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The Word Within the Word Vocabulary Homework—Lesson 1

Mystery Questions:

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Answer the following questions with complete sentences defining the stem used in the sentence:

Example: Does an interstate highway stretch across more than one state?

Yes, it goes between (inter) at least two states.

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Does a father’s birthday antedate his son’s?

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Does an anticlimax enhance a play’s conclusion?

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Can the president make a bilateral decision by himself?

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Does a drill sergeant encourage troops to circumvent rules?

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Is a distortion a faithful account of what happened?

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Is your subordinate your boss?

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Is a superfluous comment unnecessary?

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Can a book record your thoughts for posterity?

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Do you mistrust a person who equivocates?

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Are symbiotic creatures mortal enemies?

Analogies:

1. antebellum : belligerency :: a. antiaircraft : aircraft b. nonstop : continuous c. cause : effect d. morning : afternoon interstellar : stellar :: a. submarine : marine b. interstate : intrastate c. mortar : bricks d. intracellular : cell

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3. superfluous : inadequate :: a. excess : insufficiency b. malevolence : benevolence c. superior : mediocre d. euphony : cacophony supercilious : idolizing :: a. depression : euphoria b. condescension : admiration c. synthesis : antithesis d. zenith : nadir circumvent : comply :: a. noncooperation : complaisance b. superior : subordinate c. preposition : position d. circumnavigate : navigate ancestry : posterity :: a. eohippus : horse b. intracranial : cranial c. anteroom : gazebo d. syncline : anticline antecedent : precedent :: a. grammar : law b. circumlocution : equivocation c. malaprop : malevolence d. inspection : introspection prenatal : posthumous :: a. bilateral : unilateral b. pathogen : syndrome c. intravenous : vein d. subterfuge : evasion biped : bicycle :: a. quadruped : automobile b rectangle : tetragon c. binary : unitary d. biceps : triceps circumspect : reckless :: a. circumlocution : equivocation b. conjunction : disjunction c. supercilious : despicable d. homophone : homonym


Analysis:

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What is the difference between interstate highways and intrastate highways? Explain by examining parts of the words.

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If nav means ship, explain the origin of the word circumnavigate.

Synthesis:

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Invent three words that each combine two or more of the stems on List #1. Write definitions for these words.

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Write a paragraph about an intracranial operation, and use at least ten example words from List #1 in your paragraph. Attach a separate sheet if you need more space.

Evaluation:

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Are politicians morally obligated to speak unequivocally, or do they have a practical right to be equivocal in order to be elected?

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Is it wrong to be an introvert, or is it just a matter of style? Is it better to be sociable? Should you force yourself to socialize if you feel like being alone?

Intuition:

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What images flash in your mind when you hear the following words:

1) preschool:

2) misfortune:

3) symbol:

4) deposit:

5) interstellar:

6) descent:

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If you could do something truly extraordinary, what would it be?



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Is a dullard a person who is dull company?

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Is entomology the science of human cultures?

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Are incisive comments irrelevant and time-consuming?

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Is it good to be remiss in your duties?

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Are captious questions designed to catch and embarrass you?

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Is a king an anarchist?

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Are peaceful nations in a state of belligerence?

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Did the scribes of ancient Egypt sing for the Pharaoh?

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Can an incredulous person believe what is happening?

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Does an anthropologist hate mankind?

Analogies:

1. autobiography : biography :: a. malediction : benediction b. automobile : horse cart c. audiophile : audience d. murder : suicide bibliophile : bibliophobia :: a. philanthropist : misanthropy b. laggard : dullard c. monarchy : anarchy d. belligerence : treaty

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3. anthropologist : anthropology :: a. science : scientist b. biology : biologist c. captain : ship d. artist : art scribe : dictation :: a. reporter : report b. geologist : rock c. anthropologist : anthropoid d. captor : captive arthritis : tonsillitis :: a. arthropod : gastropod b. knuckle : throat c. disease : decay d. bibliophile : bibliolatry incredulous : credulous :: a. disbelief : belief b. incredible : amazing c. faith : agnosticism d. homicide : herbicide philology : anthropology :: a. word : science b. word : man c. science : diction d. anthropology : eloquence neolithic : paleolithic :: a. stone : ceramics b. artifact : neon c. rock : rock d. new : old anthropoid : human :: a. asteroid : star b anthropologist : culture c. homicide : victim d. audition : audience neologism : word :: a. neophyte : plant b. neon : chemist c. neolithic : savage d. neoclassic : old classic


Analysis:

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Why is the noun that the pronoun takes the place of referred to as the antecedent? Explain why this combination of stems is a logical choice for the name of a pronoun’s noun.

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Explain how the pieces of the word autobiography total up into a logical meaning.

Synthesis:

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Use various other stems to build as many words as you can around the stem scrib (or script). Feel free to make up words, even humorous ones. Make at least ten words.

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Write a paragraph about an anthropologist studying Neanderthal remains in a cave in France. Use at least ten example words from List #2 in your paragraph. Attach a separate sheet if you need more space.

Aesthetics:

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If you could use adhesive to glue anything you wanted to your wall, what would you glue there?

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If you could make a biomorphic abstract sculpture, would you make one that was swimmy, or flappy, or toothy, or full of eyes, or what?

Emotion:

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What words on List #2 do you associate with feelings of anger?

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When was the last time you were incredulous? What happened to make you feel that way?



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Do a pendant and a necklace have anything in common?

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Do homologous structures have dissimilar constructions?

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Is a vivacious personality a vicious personality?

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Is a convivial person a wallflower?

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Is a dependent person self-sufficient?

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Is a pantheon one god or a group of gods?

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Is polygamy marriage to more than one person?

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If a culprit is exculpated, is he out of trouble?

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Is a weak, indecisive person omnipotent?

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Is a clam’s pseudopod a real leg?

