Tuesday

1.volunteer KK[͵vɑlənˋtɪr] DJ[͵vɔlənˋtiə]

From:Fern was volunteering at the local library and hospital, and they both had many books to read.

n.

-A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily.

-A person who chooses to enter a branch of the military without being drafted or forced to do so by law.

-A person who works without pay or assumes an obligation to which he or she is not a party or otherwise interested.

-A cultivated plant growing from self-sown or accidentally dropped seed.

adj.

-Being, consisting of, or done by volunteers.

-Growing from self-sown or accidentally dropped seed. Used of a cultivated plant or crop.

v.

-To give or offer to give voluntarily.

-To compel (someone) to do something.

-To perform or offer to perform a service of one's own free will.

-To choose to enter military service of one's own free will.

-To do charitable or helpful work without pay.

2.curriculum KK[kəˋrɪkjələm] DJ[kəˋrikjuləm]

From:It's hands-on experience and academic curriculum to tie it together.

n.

-All the courses of study offered by an educational institution.

-A group of related courses, often in a special field of study.

3.overhaul KK[͵ovɚˋhɔl] DJ[͵əuvəˋhɔ:l]

From:Berkeley is still the only district of its size in the nation to completely overhaul its food program.

v.

-To examine or go over carefully for needed repairs.

-To dismantle in order to make repairs.

-To slacken (a line) or to release and separate the blocks of (a tackle).

-To make extensive renovations or revisions on; renovate.

-To catch up with; overtake.

n.

-An act of overhauling.

-A repair job.

4.exhort KK[ɪgˋzɔrt] DJ[igˋzɔ:t]

From:A child's drawing of a friendly octopus, posted on the door, exhorts "Eat Natural Healthy Food!" 

v.

-To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal.

-To make an urgent appeal.

5.organic KK [ɔrˋgænɪk]DJ[ɔ:ˋgænik]

From:Can this level of fresh, organic, and food for so many students be sustained?

adj.

-Of, relating to, or derived from living organisms.

-Of, relating to, or affecting a bodily organ.

-Of, marked by, or involving the use of fertilizers or pesticides that are strictly of animal or vegetable origin.

-Raised or conducted without the use of drugs, hormones, or synthetic chemicals.

-Serving organic food.