocritical
[hip-uh-krit-i-kuh l] adjective
Of the nature of hypocrisy, or
pretense of having virtues,
beliefs, principles, etc., that one
does not actually possess
15. Math
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Root of the Week: hypo
(under, beneath, less than)
Word of the Day: Hypotenuse
[hahy-pot-n-oos, -yoos] noun
Geometry: The side of a right
triangle opposite the right angle.
16. Social Studies
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Root of the Week: hypo
(under, beneath, less than)
Word of the Day: Hypochondria
[hahy-puh-kon-dree-uh] noun
Psychiatry: an excessive preoccupation
with one's health, usually focusing on
some particular symptom, as cardiac or
gastric problems.
17. Science
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Root of the Week: hypo
(under, beneath, less than)
Word of the Day: Hypoplasia
[hahy-puh-pley-zhuh] noun
1. Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
2. (in plants) inability to mature properly owing to a disease or
inadequate supply of nutrients.