Analogies:

1. euphony : cacophony :: a. microcosm : microbiotic b. beautiful : ugly c. photon : photometer d. provident : future polyphonic : polygamy :: a. pantheism : religion b. hydroponics : deduction c. homologous : monotone d. melody : marriage

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3. eccentric : conventional :: a. pseudopod : pseudonym b. oligarchy : pentarchy c. deduction : reduction d. nonconformity : conformity pseudoscience : science :: a. revive : vivacious b. vivacious : revive c. anatomy : lobotomy d. pseudonym : name omnivorous : herbivorous :: a. omnifarious : omnipotent b. Pan-American : river c. all : plant d. specious : authentic elucidate : explain :: a. reiterate : stolid b. reiterate : repeat c. symphony : cacophony d. eulogy : euphony telekinesis : telesthesia :: a. moving : feeling b. telescope : microscope c. inspect : introspect d. eccentric : centrifugal dichotomy : trichotomy :: a. bicycle : tricycle b. viviparous : vivisection c. lobotomy : brain d. hydrant : hydrogen pentameter : pentarchy :: a. poetry : government b government : poetry c. distance : five d. ruler : measure hypothesis : thesis :: a. guess : idea b. theory : supposition c. hypothecate : hypotenuse d. idea : image


Synthesis:

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How many words on List #3 could be considered to have anything at all to do with sound? After you find the words that are obvious, look for words that have a less obvious connection.

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Pick out the words on List #3 that would be good to use in a ghost story.

Evaluation:

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Why do you respect people? What is the difference between the people that you do respect and the people that you don’t respect?

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Do you think it would be better to write a short story from the author-omniscient point of view or from the point of view of only one of the characters? Why?

Intuition:

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If you were to be pursued by a ferocious, carnivorous critter, what critter would you least like to be pursued by? Why did you pick that particular animal?

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Judging by the name, what do you think it looks like in Montevideo, Uruguay? Imagine everything you can about the city.

Aesthetics:

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Can you create a vivid mental image of a spectrum? Can you see the brilliance of each color? What order are the colors in? Which one is the most beautiful?

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What colors would you like to use for an oil painting of a Protozoan? Why do you choose these colors? What do they mean?



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Is a dejected person down in the dumps?

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Are your relatives related to you by consanguinity?

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Is a mesomorph a person who is neither fat nor thin?

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Does a benefactor do helpful things for someone?

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Is a person with orthodox views stubbornly independent?

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Would you like to have your veracity questioned?

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Does a megalomaniac feel inadequate?

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Will a magnanimous victor become more or less popular?

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Are most American families matriarchal?

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Is the United States a heterodox nation?

Analogies:

1. euphoria : euphemism :: a. joy : depression b. matrimony : marriage c. sanguine : sanguinary d. emotion : word megalith : ponderous :: a. megahertz : preponderant b. verdict : popular c. megalopolis : populous d. creation : devastation

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3. magnanimous : pusillanimous :: a. reputable : disreputable b. matrilineal : matriarchal c. megaton : megalomania d. magnate : magnet microbiotic : euglena :: a. immense : galaxy b. small : large c. life : inanimate d. corpuscle : blood contrapuntal : polyphony :: a. contradictory : disruption b. paradox : orthodoxy c. metrical : poetry d. sangfroid : consanguinity patriarch : matriarch :: a. patrilineal : children b. monarchy : plutocracy c. ruler : ruled d. father : mother orthodox : heterodox :: a. conformity : variety b. conglomerate : aggregate c. orthography : handwriting d. verify : aver xenophobia : agoraphobia :: a. magnum opus : claustrophobia b. space : vacuum c. stranger : sangfroid d. stranger : open space innovation : renovate :: a. invention : destruction b idea : hypothesis c. invention : refurbish d. construction : hypothesis benefactor : malefactor :: a. euphony : cacophony b. eulogy : euphemism c. benediction : contradiction d. imponderable : ponder


Analysis:

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Guess the meaning by analyzing the stems of:

1) polymorphously:

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3) acrophobia:

4) benediction:

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What is the difference between a society known for its heterodoxy and a society known for its orthodoxy?

Evaluation:

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In our Keyboard Era, should we still attempt to teach orthography, or is handwriting becoming an

anachronism?

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Which, if either, is more important: to be punctual or to be punctilious?

Intuition:

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A hero in a comic book saves a population from devastation. His performance is marked by sangfroid and self-discipline. What evil can you imagine threatened the society?

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Locked in a darkened closet is an amorphous object. What do you think it might be?

Aesthetics:

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What are the most euphonic sounds, man-made or otherwise, on this planet?

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What are some creative ways to give aesthetic appeal to a metropolis or a megalopolis?



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Is a resonant voice one that doesn’t carry over a distance?

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Is Robert a surname?

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Do most executives use chronometers?

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Is Great Britain ruled by an octarchy?

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Is a viable fetus able to survive?

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Is an amiable person friendly and likable?

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Is it a good thing to be cognizant of laws?

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Is a contrast an explanation of why two things are alike?

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Does a decimated army have anyone left alive?

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Will a thermotropic organism grow in the direction of heat?

Analogies:

1. cubism : capitalism :: a. geometry : money b. art : economy c. doctrine : structure d. theory : philosophy heliocentric : geocentric :: a. circle : square b. solar : lunar c. sun : center d. sun : earth

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3. perihelion : aphelion :: a. solar : lunar b. perigee : apogee c. perimeter : circumference d. heliograph : telegraph dissonance : resonance :: a. harsh : rich b. music : polyphony c. polyphony : instrument d. cacophony : pandemonium tetrameter : tetrahedron :: a. rhythm : pyramid b. music : musician c. four : angle d. number : figure precognition : incognito :: a. forecast : weather b. cognizant : ignorant c. foreknowledge : disguise d. prediction : verification chronic : transitory :: a. enduring : ephemeral b. subsonic : unison c. octave : octopus d. chronicle : transfix octagon : octahedron :: a. plane : solid b. eight : octopus c. octave : sound d. antagonist : protagonist nihilism : hedonism :: a. system : doctrine b geothermal : thermotropic c. skepticism : pleasure-seeking d. Imagism : painting hyperbole : understatement :: a. democracy : demography b. decathlon : decathlete c. constellation : star d. surfeit : paucity


Analysis:

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Is the solar system heliocentric or geocentric? Explain how you can tell by analyzing the parts of the words.

