ASL 201 Vocabulary
Non-targeted Vocabulary
Most commonly noted words by semester:
Spring
2022
Fall
2019
Spring
2019
Sample Learning Logs
The lists below are of signs that came up during class discussions or games
(during a previous semester the class was offered). They are terms that the
student who was acting as scribe felt were worth noting for later review.
Specific vocabulary terms, lists, categories, or themes were not targeted.
For the purpose of spaced repetition, working in pairs or small groups,
students briefly reviewed noted signs at the beginning of the next class meeting.
Students quizzed each other by showing their partner(s) signs without disclosing
their English interpretation immediately, similar to the use of flashcards.
Students had opportunity to ask for clarification on noted signs.
Online ASL Dictionaries
Week 1:
Monday:
- last (in the past)
- semester
- still
- vocabulary
- today
- just, only
- write
- scribe
- volunteer
- random
- many
- every day
- name
- paper
- first name
- summer
- highlight
- fly
- London
- California
- vacation
- girlfriend
- job
- work
- new
- house
- finish
- degree, diploma
- grandparents
- visit
- Alaska
- from
- past
- summer
- hiking
- moutain
- next
- ice cream
- review
- myself
- easy
- simple
- basic
- hearing
- hard of hearing
- compelling
- moving
- candy bar
- Seattle
- college
- senior
- freshman
- sophomore
- junior
- disabled
- brother
- sister
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Week 1:
Wednesday:
- remember
- partner
- travel
- sports
- cupcake, muffin
- imagine, suppose
- rest, relax
- alone
- shopping, store, sell
- internet
- surfing
- television
- watch
- meditate
- outside
- nature
- forest, jungle
- tan
- try
- improve
- enjoy, appreciate, pleasure, entertain
- secret
- guess
- so far, since
- actual, true, real
- answer
- reading
- off topic
- fed up
- quiz, test
- percent
- story
- young
- hyper
- sometimes
- mischevious
- chat, hang out
- sneak
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Week 1:
Friday:
- social
- jealous
- to take care of
- accomplish, achieve
- surgery
- always
- difficult, hard
- alone
- lonely
- another, other
- leave behind, leftover, abandon
- later
- bad, suitcase
- ignore
- pineapple
- refrigerator
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Week 2:
Monday:
(Labor Day)
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Week 2:
Wednesday:
- recent
- doctor
- injury, hurt, pain
- infection
- sick
- military, army
- football
- birthday
- December
- history
- search
- find
- picture, photograph
- print, newspaper
- card
- gullible
- invent, come up with
- lose, lost
- full, whole
- burden
- responsibility
- not my problem
- plants
- clash, conflict
- empty, lacking
- feel
- idea
- remember
- English
- mix, cloud
- concept
- middle
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Week 2:
Friday:
- injury
- infection
- history
- gullible
- invent
- remember
- steal
- farmer
- soil, dirt, sand, dust
- raise children, grow up
- engaged to be married
- break up
- decide
- upset
- attire
- clash, conflict
- empty, lack
- still
- vampire
- business, busy
- figure out
- geometry
- careful
- English poetry
- ASL poetry
- pharmacy
- perfect
- fault
- not my problem
- delegate
- burden
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Week 3:
Monday:
- chocolate
- chip
- dessert
- general
- exact, precise, specific
- vanilla
- king
- mean
- strict, stern, austere
- wild
- struggle
- contension
- friendly
- no more
- giant, huge, enormous, gigantic
- monster
- heaven
- defeat
- sad
- attention
- know
- show
- fix
- glue
- hand
- become
- ghost
- joke
- then
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Week 3:
Wednesday:
- yesterday
- every week
- every other week
- awesome
- annual
- meeting
- invite, welcome, hire
- more
- most
- behind
- run over (classifiers)
- fight
- radio
- break down
- up till now, so far, since
- parked
- bat
- defeat
- autism
- let's
- insurance
- advertize
- met
- sticky
- tape, bandaid
- ability, able, capable, potential
- real
- each other, social
- cute
- finally
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Week 3:
Friday:
- silly
- Internet, online
- game
- tomorrow
- danger, dangerous, hazard
- awful, terrible
- roommate
- happen
- surprise
- fancy, formal, official
- rich, wealthy, affluent
- nursery
- soft
- difficult
- advocate, support
- community
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Week 4:
Monday:
- five years ago
- mountain
- for sure
- maybe
- twice
- pay
- interpeted
- we'll see
- schedule
- brown
- fast
- small
- herself
- box, room, container
- anyway, whatever, doesn't matter, even though, despite
- captions, sentence, phrase
- language
- character
- building, build, construction
- parking
- complain
- employment
- enough
- suggest, recommend
- watermelon
- bow tie
- boat
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Week 4:
Wednesday:
- performance
- kitchen
- study
- wine
- developing
- dark room
- newspaper, print
- corn
- employment
- about
- Scotland
- Vietnam
- human
- outside
- allergy
- not yet, late, have not
- play
- eat
- guess, miss
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Week 4:
Friday:
- lead
- to conduct, manage, control
- vegetables
- remind
- routine
- war, battle
- sneak
- union, united, unified
