Of today’s 15 vocabulary words, which three do you think you will use the most in your speaking and writing this semester? Explain why each word feels useful or powerful to you.

 Response: I think I will use adulterate, ambiguous and aggrandize the most out of the list this semester. I think this because they have more general definitions that could be used in a ton of different contexts. Adulterate may come up in more argumentative writings this semester while ambiguous and aggrandize could be used in just about any form of writing for many different contexts. I find adulterate an important word because it implies a very strong action that would garner such a description. Ambiguous and aggrandize can have a lot of meanings and context so it is important because it will probably show up a lot.

Summary: We did our first vocabulary assignment.

Reflection: I think working on our vocab will be very useful for SAT tests as well as my future in the work place. I didnt really know about half the words we went over and I had fun learning new words.

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