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Explain the composition of the word constellation.

Evaluation:

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Do you think that perhaps a country ruled by an octarchy (Yes, I know—there aren’t many octarchies around these days!) would make fewer serious mistakes in its foreign policy than one ruled by a monarchy or a presidency? What is the most logical form of government?

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What is the difference between an old neighborhood that should be torn down and an old neighborhood that should be revitalized? If you were a city planner, what criteria would you use to make such a decision?

Intuition:

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Think of a really creative use for a thermos. Think of a really creative use for a thermostat.

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Think of an unpredictable disaster that might befall a mining colony on a large asteroid.

Divergence:

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As the word lunatic indicates, we once believed that the moon sometimes had a direct effect on some people’s sanity. Who are history’s famous lunatics? Try to think of at least ten.

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How many places can you think of where you would be forced to travel incognito?



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Does an exclusive club admit as many people as possible?

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Is a segregated society strongly united?

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Is a lucid argument clear and logical?

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Is monogamy legal in the United States today?

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Does a cruel empire rule over liberated people?

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Will a germicide give you an infection?

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Is salary one of the tangible benefits of a job?

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Is glass a translucent material?

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Will an astringent substance make a wound bleed?

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Would you rather be given a retribution or a contribution?

Analogies:

1. germane : irrelevant :: a. tangent : cotangent b. philosophy : theosophy c. sedulous : indolent d. lucid : pellucid gregarious : solitude :: a. hermit : society b. sociable : society c. sociable : isolation d. aggregate : congregate

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3. segregated : congregated :: a. secede : intercede b. selection : predilection c. temporary : contemporary d. divided : united pyrophobia : pyrotechnics :: a. agoraphobia : festival b. claustrophobia : fire c. pyromania : egomania d. gratitude : gratuitous migration : transmigration :: a. transfusion : fusion b. animal : soul c. lucid : translucent d. migrant : emigrant egregious : condign :: a. gratuitous : indignation b. stringent : astringent c. diatribe : lucubrate d. blatant : fitting emigrant : immigrant :: a. exclusive : con b. segregate : congregate c. incur : recur d. exit : enter primate : primeval :: a. coelenterate : medieval b. deliberate : archrival c. ingrate : credible d. migrate : primal junction : conjunction :: a. injunction : conclusion b interstate : interjection c. median : mediocre d. translate : transmit ultramarine : submarine :: a. blue : ocean b. marina : dock c. mauve : pantechnicon d. surface : sailboat


Analysis:

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Why is an exclamatory sentence called an exclamatory sentence? Explain by examining the parts of the word.

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Explain the composition of the word conjunction.

Synthesis:

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How many of the words in List #6 would be good words to use in National Geographic articles about the cities, rivers, oceans, and forests of the earth? List the words that might be helpful.

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What words in List #6 might be used by an engineer in her professional capacity?

Evaluation:

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Are pyrotechnics displays too dangerous? Should they be banned? Should there be public indignation if an injury occurs during a pyrotechnics display? Should home pyrotechnics be banned? Why or why not?

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Is an egregious act of vandalism worse than the same act would be if committed in stealth and secrecy? Is it not as bad? Is it neither better nor worse? Why or why not?

Divergence:

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Think of five times when it might be important to know how to analyze a word.

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List as many careers as you can that require a strong vocabulary.



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Is a crowded stage full of supernumeraries?

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Would a necropolis have crowded marketplaces?

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Could a quiet, peaceful person be gentle and pugnacious?

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Could you throw a rock across a megalopolis?

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Is a pedagogue a large building surrounded by pedestals?

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Is a lawyer a member of an illicit profession?

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Is a zoophilous plant pollinated by insects?

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Is zoophobia the love of animals?

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Do you dislike being involved in acrimonious discussions?

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Does an osteologist know much about the human skeleton?

Analogies:

1. metropolis : necropolis :: a. condominium : cemetery b. acropolis : acrophobia c. acronym : pseudonym d. megalopolis : necrotic exculpate : culprit :: a. illiterate : liberal b. enumerate : acrid c. abbreviate : ornithopter d. liberate : oppressed

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3. pugilist : pugnacious :: a. mystagogue : religious b. dermatologist : dermatitis c. police : police d. pedagogue : pedant ectothermic : endothermic :: a. dermoplasty : rhinoplasty b. heterotrophic : autotrophic c. acrimonious : acerbic d. infuse : refuse osteopath : osteotomy :: a. surgeon : surgery b. pedagogue : chalk c. ectozoa : ectoplasm d. demagogue : election bird : ornithology :: a. ichthyologist : fish b. fish : ichthyologist c. fish : ichthyology d. fish : bird pachyderm : hypodermic :: a. dermatologist : ectoderm b. giraffe : telescope c. pedagogue : demagogue d. synagogue : mystagogue urban : urbane :: a. metropolitan : suave b. illiterate : illicit c. egotistical : egocentric d. fortify : fortitude acrobat : acrophobia :: a. acronym : pseudonym b acropolis : bibliophile c. merchant : agoraphobia d. demagogue : claustrophobia protozoan : pachyderm :: a. zooplankton : sequoia b. pacific : Pax Romana c. plastic : dermoplasty d. ectozoa : miniscule


Synthesis:

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One of the words in List #7 is acropolis. How many different ways of thinking can you combine in an attempt to know as much as possible about the acropolis? You could analyze the word itself; you could think historically; you could think like an architect; like an artist; like a poet; you could consider the religious function the acropolis once served; you could think like a scientist considering the effects of environmental pollution; you could think like an engineer; like . . .

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Use at least five words from List #7 to describe good principles of pedagogy.

Divergence:

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Enumerate the harms that can come to a person who is egocentric.

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What survival advantages can you think of that a pachyderm has as a result of its thick skin? List as many as possible. List some that are only possible advantages you aren’t sure of. List some that are merely humorous.

Emotion:

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Explain the emotions described by the word acrimonious.

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Does the word illiterate have any emotional connotations?

