This document provides vocabulary words and definitions for the week of February 23, 2017. It defines the words belligerent as hostile or wanting to fight, elated as filled with joy, deceive as to make someone believe something untrue or trick them, and absurd as without good sense. It includes parts of speech and synonyms for each word, and provides questions to help understand and apply the vocabulary words.

1. Word of the Day
Week of February 23, 2017

2. belligerent: hostile; wanting to fight
Part of Speech: adjective
Copy and complete this word map for belligerent:
How do you feel when someone becomes belligerent? What do you do?
What situations make you feel belligerent? How do you handle those
situations?

3. elated: filled with joy
Part of Speech: adjective
antonym: miserable
Which of these might you do if you feel elated?
• sleep
• jump
• cheer
• yawn
• smile
Tell about some events in your life that made you feel
elated.

4. Which words mean about the same thing as deceive?
• mislead
• verify
• confirm
• falsify
• receive
Did anyone ever deceive you? How did it make you feel?
Do you think it’s ever OK to deceive someone else?
deceive: to make someone believe
something that is not true; to trick
Part of Speech: verb
synonym: lie

5. Which words mean about the same thing as absurd?
• crazy
• reasonable
• foolish
• normal
• nonsensical
What do you do that others think is absurd?
absurd: without good sense
Part of Speech: adjective
synonym: silly