Transcript vocab_11

Vocab 9
What word
means…
1.
Unfeeling; insensitive
2.
Depressing, gloomy,
dark
3.
Persistent,
illogical fear
4.
To form a nonspecific
conclusion
5.
To regard w/ great
devotion; to honor
6.
various; several;
miscellaneous
7.
calm; carefree;
lighthearted
8.
Something
handed down
from one who
has gone before
9.
Exceptional skill &
bravery
10.
scarcity; lack
11.
WORD PARTS
FORM /
SHAPE
[root]
12.
WORD PARTS
AROUND /
NEAR
[root]
13.
WORD PARTS
FEELING /
SUFFERING
[root]
14.
WORD PARTS
Greek god of
sleep & dreams
15.
WORD PARTS
Device for viewing
surface
16.
WORD PARTS
hatred
17.
WORD PARTS
Transformation
of shape/appearance
18.
WORD PARTS
Extreme sadness
or emotion
19.
WORD PARTS
having no shape
20.
WORD PARTS
Located on outside or
edge
Answers1
1. callous
2. somber
3. phobia
4. generalize
5. revere
Answers2
6. sundry
7. insouciant
8. legacy
9. prowess
10. dearth
Answers3
11. MORPH
12. PERI
13. PATH
14. Morpheus
15. PERIscope
Answers4
16. antiPATHY
17. metaMORPHosis
18. PATHos
19. aMORPHous
20. PERIpheral
Vocab 11
WORDs
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adj
sundry
Link:
sundae
Jimmy had sundry ice
cream sundaes for his
birthday.
adj
callousness
callous
linkcallus
Jack was so callous, he
called attention to Mike’s
calluses.
verb
revere
reverence
Irreverence
reverent
Link: Paul Revere
Hero of the American
revolution, Paul Revere is
revered.
noun
dearth
Link:
earth
There is a dearth of earth in
the middle of the ocean.
verb
generalizations
generalize
Link:
General’s Eyes
To say that all General’s
eyes are the same is to
generalize.
Antonym: concrete, specific
noun
prowess
Link: prowler
The prowess of a prowler.
noun
phobic
phobia
Link:
photos
Some people have a phobia about of
photos.
noun
legacy
Link: Leg I see
The leg I see is my
entire legacy from
Grandfather the pirate.
adj
somber
Link:
Some bears
Some bears endure winter
hibernation in a somber
state of mind.
adj
insouciance
insouciant
Link:
South
Sea ant
South sea ants are the most
insouciant ants of all.
Word root
1
Meaning
FEELING
(Pathy) SUFFERIN
(Patho) G
Path
(sometimes a
cause of
suffering)
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Word studies
antipathy
anti
hatred
against
pathos
Deep sorrow,
sadness
pathological
logy
Harmful disease
worthy of study
Study of
antiaircraft
Word root
1
peri
Meaning
AROUND
NEAR
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Word studies
perimeter
meter
Distance around
a shape
MEASU
RE
Altimeter
peripheral
located on
outside or edge
periscope
scope
Device for
SEE
viewing surface
(from submarine)
telescope
microscope
Word root
1
Meaning
morph FORM
Related words
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chart
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metamorphosis meta
A change in form
beyond/
outside
amorphous
a-
Having no defined
shape
WITHOU
T
SHAPE
Morpheus
Greek god who
altered dreams—and
his appearance
metacognition
GUM
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PASSIVE VOICE
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Pronoun & Antecedent Agreement:
1. One of the girls lost (her, their) iPod on the bus.
2. Everyone in the class will do (his, their) best.
3. Each of the puppies (was, were) drooping (its,
their) paws over the edge of the box.
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Review
Parallelism: All items in a list need to
have the same grammatical structure
1. Martin felt the movie was boring, silly, and was
too long.
2. If it had not been for Katie's quick thinking, we
would still be sitting in our broken-down car,
starving to death, and we would be shivering due
to the cold.
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Review
Parallelism: All items in a list need to
have the same grammatical structure
Write two sentences using three vocabulary words
of your choice.
a) In one sentence include a parallel list of three
single-word items
b) Write another a parallel list of three
prepositional phrases.
callous: emotion
A. rainbow: sun
B. troubling: depression
C. hungry: food
father: legacy
A. Teacher : lesson
B. Child : toys
C. Mayor : city
Insouciance : troubles
A. burial : death
B. seed : plant
C. raincoat : rain
hunger : dearth
A. sadness : cries
B. hammer : tool
C. medicine : sickness