First set of words.

Y ou will be tested on these on Friday 12/9.  Go here to add new words for our next round!

Word	Definition	Sentence 1	sentence 2
Hubbub	A busy, noisy situation.	I couldn't hear a word he said over the general __________ of the party.	The ______________ in the train station was giving me a headache.
oxymoron	A figure of speech containing an apparent contradiction.	You must find 4 ________ like long shorts.	Jumbo shrimp is an _______________
apolaustic	Dedicated to enjoyment	The ___________ Obama family have been traveling the world, though Hawaii is their favorite retreat.	When the bass band played I was _____________.
belittle	To discourage, intimidate, make fun of.	Bullying is when someone _________ constantly.	I saw an 8th grade boy ______ a 6th grader in the hall.
gallimaufry	a hodgepodge, jumble; a mixture of diverse things	I've got a ___________ of cosmetics bottles of various kinds.	There is a_____________ of opinions about how to "fix' the American health care system.
berate	To scold viciously for a long period of time.	Mother will ______ us for stealing this candy.	Lisa's mother will _________ her if she goes to the party without permission
agitato	to play in a restless agitated way(music)	To give the feeling of fear the composer directed the music to be played _________ .	Please do the _______ as it says.
Pervaded	(of an influence,Feeling,or quality) be present and apparent throughout.	"Something was wrong with the world, a somber, frightening wrongness that ______ everything like a dark impenetrable mist, stealthily closing around Scarlett."	Something ________ me, there was something wrong and I couldn't figure out what it was.
bibliophile	a person who loves books.	The only trouble with the book fair is, there are a lot of ______________, and the crowd can get tricky.	I am a real ___________________ so I want real books, not just Kindle editions.
xenophobia	fear or hatred of foreign people or things	Ellison’s opponent is turning to _________________ in campaign by making immigration an issue.	I enjoy meeting people from all over the world so I think __________________ is really silly.

Extra credit Writing Assignment

Write a funny story about using your adopted word.  E-mail it to me at chuck_bunting@newton.k12.ma.us or write it on google docs and share it with me.  Name the file "Your name--Adopted word." so I know what to look for.  Good luck and have fun!!

Save the Words!!

For a fun learning experience, and a little bit of extra credit, do the following:

1. Listen to this story from NPR about words that are no longer in the dictionary. 
2. Go to the  website savethewords.org and choose a word you want to adopt.
3. In the comments section below tell us what your word is and why you chose it. Don't forget to use your first name so I can give you credit!

That's all you need to do to receive extra credit.....

but there's more!!!!  Our second writing contest will be to write an amusing story about your attempt to use on of these poor, abandoned words.  It can be true, exaggerated or completely fictional.  I will put up an entry form in a few days.