Week 17 (early)

Because I had the spelling & vocabulary words for this week and next (Week 17) mixed up a bit, we agreed to work on all 20 words for this week and next and to test on them on THURSDAY, 12/14.  Thanks for your understanding!  BOTH sets of words are in Spelling City.

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1. ________________________________________: (n) a container that keeps liquids hot or cold for long periods of time

2. ________________________________________: (n) a condition in which the temperature of the body is very low

3.  ________________________________________: (adj) of, relating to, or caused by heat; designed to keep you warm by preventing heat from leaving your body

4.  ________________________________________: (n) a device that automatically adjusts the temperature in a room to a desired level

5.  ________________________________________: (adj) or, relating to, or using the natural heat produced inside the Earth

6. ________________________________________: (n) a person who rules a country with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal way

7. ________________________________________: (n) the decision made by a jury in a trial; a judgment or opinion about something

8. ________________________________________: (n) the act of speaking words that someone writes down or that a machine records; the act of dictating words

9._________________________________________: (v) to say what will or might happen in the future

10. _______________________________________:  (v) to say the opposite of something someone else has said; to deny the truth of something