Aesthetics:

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What do you regard as the most beautiful bird? If you were an ornithologist, what bird would you most like to study? Have you seen John James Audobon’s paintings of the birds of North America?

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Think about movement. What adjectives describe the way a pachyderm moves? What adjectives would describe the movement of a single-celled protozoan? What adjectives would describe the movement of an

ornithopter? Of a pugilist?



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Is the Boston Marathon a sedentary event?

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Are vociferous questions loud?

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Are the great apes anthropoid?

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Do human beings have binocular vision?

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Are manacles used to restrict the hands?

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Is a school yearbook a retrospective book?

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Is a sacrosanct object held in low regard?

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Does a curator work in a hospital or in a museum?

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Is a convoluted argument simple and straightforward?

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Is a mountain road tortuous or torturous?

Analogies:

1. pseudonym : anonymous :: a. magnanimous : equanimity b. famous : infamous c. false : unknown d. homonym : acronym android : anthropoid :: a. animal : pachyderm b. sedative : sedentary c. robot : ape d. ridicule : deride

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3. vociferous : sotto voce :: a. manicure : manacle b. torturous : tortuous c. gesture : gesticulate d. loud : soft supersede : replace :: a. sanction : authorize b. tactics : contact c. oculist : ocular d. sensory : extrasensory sensitive : insensate :: a. legible : illegible b. asteroid : star c. xyloid : haploid d. horrify : reify amanuensis : manacle :: a. contact : tactic b. equanimity : animal c. anomaly : anonymous d. rector : binocular curator : curate :: a. museum : congregation b. sinecure : manicure c. anomaly : curiosity d. ultraviolet : ultramarine sacrosanct : ridiculous :: a. holy : risible b. gestation : congestions c. metamorphic : amorphous d. sedate : stolid retrogress : proceed :: a. sotto voice : vociferous b rectitude : rectilinear c. android : anthropoid d. anomaly : abnormality magnanimous : pusillanimous :: a. maladapted : adapted b. sacrosanct : ridiculous c. insensate : extrasensory d. sedate : sedentary


Analysis:

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If the British refer to an eighth note in music as a quaver, what do they mean by a demisemiquaver?

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Why is it logical that supersede is spelled with s-e-d-e instead of c-e-d-e?

Evaluation:

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Do you think that some people’s lives give them the right to be sanctimonious, or is a sanctimonious posture always unmerited?

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Which is worse: to be pusillanimous, or to be insincerely magnanimous in order to impress people? Or do you think that “insincerely magnanimous” is a self-contradiction?

Intuition:

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If you had the magic power to metamorphose into the shape of any living creature, what three creatures would you like to become first?

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If you could afford an android, what would you like it to do for you?

Aesthetics:

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Which words in List #8 have pretty sounds? Which words sound scratchy or hard?

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Which words in List #8 sound cool? Which words sound hot? List at least five of each and place them side by side. Could you make a poem out of these words?



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Are most of the religions in the United States monotheistic?

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Is a harsh screech an example of cacophony?

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Is a quiet person loquacious or taciturn?

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Is a colloquy a conversation?

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Is a candidate for the presidency an apolitical person?

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Is a person who loves stereo equipment an audiophile?

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Is a very dark night luminous?

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Does a philanthropist give money to charities?

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Is an art gallery a good place to perambulate?

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Are platitudes exciting to hear?

Analogies:

1. perfidy : fidelity :: a. luminous : luminary b. loquacious : garrulous c. cacophony : euphony d. funambulist : somnambulist hexahedron : hexagon :: a. triangle : pyramid b. polyhedron : cube c. topology : topognosia d. cube : square

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3. vulpine : porcine :: a. clever : gluttonous b. fox : grapes c. telegraph : photograph d. ignominious : glorious saturnine : vivacious :: a. calligraphy : cacography b. apathy : empathy c. bibliophile : audiophile d. pantheism : henotheism omniscience : prescience :: a. pantheism : monotheism b. multilateral : prelude c. omnivorous : anteroom d. all-knowing : foreknowledge crystalline : amorphous :: a. octahedron : tetrahedron b. topology : topiarist c. polyhedron : polygon d. glorious : ignominious infidel : monotheist :: a. diffident : confident b. telepathy : empathy c. multilateral : unilateral d. detract : retract platyhelminthes : platypus :: a. plateau : platitude b. worm : marsupial c. mammal : science d. crystalline : canine colloquy : loquacious :: a. somnambulism : ambulatory b plateau : flat c. octahedron : eight d. toponym : noun heterodox : orthodox :: a. vivacious : zealous b. divergence : adherence c. infraction : refractory d. conscience : omniscience


Analysis:

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Think about the word topognosia and try to guess its meaning. Then look it up in an unabridged dictionary and see how close your guess is.

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What is the difference between a lithograph and a petroglyph? You may need a dictionary to solve this one.

Synthesis:

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Can you find two example words in List #9 that have the same or closely related meanings? See if you can find five pairs of related terms.

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Can you find five adjectives in List #9 that could be used to describe the same person, place, or thing? List the adjectives and tell what they describe.

Divergence:

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How many gods can you name from the Green pantheon? Can you recall what each god was known for? Now, what powers can you think of that none of the gods in the pantheon had? List as many missing powers as possible.

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Can you think of ten humorous causes of insomnia? More than ten?

Evaluation:

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Which person has a richer, more fulfilling life, a bibliophile or an audiophile? Even though there can be no absolute answer to such a question, can you give an answer which even seems probably to you? How would you even begin to think about such a question?

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Do you think it is moral, amoral, or immoral for a corporation to require its employees to take a polygraph test?



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Could you use circumlocution to avoid answering a question?

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Could tempus fugit be a motto for most vacations?

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Is a discursive speech interesting or boring?

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Is a gregarious person an introvert or an extrovert?

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Does a centrifuge fling things outward or inward?

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Is an ingenuous person crafty or naive?

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Are ethnocentric ideas tolerant and open-minded?

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Was John the Baptist a precursor?

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Can you duck a question with a suberfuge?

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Were bronze tools in use in the Paleolithic Age?

