VERBAL Till Oct 13th

1. Convoke(v): to call together; summon to meet or assemble; to cause to assemble in a meeting.
Synonyms: to summon; assemble; convene; cite, gather, meet, muster, request.

2. Hasten(v): to move or act with haste; proceed with haste; hurry; accelerate; to speed up; act or move at high speed; cause to occur rapidly.
Synonyms: accelerate, advance, barrel, bolt, dart, drive, expedite, fleet, gallop, hie, hurry, precipitate, precipitate press, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scurry, speed, trot, urge, whisk.

3. Limpid(adj): clear, transparent; completely calm; without distress or worry; Characterized by transparent clearness; easily intelligible; clear; Calm and untroubled; clear and bright; easily understandable.
Synonyms: Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright; comprehensible, crystalline, distinct, lucid, pellucid, pure, serene, translucent, transparent, untroubled.

4. Sapient(adj): having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment; acutely insightful and wise; sage; discerning; often in irony or contempt.
Synonyms: discerning, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, sagacious, sage, wise.

5. Teddy(n): plaything consisting of a child's toy bear (usually plush and stuffed with soft materials); a male given name; a female given name; a teddy bear.

6. Dale(n): a valley, esp. a broad valley; a male or female given name; an open river valley (in a hilly area); a low place between hills; a vale or valley; a trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
Synonyms: dell, dene, dingle, glen, ravine, spout, trough, vale, valley.

7. Jejune(adj): without interest or significance; dull; insipid; immature; childish; lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed;deficient or lacking in nutritive value; not interesting; dull.
Synonyms: arid, banal, barren, bland, childish, dull, empty, flat, immature, inane, innocuous, insipid, juvenile, meager, sterile, trite, unexciting, vapid.

8. Plangent(adj): resounding loudly, esp. with a plaintive sound, as a bell; Loud and resounding; Expressing or suggesting sadness; plaintive.
Synonyms: mellow, orotund, resounding, ringing, rotund, round, sonorous, vibrant.

9. Stand(v): (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet; to rise to one's feet ; to stop or remain motionless or steady on the feet; to remain firm or steadfast; to continue in force or remain valid; to remain still, stationary, or unused; to face or encounter; Synonyms: abide, stomach, bear up, endure, hold up.


Issue Topic:

1. We are not teaching students how to contribute in society
(It is something like that)


Argument Topic:

1. The following appeared in a newspaper feature story.
"At the small, non-profit hospital in the town of Saluda, the average length of a patient's stay is two days; at the large, for-profit hospital in the near by city of Megaville, the average patient's stay is six days.Also, the cure rate among patients in the Saluda hospital is about twice that of the Megaville hospital. The Saluda hospital has more employees per patient than the hospital in Megaville and there are few complaints about service at the local hospital.Such data indicate that treatment in smaller, non-profit hospitals is more economical and of better quality than treatment in larger, for profit hospitals".