Vocabulary Workshop Unit 2

NUNC/NOUNC “to announce” Enunciate: verb To pronounce or articulate The speaker at graduation enunciated each student’s name correctly. Renounce: verb To reject by declaration The defendant renounced the judge’s guilty verdict.

Pronouncement: noun An official announcement Woodbridge Township made a pronouncement that bullying will not be tolerated.

VOC/VOK “to call” Invoke: verb Provocative: adjective To call on for support Eli Manning invoked Coach Coughlin for help on offensive plays. Provocative: adjective Causing disturbance or excitement The provocative commercial for the new Ford Mustang was pulled from television.

Revoke: verb To make invalid; deactivate If you get too many points while driving, your license will be revoked.

FA “to speak” Ineffable: adjective Infantile: adjective Indescribable The landscape on top of the mountain was ineffable, too beautiful for words. Infantile: adjective Childish; immature The rude behavior between the two boys was infantile and immature.

Affable: adjective Easy to converse with; friendly Sandy Cheeks is an affable character.

DIC/DICT “to say, to tell” Edict: Noun An official order The mayor ordered an edict to help Hurricane Irene victims whose homes flooded. Indict: Verb To charge with a crime; accuse The criminal was indicted on three counts of burglary.

Dictum: noun A formal or authoritative statement Congress declared a dictum on the status of the war in Afghanistan.

Conjunctions A word that joins two parts of a sentence and but or nor for yet so although because since unless

Correlative Conjunctions Correlative conjunctions are tag-team conjunctions. They come in pairs, and you have to use both of them in different places in a sentence to make them work. both/and Ex: I’ll have both the cheesecake and the frozen hot chocolate. whether/or Ex: I didn’t know whether you’d want the cheesecake or the frozen hot chocolate, so I got you both. either/or Ex: I want either the cheesecake or the frozen hot chocolate. neither/nor Ex: Oh, you want neither the cheesecake nor the frozen hot chocolate? No problem. not/but not only/but also Ex: I see you’re in the mood not for dessert but appetizers. Ex: I’ll eat them both - not only the cheesecake but also the frozen hot chocolate.