Analogies:

1. subterfuge : fugitive :: a. circumlocution : orthopedist b. politics : economics c. lioness : empress d. ingenuous : indigenous unicycle : unique :: a. fugitive : refugee b. soliloquy : solitude c. extrovert : introvert d. concord : discord

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3. dialogue : soliloquy :: a. altimeter : altitude b. mutagen : mutation c. colloquy : monologue d. aesthetics : graphics domination : capitulation :: a. decapitate : recapitulate b. natal : perinatal c. pedagogue : pedestrian d. rule : surrender aesthetics : ethics :: a. convert : revert b. sacrosanct : sacred c. arts : morals d. economics : psychopathic ethnologist : ethnic group :: a. entomologist : altimeter b. psychologist : ethnography c. paleontologist : tyrannosaurus d. cryptologist : cryptogram consecration : sacrilege :: a. mutagenic : immutable b. precursor : forefunner c. nascent : moribund d. Paleozoic : paleontologist eloquent : soliloquy :: a. ingenuous : progeny b. psychic : psychology c. incarnate : carnival d. grandiloquent : panegyric softness : kindness :: a. roughness : ingenuousness b somniloquy : discursive c. decadence : cadence d. cryptologist : encryption lioness : carnivorous :: a. extrovert : loquacious b. convert : extrovert c. sacrifice : sanguinary d. alto : cadenza


Synthesis:

1.

Pick an example word in List #10 and use at least three other words from the list to define the word you picked.

2.

Make a cryptogram using words from List #10. To make it more difficult, use words from one field of thought only—use words from biology, or history, etc.

Divergence:

1.

How many cracy or archy words can you think of which are names for different forms of government?

Don’t forget isocracy, a government in which each person has an equal amount of power to every other person. Once you have remembered as many as you can, see how many forms of government you can invent, such as the dormocracy, the government that seems to be asleep! Invent as many new governments as you can.

2.

Have you ever been trapped by someone who wanted to talk about a subject you wished to avoid? Or who wanted to ask a question you didn’t want to answer? How many clever subterfuges can you think of to escape such a situation? As an example, “I’d love to talk to you now, but I left a poodle in the microwave petwash.”

Emotion:

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How would you feel if you were forced to capitulate (Imagine the circumstances for yourself)? How would you feel if someone were forced to capitulate to you?

2.

Imagine your emotions if mutagenic substances were discovered in your drinking water, substances that could be traced to a nearby toxic waste dump. Who would you seek out for actions and explanations?

Aesthetics:

1.

What sounds do these words suggest: unison, carnival, darkness, centrifuge, refugee, sacrifice, Paleozoic,

calisthenics, and universe?

2.

Is your artistic appreciation ethnocentric? Can you think of another—especially a very different—culture whose art you deeply admire?



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Is a five-pointed star a pentagram?

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Do solifidians believe in salvation through faith alone?

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Is an interregnum the space between two armies?

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Can you close a business deal by abrogating it?

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Is a kindergarten child a superannuated individual?

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Is the moon at apogee near to or far from the earth?

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Is a neologism in the dictionary?

8.

Could a ruler send a plenipotentiary to transact official business?

9.

Is grinding poverty debasing?

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Can a senator be a victim of regicide?

Analogies:

1. base : abase :: a. prolific : soporific b. mobile : immobile c. parley : parliament d. fortification : fortify telegram : pentagram :: a. solifidian : desolate b. epistle : parallelogram c. solitude : solipsism d. apotheosis : renunciation

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3. alumnus : alumni :: a. cantata : canticle b. luminous : superluminous c. phenomenon : phenomena d. mobilize : immobile pentagram : hexagram :: a. senile : senior b. senescent : senile c. bilateral : trilateral d. prognosticate : prognosis regime : interregnum :: a. apogee : perigee b. bassoon : base c. prose : fiction d. notes : intervals gynephobia : androphobia :: a. annual : perennial b. aphelion : perihelion c. bibliophile : agoraphobia d. misogyny : misanthropy prolix : parley :: a. superannuated : life b. regicide : interregnum c. react : counteract d. omnipotent : potentate philologists : neologisms :: a. literati : fiction b. logician : apology c. magi : apostasy d. regent : regicide abrogate : transact :: a. demobilize : mobilize b aggression : justice c. philologist : philosopher d. bacilli : fungi monologue : dialogue :: a. solo : symphony b. resurgence : insurgence c. nuclei : cells d. incantation : magi


Analysis:

1.

What do you think the difference is between misanthropy and androphobia (a very rarely used word!)?

Between misanthropy and misogyny? Break the words down and figure them out.

2.

What is the difference between a philosopher and a philologist? Between a regicide and an interregnum?

Evaluation:

1.

When Galileo published his discovery that the solar system was helio-centric, the church forced him to

recant. Do you think there is ever a time when an institution or society has a right to prevent a truth from being known? Does national or social interest come into direct conflict with our interest in discovering truths? How can such questions be decided?

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If you have made a firm, public commitment to some cause, do you have the right to abrogate your commitment if you begin to feel differently?

Intuition:

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If you were the Macrocosmic Potentate and could make three changes in the universe, any three changes you wished, what would the changes be?

2.

If you could shrink in size to one millimeter or even smaller and explore the world from a microcosmic perspective, what would you like to examine? What would bacilli and fungi look like on that scale?

Emotion:

1.

Think about the subtle emotional connotations of the words solo, solitude, solitary, and desolate. What are the delicate shades of feeling that distinguish these words from each other and that allow you to choose among them in writing a poem or a short story?

2.

If you could be omnipotent for a day, how would you feel? Scared? Excited? Stunned? What would your emotional response be?



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1.

Are anaerobic bacteria found primarily in windy places?

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Is a thoroughbred race horse a filigree?

3.

Would you put iodine on gastroenteritis?

4.

Would you enjoy receiving a posthumous award?

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Does a person with hypoglycemia have a low supply of blood sugar?

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Is an erythrocyte a white blood cell?

7.

Is the epidermis on the dermis?

8.

Is albumen the egg white or the egg yolk?

9.

