Word of the Day

1. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 16
December 1-5, 2014

2. Language Arts/Reading
Root of the Week: “que/quis” (to seek)
Word of the Day: requiem
• Definition: Req·ui·em [rek-wee-uhm]
noun
• 1. Roman Catholic Church . Also called Requiem Mass. The Mass celebrated for
the repose of the souls of the dead.
b. a celebration of this Mass.
c. a plainsong setting for this Mass.
• 2. Any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead.

3. Math
Root of the Week: “que/quis” (to seek)
Word of the Day: oblique
• Definition: o·blique [uh-bleek, oh-bleek]
adjective
• 1. Neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting;
sloping.
• 2. (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base.
• 3. diverging from a given straight line or course.
• 4. not straight or direct, as a course.
• 5. indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward: oblique remarks
about the candidate's honesty.

4. Social Studies
Root of the Week: “que/quis” (to seek)
Word of the Day: acquire
• Definition: ac·quire [uh-kwahyuhr]
verb (used with object), ac·quired, ac·quir·ing.
• 1. to come into possesion or ownership of; get as one's own: to acquire property.
• 2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning.
• 3. Linguistics . to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic
rule or element).
• 4. Military . to locate and track (a moving target) with a detector, as radar.

5. Science
Root of the Week: “que/quis” (to seek)
Word of the Day: query
• Definition: que·ry [kweer-ee] noun, plural que·ries.
• 1. a question; an inquiry.
• 2. mental reservation; doubt.
• 3. Printing. a question mark (?), especially as added on a manuscript, proof sheet, or the like, indicating doubt as to some point in the text.
• 4. an inquiry from a writer to an editor of a magazine, newspaper, etc., regarding the acceptability of or interest in an idea for an article,
news story, or the like: usually presented in the form of a letter that outlines or describes the projected piece.
verb (used with object), que·ried, que·ry·ing.
• 5. to ask or inquire about: No one queried his presence.
• 6. to question as doubtful or obscure: to query a statement.
• 7. Printing. to mark (a manuscript, proof sheet, etc.) with a query.
• 8. to ask questions of.

6. Academy of Law
Root of the Week: “que/quis” (to seek)
Word of the Day: inquire
• Definition: in·quire [in-kwahyuhr]
verb (used without object), in·quired, in·quir·ing.
• 1. to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
• 2. to make investigation (usually followed by into ): to inquire into the incident.
verb (used with object), in·quired, in·quir·ing.
• 3. to seek to learn by asking: to inquire a person's name.
• 4. Obsolete . to seek.
• 5. Obsolete . to question (a person).

7. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 17
December 8-12, 2014

8. Language Arts/Reading
Root of the Week: “contra” (against)
Word of the Day: controversial
• Definition: con·tro·ver·sial [kon-truh-vur-shuhl] adjective
• 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of controversy; polemical: a
controversial book.
• 2. subject to controversy; debatable: a controversial decision.
• 3. given to controversy; disputatious.

9. Math
Root of the Week: “contra” (against)
Word of the Day: contrapositive
• Definition: con·tra·pos·i·tive [kon-truh-poz-i-tiv]
adjective
• 1. of or pertaining to contraposition, opposite or against.
noun
• 2. a statement negating an original proposition.

10. Social Studies
Root of the Week: “contra” (against)
Word of the Day: contraband
• Definition: con·tra·band [kon-truh-band]
noun
• 1. anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported.
• 2. goods imported or exported illegally.
• 3. illegal or prohibited trade; smuggling.
• 4. International Law. Contraband of war.
• 5. (during the American Civil War) a black slave who escaped to or was brought within
the Union lines.

11. Science
Root of the Week: “contra” (against)
Word of the Day: contraction
• Definition: con·trac·tion [kuhn-trak-shuhn]
noun
• 1. an act or instance of contracting.
• 2. the quality or state of being contracted.
• 3. a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters often replaced in written English
by an apostrophe, as e'er for ever, isn't for is not, dep't for department.
• 4. Physiology . the change in a muscle by which it becomes thickened and shortened.
• 5. a restriction or withdrawal, as of currency or of funds available as call money.

12. Academy of Education
Root of the Week: “contra” (against)
Word of the Day: contradictory
• Definition: con·tra·dic·to·ry [kon-truh-dik-tuh-ree]
adjective
• 1. asserting the contrary or opposite; contradicting; inconsistent; logically opposite: contradictory
statements.
• 2. tending or inclined to contradict.
noun
• 3. Logic. a proposition so related to a second that it is impossible for both to be true or both to be
false.

13. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 18
December15-19, 2014

14. Language Arts/Reading
Root of the Week: “sal/sil/sault/sult” (to leap or jump)
Word of the Day: causality
• Definition: cau·sal·i·ty [kaw-zal-i-tee]
noun, plural cau·sal·i·ties.
• 1. the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the
causality is interpreted.
• 2. causal quality or agency.

15. Math
Root of the Week: “sal/sil/sault/sult” (to leap or jump)
Word of the Day: resilient
• Definition: re·sil·ient [ri-zil-yuhnt, -zil-ee-uhnt]
adjective
• 1. springing back; rebounding.
• 2. returning to the original form or position after being bent, compressed, or stretched.
• 3. recovering readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyant.

16. Social Studies
Root of the Week: “sal/sil/sault/sult” (to leap or jump)
Word of the Day: counterassault
• Definition: coun·ter·as·sault [koun-ter-uh-sawlt]
noun
• 1. an attack made as an offset or reply to another attack.
• 2. Military . an attack by a ground combat unit to drive back an enemy attack.
verb (used with object)
• 3. to make a counterattack against.
verb (used without object)
• 4. to deliver a counterattack.

17. Science
Root of the Week: “sal/sil/sault/sult” (to leap or jump)
Word of the Day: salinity
Definition: salinity [sey-leen-ee-tee]
adjective
• 1. of, containing, or resembling common table salt; salty or saltlike: a saline solution.
• 2. of or pertaining to a chemical salt, especially of sodium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as used as a
cathartic.
• 3. of or pertaining to a method of abortion involving injection of hypertonic saline solution into the
amniotic cavity during the second trimester.
noun
• 4. a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
• 5. salty water; a salty solution.

18. Academy of Engineering
Root of the Week: “sal/sil/sault/sult” (to leap or jump)
Word of the Day: silicone
• Definition: sil·i·cone [sil-i-kohn]
noun
• Chemistry . any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicone and
oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n , whose properties are determined by the
organic groups attached to the silicone atoms, and that are fluid, resinous,
rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as
molds, adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation,
cosmetics, etc.