This document contains a weekly word list from "Gladiator Word of the Day" covering 5 days from January 5-9, 2015. Each day focuses on a root word and defines a word of the day related to that root. The root of the week is "tain/ten/tent/tin" meaning "to hold". Words defined include tenure, constrain, detain, tension, and contentment. The words are defined for subjects like language arts, math, social studies, science, and arts/entertainment.

1. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 19
January 5-9, 2015

2. Language Arts/Reading
Monday, January 5, 2015
Root of the Week:
tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)
Word of the Day: Tenure
Definition: ten·ure
(noun) [ten-yer]
1. the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
2. the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior
in return for services to be rendered.
3. the period or term of holding something.

3. Math
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Root of the Week: tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)
Word of the Day: con·strain
(kənstrān′)tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains1.
a. To keep within certain limits; confine or limit: "Legisla
tors ... used the power of the purse to constrain the size
of the military" (Julian E. Zelizer).
2. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force;
oblige: felt constrained to object to his behavior.

4. Social Studies
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Root of the Week:
tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)
Word of the Day: Detain
Definition: de·tain [dih-teyn]
verb (used with object)
1. to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
2. to keep under restraint or in custody.
3. to keep back or withhold, as from a person.

5. Science
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Root of the Week:
tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)
Word of the day: Tension
Definition: ten•sion
[ten-shuh-n] noun
1. the act of stretching or straining.
2. the state of being stretched or strained.
3. mental or emotional strain; intense, suppressed
suspense, anxiety, or excitement.
4. a strained relationship between individuals,
groups, nations, etc.

6. Academy of Arts
and Entertainment
Friday, January 9,
2015
Root of the Week:
tain/ten/tent/tin (to hold)
con·tent·ment (kən-tĕnt′) adj.
1. Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.
2. Ready to accept or acquiesce; willing: She was
content to step down after four years as chief
executive.

7. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 20
January 12-15, 2015

8. Root of the Week us/ut (to use)
Word of the Day: Peruse
[puh-rooz]
verb (used with object), perused, perusing.
1. To read through with thoroughness or care:
to peruse a report.
2. To read.
3. To survey or examine in detail.
10 TrueFacts
Language Arts/
Reading
Monday, January 12, 2015

9. Math
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Root of the Week us/ut (to use)
Word of the Day: Usurer
[yoo-zher-er] noun
A person who lends money and charges interest,
especially at an exorbitant or unlawful rate;
moneylender.

10. Social Studies
Wednesday,
January 14, 2015
Root of the Week us/ut( to use)
Word of the Day: utilitarianism
[yoo-til-i-tair-ee-uh-niz-uh-m]
noun
The ethical doctrine that virtue is based on
utility, and that conduct should be directed
toward promoting the greatest happiness of the
greatest number of persons.

11. Science
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Root of the Week us/ut (to use)
Word of day: Uterus
Definition: u•ter•us
[yoo-ter-uh s]noun
The enlarged, muscular, expandable portion of the
oviduct in which the fertilized ovum implants and
develops or rests during prenatal development; the
womb of certain mammals.
Shark Brain Uterus

12. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 21
January 20-23, 2015

13. Language Arts/
Reading
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Root of the Week ven/vent
(to come, to move toward)
Word of the Day: convene
Definition: con·vene
[kuh n-veen] verb
1. to come together or assemble, usually for some public
purpose.
2. to cause to assemble; convoke.
3. to summon to appear, as before a judicial officer.

14. Math
Wednesday,
January 21, 2015
Root of Week ven/vent
(to come, to move toward)
Word of the Day: circumvent
1. to go around or bypass
2. to surround or encompass, as by stratagem

15. Social Studies
Thursday,
January 22, 2015
Root of the Week ven/vent
(to come, to move toward)
Word of the Day: Venturesome
[ven-cher-suh m] adjective
1. Having or showing a disposition to
undertake risky or dangerous activities;
daring
2. Attended with risk; hazardous:

16. Science
Friday, January 23, 2015
Root of the Week ven/vent
(to come, to move toward)
Word of the Day: ventricle
Definition: ven·tri·cle
[ven-tri-kuh l] noun
1. Zoology: any of various hollow
organs or parts in an animal body.
2. Anatomy:
a. either of the two lower chambers on each side of the heart
that receive blood from the atria and in turn force it into the
arteries.
b. one of a series of connecting cavities of the brain

17. Gladiator Word of the Day
Week 22
January 26-30, 2015

18. Language Arts/
Reading
Monday, January 26, 2015
Root of the Week ab/abs
(off, away from, apart, down)
Word of the Day: Absolution
Definition: ab•so•lu•tion
[ab-suh-loo-shuh n] noun
1. act of absolving; a freeing from blame or guilt;
release from consequences, obligations, or penalties.
2. state of being absolved.

19. Math
Tuesday,
January 27, 2015
Root of the Week ab/abs
(off, away from, apart, down)
Word of the day: Abstract
1. thought of apart from concrete realities, specific
objects, or actual instances: an abstract idea.
2. theoretical; not applied or practical

20. Social
Studies
Wednesday,
January 28, 2015
Root of the Week ab/abs (off, away from, apart, down)
Word of the Day: abolish
Definition: a·bol·ish
[uh-bol-ish] verb
To do away with; put an end to; annul; make void: to
abolish slavery.

21. Science
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Root of the Week ab/abs
(off,away from,apart,down)
Word of the Day: Abort
Definition: a·bort
[uh-bawrt] verb
1. to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus
is viable; miscarry.
2. to develop incompletely; remain in a rudimentary or
undeveloped state.
3. to fail, cease, or stop at an early or premature stage.

22. Academy of
Health
Friday, January 30, 2015
Root of the Week ab/abs (off,away from,apart,down)
Word of the Day: abdominal
Anatomy, Zoology.
1. the part of the body of a mammal between
the thorax and the pelvis; belly.
2. the cavity of this part of the body containing
the stomach, intestines, etc.