Is the epicenter of an earthquake far from the quake’s center?

10.

Has a kidnapping victim been abducted?

Analogies:

1. anaerobic : aerobic :: a. enteritis : dysentery b. nontoxic : toxic c. filament : filigree d. bonus : bonanza microbe : microscope :: a. astronomer : telescope b. cyanophyta : chloroplasts c. astronomy : astrophysics d. spectrum : spectrometer

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3. albino : albinism :: a. melodrama : cubism b. red hair : erythrism c. exodus : influx d. melodia : melody enterozoan : dysentery :: a. protozoan : protozoa b. erythrocyte : leucocyte c. pneumococcus : pneumonia d. diplococcus : anorexia epigram : epigraph :: a. bon mot : inscription b. epitaph : phonograph c. diplomacy : bonhomie d. atrophy : dystrophy impecunious : penniless :: a. humus : earth b. defile : pollute c. construct : destruct d. bonny : pretty cytoplasm : leucocyte :: a. enterozoan : protozoan b. building : parking lot c. language : idiom d. substance : object bon vivant : ascetic :: a. instruction : construction b. cytology : cytoplasm c. idiot savant : talent d. sybarite : spartan abjure : adjure :: a. renounce : entreat b denounce : pronounce c. abrogate : annul d. abdicate : relinquish anarchy : nihilism :: a. gerontocracy : pointillism b. exobiology : hedonism c. ecology : romanticism d. monarchy : absolutism


Analysis:

1.

We adjure our friends to do something, meaning we earnestly urge them to do it. We abjure our former beliefs, meaning that we renounce them, or give them up. Analyze the difference between these two words.

Remember that to analyze something is to break it into its components and to examine the components one at a time.

2.

Analyze the words gastroenteritis and hypoglycemia.

Synthesis:

1.

Use ten words from List #12 in a paragraph on the human body.

2.

Suggest three life experiences that might combine to make someone become an anarchist.

Divergence:

1.

How many things can you think of that will always be impossible? How many things can you think of that are

immobile? Impassable?

2.

Think of as many important steps as you can for specialists from the Center for Disease Control to take at the outbreak of a virulent epidemic?

Aesthetics:

1.

Imagine living in an aerie. How would your sense of the world, of its sounds, temperatures, colors, smells, and textures change from season to season? Why do people become fire tower operators, perched alone in tiny rooms atop high observation towers on the mountain peaks?

Evaluation:

1.

It is a common principle of international diplomacy that nations do not search the diplomatic pouches of other nations. It is also common to grant the diplomats of other nations diplomatic immunity from prosecution for crimes. Finally, it is common to allow the foreign diplomats safe passage out of one’s country—even in time of war. Should we continue to observe these policies?



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1.

Can a hang glider fly at infrasonic speeds?

2.

Does a psychopath have a diseased soul?

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Is an anthropophagite a scientist who studies mankind?

4.

Could a throat specialist treat you for myocarditis?

5.

Could you run a one hundred millimeter race in under ten seconds?

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Is ichthyosis a scaly condition of the skin?

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Is a bacteriophage a virus that feeds on bacteria?

8.

Is an ultimatum a final demand?

9.

Was anything living in the Mesozoic Era, 150,000,000 years ago?

10.

If a picture is a mezzotint, does it contain gray, or only black and white?

Analogies:

1. oligarchy : neurosis :: a. monarchy : reform b. plutocracy : economy c. democracy : uniform d. gerontocracy : psychosis analysis : dialysis :: a. evaluation : hemolysis b. bacteria : bacteriophage c. neophyte : phytotoxin d. congress : digress

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3. polychrome : monochrome :: a. solitude : multitude b. neurosis : psychosis c. square : line d. ultimogeniture : primogeniture hemorrhage : hemostat :: a. path : gate b. water : dam c. film : sequel d. cell : vacuole ichthyosis : neurosis :: a. dermatitis : psychosis b. psychopath : sociopath c. ultimate : penultimate d. euphoria : dysphoria obsequious : domineering :: a. rectitude : turpitude b. flatter : fawn c. mezzotint : polychrome d. slave : master pulchritude : ugliness :: a. multitude : host b. supersonic : infrasonic c. ichthyosis : neurosis d. neophyte : beginner

Mesozoic : Mesopotamia :: a. Paleozoic : laboratory b. Cenozoic : dinosaur c. Cretaceous : geophagy d. Jurassic : Iberia anthropophagy : human :: a. sarcophagus : burial b geophagy : earth c. bacteriophage : virus d. collaborate : labor oligarchy : monarchy :: a. group : person b. person : group c. soliloquy : monologue d. infra dig : infrared


Synthesis:

1.

Use the facts you know about Mesopotamia to generate a theory about why Mesopotamia became a cradle of civilization.

2.

Why is a synthetic fabric called synthetic?

Divergence:

1.

List as many species as you can think of that are phyllophagous.

2.

How many situations can you think of in which a human being could be described as a neophyte?

Emotion:

1.

What is euphoria? When was the last time you felt euphoria?

2.

What emotions do you associate with the following words: collaboration, vacation, evacuate, and ultimatum?

Aesthetics:

1.

Would you rather make art that is monochrome, polychrome, or chromed?

2.

If you could redesign the uniforms (Why do they call them uniforms?) of the White House guards, and if you wanted to make the uniforms wild and creative, what would you design?



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1.

Is a snail an arthropod?

2.

When muscles shrink from disuse, is that eutrophication?

3.

Do high school biology students vivisect frogs?

4.

Will a schism in a political party benefit the party?

5.

Is phyllotaxy the arrangement of leaves on a stem?

6.

Would you get sick if you drank a nontoxic fluid?

7.

Are pigs rhizophagous?

8.

Is an ergotocracy a country ruled by the working class?

9.

Is a saprophyte a plant that lives on decaying matter?

10.

Are green plants autotrophic?

