VL26
Vocabulary words and definitions
WALSH
Name ______________________________ Pd____
Sophomore English
Directions: Below each word and its definition, write out a sentence that follows one of the “strong sentence” formats. Color your words and definitions
with their signature colors. DUE: next Wednesday. QUIZ: next Wednesday.
o Much to my chagrin, I learned my fly had been open during the performance, which was embarrassing.
o I was so ashamed when my mother chagrined me by coming to school in her curlers and robe.
chagrined
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(adj.) ashamed; mortified; embarrassed (n) chagrin- annoyance; vexation
compunction
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(n.) regret; remorse; misgiving
doleful
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(adj.) causing grief or sadness; mournful
maudlin
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(adj.) weakly sentimental and tearful; overreaction to a sad event
pathos
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(n.) a quality of something in art or literature that arouses pity; tragedy; misery
poignant
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(adj.) painfully touching; piercing (adv) poignantly- expressively; movingly
throes
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(n.) anguish; pangs; twinges; pains
tribulation
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(n.) suffering; distress; problem
attenuate
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(v.) make thin; weaken; calm
svelte
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(adj.) slender; lithe; sleek; sylphlike
The following Greek and Latin roots should be done with the strong sentences in this format:
(Use the third color for highlighting the word that contains the root.)
Convince contains vinc; therefore, the definition of the word will have to do with conquering.
vict/vinc
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conquer
victim, victory, convince
voc
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voice
vocal, advocate, convocation
void
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empty
void, avoid, devoid
vol
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wish/will
volunteer, benevolent, malevolent
volv
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roll
revolve, involve, evolve
VL26 worksheet
1. When my blunder was pointed out to me, I was ______________.
2. To keep a ______________ figure, models usually exercise and eat very little.
3. The basset hound’s ______________ cry woke the neighbors at night when he
was sad.
4. While you may consider doing a research paper a ______________, it is really
not a way to make you suffer.
5. When he was in the ______________ of his deepest anguish, he called me for
support.
6. We had no ______________ about turning in the old car because it was
undependable and we didn’t regret losing it.
7. The touching story was listed as one of the most ______________ stories of
the year.
8. The ______________ of Brutus’ death in Julius Caesar touches on our hope that
he could survive what he has done to himself and our pity that he cannot.
9. Some of the people at the event were truly sad, while others were ridiculously
______________.
10. If you continue to make the wire thin by twisting it, you will ______________
it to the breaking point.
11. When you ______________ a person to believe you, you have conquered their
opinions and beliefs.
12. If you ______________ a person, you leave his life empty of your influence.
13. When you are ______________, you are using your voice.
14. I hope you will ______________ for this project because you wish to do it, not
because I’ve forced you to do it.
15. If you ______________ yourself in a project, you may have to roll around in it
a bit.