1. Divide the class into two teams.
2. Identify a location in the classroom for first, second, third base and home plate.
3. A batter from the visiting team comes up.
4. The batter is given a definition and he or she needs to give the corresponding word.
5. If the batter is wrong he is out. If he is right, he goes to first.
6. The next batter comes up and attempts to move him over. After three outs, the other team is up.
7. A small prize is awarded to the winning team.
8. This could be done with any type of vocabulary or subject information.

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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know.
Here is a sample from the list:
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy

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