Analogies:

1. ergotocracy : gerontocracy :: a. elderly : manual b. hard hat : cane c. fraternity : fraternal d. eohippus : horse status quo : revolution :: a. form : metamorphosis b. taxidermy : animal c. autotroph : heterotroph d. vivisect : dissect

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3. apostasy : zealotry :: a. predominant : superior b. fanaticism : commitment c. betrayal : loyalty d. psychology : parapsychology bisect : dissect :: a. dominate : divide b. multiply : factor c. intersect : vivisect d. detoxify : poison zymurgy : chemistry :: a. topiary : gardening b. gastropod : cephalopod c. wine : bouquet d. cell : chromosome volunteer : volition :: a. traitor : confession b. deserter : desertion c. apostate : commitment d. equivalence : ambivalence phenomena : phenomenon :: a. fraternize : fraternity b. benevolent : benevolence c. fungi : fungus d. saprophyte : saprogenic somatic : psychological :: a. fracture : neurosis b. resentment : arthritis c. body : vestment d. parabola : ellipse paradigm : prototype :: a. conceptual : physical b malevolent : benevolent c. schizophrenia : neurosis d. rhizophagy : anthropophagy ambivalent : ambiguous :: a. evaluate : devaluate b. feeling : meaning c. conflict : tranquility d. somatic : psychosomatic


Analysis:

1.

Analyze—by examining the words—the ideas inherent in these facts:.Plants are autotrophic. Eutrophication clogs ponds. Atrophy shrinks limbs. Muscular dystrophy ruins lives.

2.

Explain the logic of the names arthropod, cephalopod, and gastropod.

Evaluation:

1.

If a country had to choose between becoming a plutocracy and becoming an ergotocracy, which would be the most intelligent choice? Why?

2.

Should trained scientists involve themselves in studies of parapsychology?

Emotion:

1.

What are your emotional responses to the practice of vivisection?

2.

What are some emotional problems and misunderstandings that could result in a tragic fratricide?

Aesthetics:

1.

What would be a surprising whimsical, creative material to use in making a humorous sculpture of a

hippopotamus?

2.

If you had the magical ability to put the clouds in any shapes and patterns you wished, and to fill the sky with chosen colors, what would your predominant patters and color schemes be?



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1.

Is an octopus a cephalopod?

2.

Is double vision haplopia or diplopia?

3.

Is a sunflower heliotropic?

4.

Is a moving van a telekinesis?

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Does a drop of pond water contain a macrocosm?

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Do brachycephalic people have high, narrow heads?

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Is a dactylogram a fingerprint?

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Is a hypokinetic person extremely overactive?

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Is a cold, unfriendly greeting effusive?

10.

Is a synopsis a summary?

Analogies:

1. macrocosm : telescope :: a. microcosm : microscope b. microscope : telescope c. television : film d. gastroscope : gastropod haploid : diploid :: a. arthropod : cephalopod b. monocular : binocular c. dichotomy : dichotomist d. phyla : phylum

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3. corpulent : endomorph :: a. virulent : metamorphosis b. svelte : ectomorph c. obese : rotund d. mesomorph : mesophyll succulent : esculent :: a. edible : inedible b. juicy : fruit c. edible : juicy d. juicy : edible synopsis : elaboration :: a. synthesis : hypothesis b. sketch : outline c. introduction : conclusion d. summary : development hypokinetic : hyperkinetic :: a. monochrome : polychrome b. dichotomy : trichotomy c. normal : abnormal d. paucity : surfeit kinetic : hyperkinetic :: a. growth : hypertrophy b. voracious : carnivore c. phylum : subphylum d. telekinesis : motion fructivorous : geophagous :: a. herbivorous : plant b. chloroplast : chlorophyll c. apple : dirt d. eat : hunger ventral : dorsal :: a. fin : tail b side : back c. back : forward d. belly : back effusive : indolent :: a. effulgent : bright b. demonstrative : lazy c. refulgent : lazy d. turbulent : turbid


Analysis:

1.

Guess the meanings of the following words by breaking them down into their component stems: haplopia,

dichotomy, macrocosm, effusive, and apogeotropism.

2.

What is the difference between arthritis and arthralgia?

Synthesis:

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Invent a neologism that could serve as a general term to describe all of the following: a pentagon, a tetragon, a hexagon, a decagon, an octagon. The term polygon, of course, already exists, so you will have to think about these geometric constructions in a different way.

2.

What can you think of that arthropods, gastropods, and protozoans have in common??

Evaluation:

1.

If you were searching for a biological metaphor to describe corporate America’s relationship to the rest of the country, would you choose carnivorous or symbiotic? Why?

2.

Do you think that the authorities have the right to use dactylography as evidence against students who vandalize school property?

Intuition:

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If you designed an unusual dummy for a ventriloquist, what would it be?

2.

What trick would you play on a friend if you had the power of telekinesis?



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1.

Is beautiful handwriting calligraphy or cacography?

2.

Is an incoherent argument powerfully persuasive?

3.

Is a flowery ocean coral or sea anemone an anthozoan?

4.

Does American culture result from a confluence of international customs?

5.

Is a Knight-errant always at the side of his king?

6.

Is a meeting that is adjourned sine die scheduled to resume the next day?

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Is a common bat a member of the order Chiroptera?

8.

Is Britain’s Prince Charles an Anglophobe?

9.

Is a cold, unfriendly greeting effusive?

10.

Does a good politician abjure his commitments?

Analogies:

1. plutocracy : meritocracy :: a. government : society b. money : merit c. democracy : president d. autocracy : monarchy pyromania : match :: a. dipsomania : glass b. dipsomania : drink c. kleptomania : thief d. megalomania : megalopolis

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3. superfluous : incisive :: a. confluence : dispersion b. unnecessary : trenchant c. mundane : worldly d. Anglophile : Anglophobe solipsist : painter :: a. philosophy : aesthetics b. sophistry : honesty c. hermit : eremite d. ascetic : hedonistic mundane : cosmic :: a. continent : ocean b. planet : star c. world : universe d. ordinary : earth catacombs : burial :: a. sine qua non : essential b. fork : utensil c. Mediterranean : terrain d. cabinet : storage terra firma : hydrosphere :: a. funambulism : somnambulism b. fish : bird c. terrestrial : marine d. water : fire encephalitis : brain :: a. arthropod : joint b. infection : fracture c. neuralgia : pain d. arthritis : joint bowdlerize : expurgate :: a. extraterrestrial : subterranean b abjure : adjure c. truncate : cut off d. anthology : poems cephalothorax : stegosaurus :: a. analgesic : arthralgia b. abdomen : duck c. cephalopod : plesiosaur d. head : body


Analysis:

1.

