Vocab 9 What word means…

1. Unfeeling; insensitive

2. Depressing, gloomy, dark Depressing, gloomy, dark

3. Persistent, illogical fear Persistent, illogical fear

4. To form a nonspecific conclusion

5. To regard w/ great devotion; to honor To regard w/ great devotion; to honor

6. various; several; miscellaneous various; several; miscellaneous

7. calm; carefree; lighthearted calm; carefree; lighthearted

8. Something handed down from one who has gone before

9. Exceptional skill & bravery Exceptional skill & bravery

10. scarcity; lack

11. FORM / SHAPE FORM / SHAPE WORD PARTS [root]

12. AROUND / NEAR AROUND / NEAR WORD PARTS [root]

13. FEELING / SUFFERING FEELING / SUFFERING WORD PARTS [root]

14. Greek god of sleep & dreams Greek god of sleep & dreams WORD PARTS

15. Device for viewing surface Device for viewing surface WORD PARTS

16. hatred WORD PARTS

17. Transformation of shape/appearance Transformation of shape/appearance WORD PARTS

18. Extreme sadness or emotion Extreme sadness or emotion WORD PARTS

19. having no shape WORD PARTS

20. Located on outside or edge WORD PARTS

Answers1 1. callous 2. somber 3. phobia 4. generalize 5. revere 1. callous 2. somber 3. phobia 4. generalize 5. revere

Answers2 6. sundry 7. insouciant 8. legacy 9. prowess 10. dearth 6. sundry 7. insouciant 8. legacy 9. prowess 10. dearth

Answers3 11. MORPH 12. PERI 13. PATH 14. Morpheus 15. PERIscope 11. MORPH 12. PERI 13. PATH 14. Morpheus 15. PERIscope

Answers4 16. antiPATHY 17. metaMORPHosis 18. PATHos 19. aMORPHous 20. PERIpheral 16. antiPATHY 17. metaMORPHosis 18. PATHos 19. aMORPHous 20. PERIpheral

WORDs $1 each! Vocab 11

sundry Link: sundae Jimmy had sundry ice cream sundaes for his birthday. adj

callous link callus Jack was so callous, he called attention to Mike’s calluses. callousness adj

revere Link: Paul Revere Hero of the American revolution, Paul Revere is revered. reverence Irreverence reverent verb

dearth Link: earth There is a dearth of earth in the middle of the ocean. noun

generalize Link: General’s Eyes To say that all General’s eyes are the same is to generalize. generalizations verb Antonym: concrete, specific

prowess Link: prowler The prowess of a prowler. noun

phobia Link: photos Some people have a phobia about of photos. phobic noun

legacy Link: Leg I see The leg I see is my entire legacy from Grandfather the pirate. noun

somber Some bears endure winter hibernation in a somber state of mind. Link: Some bears adj

insouciant Link: South Sea ant South sea ants are the most insouciant ants of all. insouciance adj

Word rootMeaningRelated wordsWord studies 1 Path (Pathy) (Patho) FEELING SUFFERIN G (sometimes a cause of suffering) antipathy hatred anti against antiaircraft pathos Deep sorrow, sadness pathological Harmful disease worthy of study logy Study of Word Roots: Your chart

Word rootMeaningRelated wordsWord studies 1 peri AROUND NEAR perimeter Distance around a shape meter MEASU RE Altimeter peripheral located on outside or edge periscope Device for viewing surface (from submarine) scope SEE telescope microscope Word Roots: Your chart

Word rootMeaningRelated wordsWord studies 1 morph FORM SHAPE metamorphosis A change in form meta beyond/ outside metacognition amorphous Having no defined shape a- WITHOU T Morpheus Greek god who altered dreams—and his appearance Word Roots: Your chart

Vocab 11 GUM This week

Gum Passive Voice Word your verbs in ACTIVE VOICE. Do not write in PASSIVE VOICE Look out: Lots of explanation… PassveVoice.ppt This week

Gum TBA Make sure This week

Gum 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. This week

Gum 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. Review

Gum 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. Review

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