Vocabulary Builder Course 5

Lesson 12:

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Introduction
Students have read “The Roots -flect- and -flu-” and completed three exercises to learn the following new vocabulary words: confluence, effluent, fluctuate, fluent, genuflect, inflexible, influx, mellifluous, reflex, and superfluous.

Lesson Description
Students will complete a crossword, using all of the above vocabulary.

Instructional Objectives
Students will be able to match word definitions with their respective vocabulary terms.

Student Web Activity Answers
confluence: A/An __________ is a place where two or more streams come together.
effluent: The outflow of something, especially a stream from a body of water, an outflow from a sewer, or a discharge of waste from a factory
fluctuate: To change up and down or back and forth irregularly; waver
fluent: Someone who is __________ in a language can speak or write it smoothly.
genuflect: To bend the knee, or touch the knee to the floor, as in respect or worship
inflexible: To be unyielding is to be __________.
influx: A flowing in or mass arrival
mellifluous: Smoothly or sweetly flowing
reflex: An involuntary response to a stimulus
superfluous: Once you have an A in a class, extra credit can seem __________.

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