Spurious and Astute

spurious- not genuine
astute- shrewd; clever

The only was for Slanderous Susie would get her gossip in a very sly, and astute way. She would come up to you and pretend she was just being friendly. She would talk to you about her problems and you would share you information with her. We would fall into her trap because we could not tell that she was acting in a spurious way.

Slander

slander- false charges and malicious oral statements about someone

Slanderous Susie was the editor-n-chief of the school newspaper. She gained her nickname because she continuously entered lies about certain classmates. People started calling her slanderous because of these false charges.

Fabicated and Hypocrisy

fabricated- made; concoted to deceive
hypocrisy- the practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity

My favorite cartoon as a child was the Toony Loons. But I didn't like the character Hippo the Hypocrite. He would tell everyone to tell the truth under any circumstance. But then he would turn go and tell the next character a huge fabrication.

Dubious

dubious- doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

Dubious Derick is one of the most skeptical that I have ever met. He didn't believe anything that you told him, unless you have hard evidence. He probably wouldn't believe that it was raining outside if you came in with a wet umberella and soaking clothes. His favorite line was "Doubt it."

WTR - Dubious Derick was very doubtful.

Mollify, Reclamation,and Sanction

mollify- to calm or soothe
reclamation- the act of making something useful again
sanction- to give official authorization or approval

Our fifth grade teacher's reclamtion of our brain was necessary after we had spent all summer watching tv and playing video games. After a receiving a sanction from our parents to do so, she prohibited us from watching any TV, besides PBS and the Discovery channel, fo rthe first month of school. To mollify our great desire for TV, she would show us interenting education films in class on friday.

Auspicious, Benevolent, and Benign

auspicious- favorable; promising
benevolent- well-meaning; generous
benign- kind and gentle

I think that my fifth grade class had a auspicious future ahead of us. I am sure that all of the classmates are doing pretty well now. Some of us may not have had the most benevolent intentions back when we were younger, but I think we grew out of it before we left elementary school that year. By the end of the year, we (at least, most of us) were very benign with each other.

Asylum

asylum- a place or retreat or security

My fifth grade class used to love to play on the playground. I remember us going and playing out there in the freezing cold (true story). Our favorite game was tag. We created this asylum under the slide. Whoever could get to the slide before they got tagged was safe.