September 2014

Gladiator Word of the Day

Week 3September 2-5, 2014

Language Arts/ReadingSeptember 2, 2014

Root of the Week: “cad/cid” (to fail, to happen by chance)

Word of the Day: Cadence

Definition: ca·dence [keyd-ns] noun

1. rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.2. (in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured.3. the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement: The chorus line danced in rapid cadence.4. the flow or rhythm of events, especially the pattern in which something is experienced: the frenetic cadence of modern life.5. a slight falling in pitch of the voice in speaking or reading, as at the end of a declarative sentence.

MathSeptember 3, 2014


Word of the Day: coincident

Definition: co·in·ci·dent [koh-in-si-duhnt] adjective 1. happening at the same time.2. coinciding; occupying the same place or position.3. exactly corresponding.4. in exact agreement (usually followed by with ).

Social StudiesSeptember 4, 2014


Word of the Day: cadet

Definition: ca·det [kuh-det] noun 1. a student in a national service academy or

private military school or on a training ship.2. a student in training for service as a

commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air force, or Coast Guard.

3. a trainee in a business or profession.

ScienceSeptember 5, 2014


Word of the Day: Deciduous

Definition: de·cid·u·ous [dih-sij-oo-uhs] adjective1. shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.2. falling off or shed at a particular season, stage of growth, etc., as leaves, horns, or teeth.3. not permanent; transitory.


Root of the Week: “de” (away, off, down, completely, reversal)

Word of the Day: Decadence

Definition: dec·a·dence [dek-uh-duhns, dih-keyd-ns] noun

1. the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state.2. moral degeneration or decay; turpitude.3. unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.



Word of the Day: deviationDefinition: de·vi·a·tion [dee-vee-ey-shuhn] noun 1. the difference between one of a set

of values and some fixed value, usually the mean of the set.

2. departure from a standard or norm.


Root of the Week: “de” (away, off, down, completely, reversal)Word of the Day: delegateDefinition: del·e·gate [del-i-git] noun1. a person designated to act for or

represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.



Word of the Day: Decompose

Definition: de·com·pose [dee-kuhm-pohz] verb1. to separate or resolve into

constituent parts or elements

Academy of Information TechnologySeptember 12, 2014


Word of the Day: defragment

Definition: de·frag·ment [dee-frag-muhnt, -ment] verb

1. to reorganize files on (a disk) so that the parts of each file are stored in contiguous sectors on the disk, thereby improving computer performance and maximizing disk space.


Root of the Week: “epi” (upon)

Word of the Day: epilogueDefinition: ep·i·logue [ep-uh-lawg] noun1. a concluding part added to a literary work, as a novel.2. a speech, usually in verse, delivered by one of the actors after the conclusion of a play.



Word of the Day: EpigraphDefinition: ep·i·graph [ep-i-graf] noun 1. the epigraph of a function is

the set of points lying on or above its graph


Root of the Week: “epi” (upon)Word of the Day: EpochDefinition: ep·och [ep-uhk] noun1. a particular period of time marked by

distinctive features, events, etc.2. the beginning of a distinctive period in

the history of anything.3. a point of time distinguished by a

particular event or state of affairs; a memorable date.



Word of the Day: Epicenter

Definition: ep·i·cen·ter [ep-uh-sen-ter] noun1. a point, directly above the true center of

disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate.

Academy of FinanceSeptember 19, 2014


Word of the Day: episodeDefinition: [ep-uh-sohd, -zohd] noun

1. an incident in the course of a series of events, in a person's life or experience, etc.2. an incident, scene, etc., within a narrative, usually fully developed and either integrated within the main story or digressing from it.3. one of a number of loosely connected, but usually thematically related, scenes or stories constituting a literary work.4. epeisodion.5. Music. an intermediate or digressive passage, especially in a contrapuntal composition.6. Movies, Radio, and Television. any one of the separate productions that constitute a serial.


Root of the Week: “fab/fam” (speak)

Word of the Day: DefamationDefinition: def·a·ma·tion [def-uh-mey-shuhn] noun1. the act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good reputation of another, as by slander or libel.



Word of the Day: familyDefinition: [fam-uh-lee, fam-lee] noun,1.a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not:the traditional family.2.the children of one person or one couple collectively:We want a large family.3.all those persons considered as descendants of a common progenitor.4.the staff, or body of assistants, of an official:the office family.5.a group of related things or people:the family of romantic poets; the halogen family of elements.6.a group of people who are generally not blood relations but who share common attitudes, interests, or goals and, frequently, live together:Many hippie communes of the sixties regarded themselves as families.7.a group of products or product models made by the same manufacturer or producer.8.Biology. the usual major subdivision of an order or suborder in the classification of plants, animals, fungi, etc., usually consisting of several genera.9.Linguistics. the largest category into which languages related by common origin can be classified with certainty:Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, and Austronesian are the most widely spoken families of languages.Compare stock (def 12), subfamily (def 2).10.Mathematics.a given class of solutions of the same basic equation, differing from one another only by the different values assigned to the constants in the equation.1. a class of functions or the like defined by an expression containing a parameter.2. a set.

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Root of the Week: “fab/fam” (speak)Word of the Day: Infamy

Definition: in·fa·my [in-fuh-mee] noun1. extremely bad reputation,

public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act.



Word of the Day: FabricationDefinition: fab·ri·ca·tion [fab-ri-key-shuhn] verb1. to make, build, or construct2. to devise, invent, or concoct

September 2014

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