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WORD MAP
W.O.W./Vocabulary Word
Part of Speech
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Synonyms/Most Similar Words
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Antonyms
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Related Words
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Create three ORIGINAL sentences about the unit we are studying or have recently studied, using the
W.O.W., the assigned vocabulary word, or one of its related words – underline the W.O.W./vocabulary
word and write the subject in parentheses after the sentence.
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WORD MAP – Example
W.O.W.
avarice
Part of Speech
Symbol:
noun
Synonyms
a) greed
b) covetousness
c) greediness
d) cupidity
e) rapacity
Antonyms
a) generosity
b) open-handedness
c) unselfishness
Related Words
a) avaricious
b) avariciously
c) avariciousness
Create three ORIGINAL sentences about the unit we are studying or have recently studied, using the
W.O.W. or one of its RELATED WORDS – underline the W.O.W./vocabulary word and write the unit
name in parentheses after the sentence.
1. Was the reason factory workers in the Gilded Age were paid so poorly simply that the early
industrialists were incredibly avaricious? [The Gilded Age]
2. Wealthy southerners had gotten used to the luxurious lifestyle that owning slaves had granted them,
so their motives for refusing to end slavery seem rooted in avarice and laziness. [Civil War]
3. It seems clear that unparalleled avarice and a desire to show off motivated some of the incredibly
extravagant homes and lifestyles of the robber barons of the Gilded Age – imagine going to a party where
guests dig into piles of sand to uncover emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds as party favors!
[Gilded/Industrial Age]