Word Up! Words of the Week for 9/14 – 9/18
September 11, 2015
EVOLUTIONARY: adj. (describes a noun or pronoun)
- pertaining to evolution or development, especially in biology
- Sentence: Bipedal locomotion, or the human ability to walk on two legs, is an evolutionary trait that developed some 6 million years ago.
LOGICIAN: n. (person, place, thing, or concept)
- A person that is skilled in using logic and reasoning
- Sentence: Mr. Lawson and Ms. Messick are skilled logicians and both can out debate most others in their chosen fields of study.
UNMODIFIED: v. (describes an action)
- unchanged, unaltered, original and unique.
- Prefix: “Un” – meaning NOT
- Sentence: The McCluer High School Crest in M-3 has remained unmodified since 1963.
ORIENTATES: v. (describes an action)
- to adjust with relation to something else
- to familiarize a person to new surroundings, policies, or procedures
- Sentence: Plants and leaves orientate themselves to face the sun.
Science Level 3 Power Word of the Week
Homeostasis: n. (person, place, thing, or concept)
- any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival.
- Sentence: The human ability to regulate its internal temperature is an example of homeostasis.
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