Alliteration(n)

Alliteration:- is a repetition of initial sounds of words

•Harsh•Choppy

•Repeating•Repetition

Picture This: a rap song with words that all begin with the same sound.

Busta big bubble

boy

Repetition(n)

Repetition:- is the act or instance of repeating

•Echo•Repeat•Recurrence•Repeating•Reappearance

•Once•Varied•Unpredictable

Compare to:You can compare repetition to a child skipping, or at soccer practice when you practice a kick over and over.

Bonanza(n)

Bonanza:- is something yielding, or a rich abundance

•Reward•Abundance•Gold rush•Prize

•Empty handed•Lacking•Insufficient

Picture This:Imagine a giant Thanksgiving Day feast with all the food you can think of. Also picture a big golden wheat field in the middle of no where. I chose these two because they both are abundant.

Bonus(n)

Bonus:- is an extra payment

•Reward•Grant•Tribute•Premium•Incentive

•Loss•Minus•Negative

Picture This:What bonus would be better than this? A hot summer day in 90 degree weather you get an extra scoop of ice cream from the ice cream stand for free. Another example for bonus would be when you get a double allowance for being extra good.

Bona Fide(adj)

Bona Fide:- is made in good faith, genuine

•Authentic•Unquestionable•Veritable•Reliable

•Fake•False•Disingenuous

Compare To:Sending a get well card to a sick friend to make them feel better. Bona fide also means to like do something in good faith, being nice and caring.

Generous(adj)

Generous:- is when your freely giving or sharing

•Giving•Bighearted•Kind•Openhanded•Charitable

•Greedy•Mean•Selfish

Picture This:A boy who goes to visit his grandpa in the nursing home every week, instead of playing with his friends. Also a family who struggles with money but gives back to the church every week. When you’re a generous person or family, you’re always giving to others.

Genius(n)

Genius:- is an exceptionally intelligent person

•Mastermind•Talent•Intelligent•Smart•Brilliant

•Idiot•Imbecile•Stupid

Picture This:A ten year old graduating college because she is so smart, she is classified as a genius. She finished all of her courses in record breaking time!

Genuine(adj)

Genuine:- is being the same in fact as in appearance

•True•Real•Legal•Valid•Authentic

•Unreal•Counterfeit•False

Compare To:When something is genuine it is authentic. I’ll compare it to a $1 bill in American money and a $1 dollar bill of monopoly money. Real money is authentic and genuine because it has a number and a signature but monopoly money is fake because it is not stamped with a signature. For something to be genuine it has to be true.

Monogamy(n)

Monogamy:- is marriage with one person at a time

•Faithful•Fidelity •Polygamy

Picture This:A store with all different kinds of candy bars, but you always get snicker bars when you go there because you love snickers. That’s the one you like the best.

Unique(adj)

Unique:- being the only one of its kind

•Single•Rare•Exclusive•Matchless•Irreplaceable

•Common•Normal•Usual

Compare To:A blue crayon is NOT unique because there are millions of blue crayons in the world. A snowflake is unique because all snowflakes are different; none of them are the same so that makes them unique.

Manual(adj)

Manual:- involving the hands of someone's physical force

•Physical•Work•Labor-intensive

•Automatic

Picture This: A man’s car runs out of gas and he’s three blocks from a gas station. He must push the car to the gas station.

Manager(n)

Manager:- is a person who directs or take care of business affairs

•Boss•Executive•Director•Supervisor•Administrator

•Employee

Picture This: A professional baseball manager. This type of manager runs the team and directs them what to do. They also deal with trading and contracts, which relates to business affairs.

Sympathy(n)

Sympathy:- is a feeling where you understand other people’s feelings

•Understanding•Pity•Support•Empathy•Consideration

•Indifference•Cold•Unmoved•Disengaged

Picture This: One of your friend’s parents dies at a young age and you feel sympathy because you can imagine that happening to you. An example of feeling no sympathy would be where your best friend’s dog dies but you don’t feel sympathy because you don’t like dogs.

Symptom(n)

Symptom:- a feeling that is a sign of a disease

•Sign•Indicator•Warning sign•Indication •Indicant

InstanceAsymptomaticBlankUndiagnosed

Picture This:A boy with a severe pain in his right side, that he might not think could be serious, could turn out to be his appendix bursting. A symptom is like an indicator, it always leads to something.

Photosynthesis(n)

Photosynthesis:- is a process by which plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make food

Compare:The only thing I can relate this to would be how humans survive. Humans survive through the process of respiration, as plants survive through photosynthesis.

•Lazy (not using energy)•Dormant (doing nothing)

•Food preparation

Daniel Mascaro10/19/11Period #11