Daily Language Practice Grade 10

1
Daily Language PracticeGrade 10 Week 11

• 1. In 1869, the Navajo population is less then
  10,000, in the 1990 census, the population was
  well over 200,000.

2
Vocabulary Week 11

• poignant (adj.) moving painful to the
  feelings
• inundate (v.) to flood
• fruitless (adj.) useless
• garbled (adj.) confused mixed up
• sanguine (adj.) optimistic

Idiom to feather ones nest
grow rich by taking advantage of circumstances
3
Daily Language PracticeGrade 10 Week 11

• 2. 2/3 of all adult Americans wears corrective
  lenses. Because of nearsightedness farsightedness
  or astigmatism.

4
Vocabulary Week 11

• phlegmatic (adj.) calm hard to rouse to action
• corroborate (v.) confirm, support
• comprehensive (adj.) thorough
• zealous (adj.) enthusiastic
• coerce (v.) to force

Idiom fair-weather friends
unreliable friends who fail one in times of
distress
5
Daily Language PracticeGrade 10 Week 11

• 3. One of the most daring performers of all time
  were a French performer named Blondin, who
  crossed niagara falls on a tightrope.

6
Vocabulary Week 11

• elapse (v.) to slip by
• meticulous (adj.) careful
• domicile (n.) home
• lax (adj.) careless, negligent
• sporadic (adj.) occasional

Idiom to sow ones wild oats
to lead a wild, carefree life
7
Daily Language PracticeGrade 10 Week 11

• 4. The mother language of queen Victoria who set
  on the throne of England for 64 years is German.

8
Vocabulary Week 11

• rash (adj.) to hasty, reckless
• conjecture (v.) guess
• obviate (v). do away with eliminate
• lurid (adj.) sensational
• quip (v.) joke

Idiom windfall
unexpected financial gain
9
Daily Language PracticeGrade 10 Week 11

• 5. The longest mountain range on earth lays under
  the ocean and is called the Dolphin Rise and it
  extend from the Arctic to the Antarctic with
  peaks so high they sometimes rose above the
  oceans surface.