Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Vocab Scramble

Look through this issue of Scholastic News.  Find the following words and write the definitions:

* delegates:
* sophisticated:
* exporter:
* ratified:

BONUS: use each word in a sentence, or find the sentences the words are used in somewhere in your newspaper.  Type them here.

11 comments:

amandeep said...

delegates means a person designated to act for or represent another
sophisticated means to have manners
Exporter means to ship things to other countries
ratified means to confirm bu pressing consent

Liam Wilcox said...

delegates: people who represent others at a meeting
ratified: officially approved
sophisticated: cleverly designed and able to do complicated tasks
exporter: a person, company, or country that sells products in or to another country

Winni said...

All 13 states were invited to send delegates. It's carring the most sophisticated equipment ever sent to another planet,including17 high-tech cameras. even people in other contries will be affected,sice the U.S is the world's largest exporter of corn. The constitution was ratified in 1788-but not everyone was happy with it.

Jericho Estrellado said...

delegates-people who represent others at a meeting. sophisticated-cleverly designed and able to do complicated tasks. exporter-a person,company,or country that sells products in or to another country. ratified-officially approved All 13 states were invited to send delegates. Its carrying the most sophisticated equipment ever sent to anothe planet. The Phillipines has exporters of clothing. The mans passport was ratified.

Janna said...

delegates: people who represent others at a meeting. George Washington was a delegate at the Constitutional Convention.

sophisticated: altered by education and experiance etc. and is very wise. She is very sophisticated.

exporter: a person who ships stuff to other countries or places. He got a job as a exporter.

ratified: offically approved. The new law was ratified.

Maysen said...

Delegates- people who represent others at a meeting. Ratified- Officially approved. Sophisticated-clearly designed and able to do complicated tasks. Exporter- a person, company, or country that sels products in or to another country.

Channy said...

Delegates: People who represent others at a meeting.

Ratified: Offically approved.

Sophisticated: Cleverly desginged and able to do completed tasks.

Exporter: A person, company, or country that sells products in or to another country.

Sentences: Sophisticated equipment ever sent to another planet.
All 13 states were invited to send Delegates.
The constitution was Ratified in 1788.
People in different countries will be affected, since the U.S. is the worlds largest Exporter of corn.

Cruz Medina said...

Sophisticated-cleverly designed and able to do complicated tasks.

Delegates- people who represent others at a meeting.

Ratified-officially approved.

Exporter-a person,company,or country that sells products in or to another country.

Angelina said...

Delegates: People who represent others at a meeting.

Sophisticated: Cleverly designed and able to do complicated tasks.

Exporter: Person, Company,or Country that sells products in or to another state.

Ratified: Officially approved.

[Info. from Scholastic News September 17,2012 Edition 5/6]

Hunter Smith said...

delegate means~ A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy or an agent.
2. A representative to a conference or convention.
3. A member of a House of Delegates, the lower house of the Maryland, Virginia, or West Virginia legislature.
4. An elected or appointed representative of a U.S. territory in the House of Representatives who is entitled to speak but not vote.
Sophisticated means~1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist.
2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music.
3. deceptive; misleading.
4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
exporter means~
For customs purposes, the party who makes (or on whose behalf an agent or broker makes) the export declaration. The exporter sells its goods to someone in another country, known as the importer.
ratified means~ To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm.

Theresa said...

Delegates- People who represent others at a meeting.
All 13 states were invited to send delegates.
Ratified- ofically approved.
The COnstitution was ratified in 1788.
Sophisticated- cleverly designed and able to do complicated tasks.
It's carrying the most sophisticated equipment ever.
Exporter-a person, company, or country that sells products in or to another country.