You’ve been Sentenced! Brain-Busters Word of the Week May 21- 25: ERUDITE

ERUDITE

According to the folks at Merriam Webster, here’s the definition of ERUDITE:

: having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying :possessing or displaying erudition <an erudite scholar>

Examples of ERUDITE:

1. <the most erudite people in medical research attended the conference>
2. <an erudite lecture on the latest discoveries in astronomy>
3. He wasn’t bashful about showing himself to be feverishlyerudite, … terminally droll, and a wizard phrasemaker.

The word ERUDITE (and so much more) can be found in the You’ve been Sentenced! word game Brain-Busters add-on deck. Can your students use this word in a sentence?

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You’ve been Sentenced! Brain-Busters Word of the Week: JINGOIST

JINGOIST

According to the folks at Merriam Webster, here’s the definition of JINGOIST:

: extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy

Examples of the use of the word:

1. When the war began many people were caught up in a wave of jingoism.

2. his loudmouthed jingoism will not win us any foreign allies.

The word JINGOIST (and so much more) can be found in the You’ve been Sentenced! word game Brain-Busters add-on deck. Can your students use this word in a sentence?

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You’ve been Sentenced! Brain-Busters Word of the Week: GELID

GELID

According to the folks at Merriam Webster here’s the definition of GELID:

1. : extremely cold : icy <gelid water> <a man of gelid reserve — New Yorker>

Examples of the use of GELID:

1. <the Titanic passengers could not long survive the gelidwaters of the North Atlantic>
2. <the judge listened with the gelid detachment of someone who had heard it all before>

The word GELID (and so much more) can be found in the You’ve been Sentenced! word game Brain-Busters add-on deck. Can your students use this word in a sentence?

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You’ve been Sentenced! Brain-Buster Word of the Week: HABERDASHER

HABERDASHER

According to the folks at Merriam Webster the definition of HABERDASHER:

1: British : a dealer in notions

2: a dealer in men’s clothing and accessories

The word HABERDASHER (and so much more) can be found in the You’ve been Sentenced! word game Brain-Busters add-on deck. Can your students use this word in a sentence?

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You’ve been Sentenced! Brain-Busters Word of the Week: ICONOCLAST

ICONOCLAST

According to the folks at Merriam Webster the definition of ICONOCLAST:

1 : a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration

2: a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions

The word ICONOCLAST (and so much more) can be found in the You’ve been Sentenced! word game Brain-Busters add-on deck. Can your students use this word in a sentence?

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You’ve been Sentenced! word game Word of the Week: COMITY

COMITY

According to the folks at Merriam Webster the definition of COMITY:

1 a : friendly social atmosphere : social harmony <group activities promoting comity>b : a loose widespread community based on common social institutions <the comity of civilization>c : comity of nationsd : the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another

2: avoidance of proselytizing members of another religious denomination

The word COMITY (and so much more) can be found in the You’ve been Sentenced! word game Brain-Busters add-on deck. Can your students use this word in a sentence?

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