VL14
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. A STRONG SENTENCE CONTAINS THE
WORD AND ITS DEFINITION. Color your words and definitions with their signature highlighter colors. DUE: next Wednesday. QUIZ: next
Wednesday.
☺ He held his pants over the dark chasm and dropped them into the abyss.
☺ As I approached the abyss, I felt the deep hole beckoning me.
abyss
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(n) a very deep gap or hole; a chasm (adj) abysmal- hopelessly bad or severe, limitlessly negative
ballistics
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(n) the study of the flight of bullets or other hurled objects
cacophony
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(n) harsh, jarring noise; a variety of loud sounds occurring at once
centrifuge
(n) a machine that separates particles in liquid by whirling the liquid around a central axis (adj)
centrifugal- moving or directed outward from the center
cartographer
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(n) mapmaker (n) cartography- the technique of making maps
luminescent
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(adj) glowing; giving off light (n) luminance- the quality of radiating or reflecting light
feign
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(v) pretend, fake
digest
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(n) summary; abridgment; a condensed version of a book or literary work (“Readers’ Digest”)
mausoleum
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(n) a large stately tomb (above-ground grave) or building that houses it
insidious
(adj) spreading harm slowly and secretly; subtly treacherous (adv) insidiously- in a harmful and
deceiving manner
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.)
☺ Memory contains mem; therefore, it has to do with being mindful of.
mem/ment
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mindful of/mind
memory, mental, demented
merge/mers
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dip
submerge, immerse, emerge
meter
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measure
thermometer, chronometer, metric
mim
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same
mimic, pantomime, mimeograph
min
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small/less
minute, minor, miniature
Vocabulary List 14 Worksheet
1. If you buy Readers’ _______________, you can read condensed versions of
various books.
2. Captain Beatty compares the way the dog is programmed to a study of
_______________, which is the study of the flight of bullets.
3. The sneaky boy began _______________ spreading harm, which made his
cohorts very angry.
4. When we wanted to make maps of our fantasy countries, we visited a
_______________ to learn how to make them.
5. As I approached the _______________, I could tell that there was a significant
drop into the deep hole.
6. When I was pretending to be sick to get out of work, my boss told me to stop
_______________ing illness.
7. In Fahrenheit 451, Montag’s society is compared to a _______________, which
must be a simile, because that is a machine for separating particles in liquid by
whirling them around a central axis.
8. When the moon is glowing, people may describe it as _______________.
9. As the orchestra began to tune up, with multiple instruments playing at once,
my phone rang, but I couldn’t hear it over the _______________.
10. When we visited gravesites in Louisiana, we found out that many of them
were actually _______________s, because the water table is too high to
bury people in the ground.
11. If you have a good _______________ory, you can be mindful of past events.
12. When something is very small, it is _______________ute.
13. When you want to measure the time, you should use a
chrono_______________.
14. When someone _______________ics you, you might get mad because they
are acting the same as you to make fun of you.
15. If you want to completely dip something in water, you sub_______________
it.