Words of the Week—Relations

Dear Students,

     This week, the Words of the Week are organized on the theme of "relations." Each word, regardless of part of speech, concerns the relationship of one thing to another. These things may be people, places, objects, or ideas, but they connect or fail to connect to others. They are, in alphabetical order, as follows.

Word (Origin)	Part of Speech	Definition
1. acquaintance (OF)	n.	a person one knows slightly, but who is not a close friend; or your knowledge or experience of something
2. cleave (OE)	v.	to split or separate to adhere or attach strongly to
3. cohesive (L)	adj.	characterized by or causing the formation of a united whole
4. disparate (L)	adj.	essentially different; not allowing comparison
5. unique (L)	adj.	unlike anything else; the only one of its kind

     Apply these to today's Make a List assignment, and study them, including spelling and part of speech, for the Thursday Think. Remember that "to cleave" something is far different from "to cleave to" something…that is an important distinction to make!

Sincerely,

Mr. DeMaris