Friday, September 21, 2012

Vocabulary Unit One Corrections


Vocabulary Unit 1 Corrections:

To raise your grade on your vocabulary homework please write the correct answers on a separate sheet of paper, staple the corrected answers to the original work and turn in no later than September 27th.

If you did not do pages 21, 22 and 23 from Unit One, you must write the word, the part of speech, the definition and the short phrase in order to raise your grade. Pages 21 - 23 are worth 20 points.

Definitions:

Example:

adage (n.) a proverb; a wise saying
        One way to begin an informal speech or an oral report is to quote an
        old adage.

COMPLETING THE SENTENCE:

laggards
preclude
hovered
wrangled
evolved
vigil
excerpt
jostled
decree
reverted
citadel
groped
collaborated
servile
discordant
adage
bonanza
plaudits
rubble
churlish

SYNONYMS:

Write the short phrase, underline the boldfaced word and the correct vocabulary word:

Example:

as the ad campaign unfolded: evolved
preclude
adage
jostled
grope
bonanza
rubble
collaborate
servile
citadel
excerpt
revert
hovered
decree
vigil

ANTONYMS:

Write the short phrase, underline the boldfaced word and the correct vocabulary word:

discordant
wrangled
churlish
laggards
plaudits

Choosing the Right Word:

collaborated
churlish
citadels
preclude
plaudits
revert
vigil
hovered
adage
groping
servile
jostled
laggard
evolved
bonanza
discordant
decreed
rubble
excerpted
wrangled

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