First Semester Exam Words of the Week	10 Words Questions will be multiple choice.
debacle (noun) 1.complete failure: fiasco 2. a great disaster After the debacle of last week’s game, I don’t know if anyone will come to Sanford Stadium to see Saturday’s game.	odious (adjective) 1. deserving hatred Aunt Nurse visited Romeo and told him what an odious toad he was to have hurt Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin. (Caught’ya)
acme (noun) 1.the highest point or stage The acme of their season was their hard-won victory over last year’s state champs.	impervious (adjective) 1a.not allowing safe passage: impenetrable 1b.not capable of being harmed The rainforest is impervious to all but the most dedicated explorers.
flippant (adjective) 1.lacking proper respect or seriousness My father did not like my flippant response to his serious question regarding my failing grade.	lexicon (noun) 1.the vocabulary of a language, an individual speaker, or a subject Mrs. Carter says that learning and using our Words of the Week will improve our lexicon. She says it is like a filing cabinet of words in your brain.
loquacious (adjective) 1.full of excessive talk: wordy Only after calling his name three times did the loquacious ten turn to answer the teacher.	teem (verb) 1. to be abuzz 2.to become filled to overflowing The crowd was teeming with giddy girls who wanted to catch a glimpse of Justin Bieber, the Canadian singer who all the cool kids call JB.
ubiquitous (adjective) 1.existing or being everywhere at the same time: widespread The band’s catchy new song was ubiquitous—we seemed to hear it everywhere we went.	dubious (adjective) 1. open to doubt or suspicion She was dubious as to whether her son was telling the truth about the broken vase.