- north
- south
- defend
- attack
- behind
- retreat
- can't
- stay
- capture, arrest, kidnap, catch
- skyscraper, tower
- envision, dream
- phone
- GPS
- action, active, do, deeds
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Week 5:
Monday:
- finally
- lost
- skiing
- so, very, really
- stern strict
- ugly
- handsome
- lenient
- crush (like on a person) = precious + obsess
- stalk
- does not mind
- personal, personality
- wait
- note
- married
- single
- short
- story
- lead actor
- conversation
- hyper
- casually
- themselves
- hobby
- favorite
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Week 5:
Wednesday:
- improve
- hope
- show up
- hour
- confidential, private, secret
- mentor
- soon
- weapon, sword
- poison
- squirt gun
- light saber
- battle axe
- charm, friendly
- wonder
- Denmark
- king
- prince
- uncle
- kill
- run away, escape, flee
- revenge, vengeance
- justice
- ponder, consider
- Shakespeare
- parallel
- elope
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Week 5:
Friday:
- reunion, gather
- catch up
- alcoholic drink
- keep, retain
- keep going, continue
- identity, identify, identification
- credit card
- back up, behind
- information
- concerned
- cow, cattle
- ranch, farm
- imperfect
- must
- rule
- establish, set up, to found
- naked, available
- rude
- frustrated
- contact
- medicine
- soda
- Internet
- bald
- desolate
- phrase, sentence, captions
- free
- stick, diploma, degree
- soon
- trade, exchange, swap, atone
- clueless
- ear piercings, earrings
- spirit, ghost
- find
- marijuana
- meat, steak, flesh, carnal
- guess, miss
- car
- communicate
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Week 6:
Monday:
- suggestion, recommend
- refreshments
- normal
- simple
- easy
- event
- talk to yourself
- bright, light, clear, obvious
- ask, question
- ask, request
- appropriate
- right, correct
- thing
- opposite
- day off, holiday, vacation
- assignment, assign
- about (as in a topic)
- professional
- qualified, quality
- somber, serious, bitter, miss
- funeral
- half hour
- relay operator
- confidential, private, secret
- ethical, ethics
- use
- skill, talent, skilled
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Week 6:
Wednesday:
- while, during
- roar, yell, shout, scream
- either
- agree
- sun, sunny
- wind, windy
- discuss, debate
- competition, contest, race, sports
- measure, size
- strong, strength, healthy, brave, courage
- coat
- hood
- cloud, fog, mist, storm
- behind
- win
- rocky road
- flavor, taste
- strawberry
- satisfied, content
- annoyed
- lacking
- love
- cold
- telepathy
- choose, choice
- surgery
- advocate, support
- accept
- consequence
- result
- end
- pineapple
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Week 6:
Friday:
(no class)
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Week 7:
Monday:
- scared, afraid
- snake
- spider
- happy, jolly
- foster child
- adopt
- sad, melancholy
- to miss a loved one
- impossible
- worst
- part, piece, some
- run out
- awful, terrible
- suffer
- fortunately
- without
- eclipse
- freeway
- traffic
- road, street
- pee pee dance
- include
- hate
- nut
- lesson
- spoon
- try
- only, just
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Week 7:
Wednesday:
- news
- Russia
- president
- instead
- reason, rational
- irrational
- fear
- big word
- ignore
- pass, to go past
- man
- straw, grass
- metal
- lion
- lousy
- each
- relates to, connected to
- join
- judge
- summon, call upon, a calling
- discrimination
- advice, counsel, influence
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Week 7:
Friday:
(no class)
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Week 8:
Monday:
- unskilled
- apple
- Halloween
- refresh ( = new + again )
- upload, post online
- download
- baptism, baptize
- focused
- distracted
- pain
- star
- cute (which can mean small in ASL)
- flag
- tree
- glasses
- bed
- bunk bed
- fly (bird, not airplane)
- exchange, trade
- describe, explain, instructions
- furniture
- wolf
- beach
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Week 8:
Wednesday:
- Social Studies
- Home Economics
- Trigonomitry
- lunch
- study hall
- know that
- political
- inventor
- creative
- famous
- himself
- represent
- symbol
- fail
- mixed
- result
- success, finally
- surrounded
- dental, dentis
- cleaning
- don't, not
- stick, degree, diploma
- squirrel
- navy
- beat up, abuse
- offended
- offer, recommend, suggest
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Week 8:
Friday:
- lose, lost, loss
- lecture, speech, address
- kind, type
- insane, crazy
- fast, quick
- compare
- looks like
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Week 9:
Monday
- sleep in
- function
- East Coast Time
- I don't know
- half hour
- runner
- kick
- race, sports
- until
- save, conserve
- energy
- 4 months
- move
- finish
- strong
- left, leftover, remaining, abandon
- challenge
- no one
- too big
- black hole
- astronomy
- fence
- warn
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Week 9:
Wednesday
- willing
- move away
- fort
- gate
- sea, ocean
- head
- hammer
- dolphin
- angel
- jellyfish
- crab
- octopus
- theme, quote, subject, topic
- sheep
- shepherd
- inheritance
- celebrate, rejoice, anniversary
- stray
- coin
- safe, safety
- run out
- struggling financially
- broke (no money)
