resume

(v) – If you start something again after stopping or being interrupted, you resume it.

also…

(n) - A resume is a short written account of your education and your previous jobs that you send to an employer when you are looking for a new job.

• Synonyms: continue, begin again, restart, go on
• Antonyms: finish, stop, end
• Etymology: 1400 Latin, from re- meaning "again" + sumere meaning "take up, start"
• Example: We will resume our map project again on Monday.

misnomer

(n) - A misnomer is a wrong or unsuitable name for something.

• Synonyms: wrong name
• Antonyms: fitting name
• Etymology: Mid 15th Century Latin, from mis- meaning "wrongly" + nomer meaning "to name"
• Example: Leave it to Andon to figure out that the term 'football' is a misnomer, since it's mostly done with your hands, and the ball is not shaped like any other ball there is!

ratio

(n) - A ratio is a relationship between two amounts, represented by a pair of numbers (for example 2:1 or 2/1) showing how much bigger one amount is than the other.

• Synonyms: proportion, relationship, correlation, scale
• Antonyms: whole
• Etymology: 1630s Latin, from ratio meaning "reason," from rat- meaning "think"
• Morphology: ration - v, n; rational - adj
• Example: The ratio of teachers to students at our school is about 22:1.

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epitome

(n) - The epitome is the perfect or best possible example of something.

• Synonyms: core, model, example, ultimate, representation
• Antonyms: non-example
• Etymolgoy: 1520s Greek, from epitemnein meaning "cut short," which comes from epi- meaning "into" + temnein meaning "to cut."
• Morphology: epitomize - verb
• Example: Lead 21 is the epitome of cool! It is not just a great Reading program, but it is also a good example of how teachers and students can use technology in the classroom!

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distort

(v) - If you distort something, you change the appearance, sound, or shape of it so that it is strange or unclear.

• Synonyms: deform, bend, twist, mangle, ruin
• Antonyms: beautify, straighten, improve
• Etymology:1580s Latin, from dis- meaning "not, away from" + torquere meaning "to twist
• Morphology: distortion - n, distorted - adj, v
• Example: Map distortion occurs when you try to take a 3-dimensional surface and turn it into a 2-dimensional representation.

Why would anyone distort these adorable frog bodies?!

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generate

(v) – If you produce or cause something, you generate it.

• Synonyms: produce, create, cause, make
• Antonyms: break, destroy
• Etymology: 1500 Latin, from genus meaning "family, birth, descent, origin"
• Morpholoy: generation - n, general - adj
• Example: Engineers can use water, wind, the sun, fossil fuels, and many other resources to generate electricity.

conserve

(v) – If you try to conserve something, you work to protect it and to prevent it from changing or being damaged.

• Synonyms: go easy on, keep, maintain, save, preserve, take care of, use wisely, protect
• Antonyms: destroy, neglect, squander, use, waste
• Etymology: Late 14th Century Latin, from com- meaning “with” + servare meaning "keep watch, maintain"
• Morphology: conservation, conservative
• Example: I hope that when the time comes, you are able to conserve your Halloween candy. You just never know when you’re going to need a tasty treat!

We always hear about how important it is to conserve energy... 

can you help Lolly do it? 

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Why is it such a big deal that we try to conserve energy?

alternative

(adj.) - Something that is alternative is different from what is usual, traditional, or expected.
*This word can also be used as a noun.

• Synonyms: another, substitute, different
• Antonyms: the same, identical
• Etymology: Late 14th Century, from the P.I.E. root al- meaning "beyond" + suffix –ter (as in other)
• Morphology: alternate, alter
• Example: You will have the opportunity to practice some alternative algorithms for division, just like you have done with multiplication.

Solar power is one type of alternative energy. Check it out with this cool game!

incinerate

(v.) - If you incinerate something, you burn it to the point that you reduce it to ashes in order to destroy it.

• Synonyms: burn, char, barbeque, scorch
• Etymology: 1550s, Greek and Latin, from the Latin prefix in- meaning "into" + cineris meaning "ashes," which comes from the Greek word konis meaning "dust"
• Morphology: incineration - n, incinerator - n, incendiary - adj
• Example: What to do with all that garbage sitting at the dump? Why not incinerate it!

deviate

(v.) - To deviate is to to change what you are doing so that you are not following an expected plan, idea, or type of behavior. When you deviate from something, you stray away from the normal path of it.

• Synonyms: differ, drift, vary, stray, turn
• Antonyms: keep, stay
• Etymology: 1630s Latin, from phrase de via, from de meaning "off" + via meaning "way"
• Morphology: deviation - n, deviant - adj
• Example: This week, we will deviate from our normal reading routine in order to wrap up our first unit.

Which of these words deviate from the meaning at the bottom?

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