- waste
- relate, connected to
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Week 9:
Friday
- reminds me
- serious
- around the world
- include
- nothing
- future
- grammar
- know
- unconsciously know
- intuition
- willing
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Weeks 10:
Monday
- around the world
- stage
- rehearsal
- Halloween
- costume
- early
- every night
- pounds, weight
- extremely knowledgeable
- genius
- only, just
- cheap
- dollar
- cost, price, charge, fee, a fine
- professional
- install, set up, establish
- expensive
- renovate, remodel
- improve
- back up, back track
- tears
- heaven
- often
- next
- individually
- unwind, relax, rest
- free
- finger
- painting, art
- pity, mercy, compassion, poor you
- fiery
- poop
- teenage
- pregnancy
- roller skates
- hot
- instead
- Santa
- Boy Scouts of America
- bio-engineered
- care
- bear
- stare
- museum
- lunch
- against
- fear
- itself
- science
- guy
- tiger
- romantic
- candle
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Weeks 10:
Wednesday
- photo
- share
- lake
- allow, let
- dead
- man
- thin
- skinny
- struggle
- required
- give up, surrender
- at the same time
- endure, patience
- success
- accomplish, achieve
- experience
- eventually, someday
- soccer
- long
- miles
- grow up, raise (children)
- congratulations
- Spanish
- pizza
- popcorn
- cookie
- animal
- skunk, lion
- penguin
- date
- moon
- hobby, interest
- bake, oven
- technically
- cartoon
- star
- war
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Weeks 10:
Friday
- skunk, lion
- hungry
- shark
- blood
- thirsty, thirst
- chase
- run away, escape, flee
- lost
- to run out of
- remind
- melt, fade, dissolve
- international
- space station
- washing machine
- wash
- leave behind, abandon, leftover
- running (machine)
- buy
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Week 11:
Monday
- go
- dragon
- microwave
- dating
- casual
- picnic
- electricity, electric, battery
- worth, worthy, important
- misunderstand
- ice
- refuse
- far away
- fall in love
- therapy
- counseling
- alert, alarm, bell
- normal, regular, usual, natural
- ambivalent, on the fence
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Week 11:
Wednesday
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Week 11:
Friday
- veteran
- celebrate
- realize, reason, rational
- silver tongued (skilled speaking)
- convince
- flatter
- prone, tendancy
- fame, famous
- license
- permit
- certificate
- certified
- unicorn
- memorize
- colorful
- mystical, mystery, complex, complicated
- unique, special
- negotiate
- empathy
- possible, able, capable, potential
- avoid
- responsibility
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Week 12:
Monday
- accommodation
- self advocate
- diversity, diverse, variety, various, random
- analyze, analysis
- hire, invite, welcome, you're welcome
- skilled, talent
- certified
- inspect, check
- control, handle
- sparkle, glow, shine, glory
- always
- energy
- share
- enough
- full, whole
- distract
- magical
- bag, luggage, suitcase
- things, stuff
- song, music, sing
- choir
- enemy
- personality, personal
- faster
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Week 12:
Wednesday
- blessing
- promise, confirm
- common
- recognize, notice, detect, acknowledge
- leftover, abandon, the rest of
- used to, habit, custom
- stealth, sneak
- hide
- turtle
- escape, flee, run away
- selfish, greedy
- lead, guide
- rude
- naked
- early
- sweet, sugar, honey
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Week 12:
Friday
- panda bear
- eraser
- water park
- zipper
- hippopotamus
- sleepover
- cozy, comfortable
- blueberries
- winter
- camping
- artist
- simple
- dictionary
- ski
- best
- beach ball
- pillow
- earth
- Martin Luther King
- gigantic
- dirty
- dish, plate
- peacock
- bald eagle
- wide
- magic trick
- mouse
- during, while
- gross, disgusting
- enemy
- look like
- farmer
- entertain, enjoy, pleasure, appreciate
- bug, insect
- lizard
- between
- disguise, costume
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Week 13:
Monday
- technically
- someone
- guess
- roommate
- skyscraper, tower
- curious
- Montana
- psychology
- memory, review
- important, worth
- assign
- entertain, enjoy, pleasure, appreciate
- that's all, that's is, already
- borrow
- throw
- heads
- tails
- tendency
- agree
- twice
- arrive
- graduate
- goal
- achieve, accomplish
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Week 13:
Wednesday
- looking forward to
- 4th floor
- contest, compete, sports
- fiction, fake, false
- character
- prize
- double
- first
- appear, show up
- overwhelmed
- until, till
- figure out
- input, feedback
- accept
- no matter, whatever, anyway, despite, in spite of
- negotiators
- willing
- convince
- dialogue
- interact, social, each other
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Week 13:
Friday
- after
- smooth
- update, catch up
- represent
- resurrect
- wonder
- busy
- poison
- take control
- success
- receive
- unified, united
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Week 14:
Monday
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Week 14:
Wednesday
(Thanksgiving)
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Week 14:
Friday
(Thanksgiving)
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