Explain the difference between a soliloquy and a somniloquy.

2.

What is the difference between egomania and megalomania?

Synthesis:

1.

What different skills and kinds of knowledge do you think the anthropologist Jomo Kenyatta had to have in order to write his famous ethnography of Kenya’s Kikuyu tribe, Facing Mount Kenya?

2.

Use five words from List #16 in a satirical paragraph about an incident of kleptomania.

Divergence:

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A large asteroid has broken from its orbit and is heading for earth. What possible solutions could there be to avert this catastrophe? Generate solutions until you feel that you have some creative and workable solutions to choose from.

2.

How many kinds of art are there? Are there human activities that are not referred to as art but should be?

Aesthetics:

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Draw a pithecanthropus, or some fantasy quadrupeds, or an anthozoan.

2.

If you were to create a piece of “found” art by simply painting a common mundane object, what object would you paint, and what colors would you use?



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1.

What bird bears the scientific name Mimus polyglottos?

2.

Is a big paycheck incommensurate with a big job?

3.

Will diaphanous draperies give your home privacy?

4.

When a comet is at perihelion, does it have a bright tail?

5.

Is there a disparity of income between executives and laborers?

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Are auriferous rocks good material for road gravel?

7.

Is an oviduct a tube for an egg to move through?

8.

Is retirement a time of peace and acrimony?

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Do ambitious people hope for professional demotion?

10.

Is histology the study of plant and animal tissues?

Analogies:

1. undulatory : placid :: a. flux : stasis b. literate : literati c. reflection : refraction d. tranquil : smooth commensurate : incommensurate :: a. disproportionate : inadequate b. proportionate : sufficient c. disproportionate : insufficient d. proportionate : incommensurable

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3. sociable : hermit :: a. egregious : blatant b. gregarious : eremite c. tractable : sociopath d. irate : buffoon parsimony : prodigality :: a. spending : saving b. literate : preliterate c. stinginess : wastefulness d. promotion : demotion polyglot : multilingual :: a. language : lingua franca b. potation : potable c. periphery : diameter d. phenomenon : phenomena potable : esculent :: a. water : food b. boat : land c. glass : cup d. simony : parsimony perihelion : perigee :: a. heliotropic : heliocentric b. aphelion : apogee c. histology : tissue d. obviate : prevent inundate : dessicate :: a. obviate : require b. navy : circumnavigate c. undulate : wave d. perihelion : perigee perihelion : perimeter :: a. perigee : moon b sun : perigee c. aphelion : diameter d. apogee : aphelion diaphanous : opaque :: a. translucent : transparent b. transparent : cellophane c. epiphany : recognition d. silk : wood


Synthesis:

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Explain the common concept among the words diaphanous, diameter, and dialogue.

2.

What do emotion and promotion have to do with motion?

Evaluation:

1.

Should high schools require all students to become bilingual as a graduation requirement?

2.

Should executives who challenge corporate policies be promoted or demoted?

Intuition:

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You are in a helicopter, trying to land under dangerous circumstances. What are the dangerous circumstances?

2.

On a voyage to study a newly discovered preliterate tribe in Borneo, your ship runs into a storm in the

Indian Ocean, and suddenly your navigation equipment fails. What has happened to the navigation equipment?

Emotion:

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What do you think is the emotional structure in most highly self-motivated people?

2.

What emotions are common causes of irrationality?



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Are pine bark beetles xylopagous?

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Is an ideologue an advocate of a certain body of ideas?

3.

Is September the seventh month of the year?

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Is a provincial, inexperienced person cosmopolitan?

5.

Is the Statue of Liberty a monument to xenophobia?

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Would a craniotomy give you a headache?

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Is an agnostic a know-it-all?

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Is a prognosis a disease?

9.

Could a vasoconstrictor attack you on a jungle path?

10.

Would a magnet attract a ferrous particle?

Analogies:

1. diagnosis : prognosis :: a. sickness : health b. analysis : forecast c. ideology : ideologue d. prediction : weather bootless : feckless :: a. useless : feeble b. barefoot : unlucky c. shoe : vest d. ossicle : ossify

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3. agnosticism : certainty :: a. costermonger : fruit b. cosmonaut : cosmology c. diffidence : confidence d. forecast : forethought ferrite : picosecond :: a. pyrite : gold b. quartz : minute c. ossuary : bone d. month : nanosecond hapless : luck :: a. fruitless : results b. motherless : orphan c. bootless : useless d. feckless : ineffective mannish : masculine :: a. effeminate : feminine b. hero : heroine c. ideologue : dogma d. heterodox : dogma ferrous : auriferous :: a. metal : nonmetal b. gold : ring c. iron : gold d. full of : lacking balladmonger : poet :: a. stellar : quasi-stellar b. claptrap : platitude c. literati : cognoscenti d. sophistry : philosophy idée fixe : monomania :: a. megalomania : diffidence b xenophobia : cosmopolitan c. ethnocentrism : egalitarianism d. cardiovascular : circulatory intracranial : cranium :: a. nucleus : cell b. brain : neuron c. surgeon : surgery d. fame : ignominy


Analysis:

1.

How could you tell xylophagous and phyllophagous insects apart?

2.

Analyze the word vasoconstrictor.

Evaluation:

1.

Is someone who believes in a nuclear deterrent a warmonger or a realist?

2.

Did American astronauts conduct joint space missions with Soviet cosmonauts?

Intuition:

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You are sent through space in a craft that can travel at superluminous speeds to investigate a strange new phenomenon that is disrupting the principles of physics that regulate the cosmos. What is this strange phenomenon?

2.

In a weird dream, you are shocked to find an article in an encyclopedia. What is the article about?

Emotion:

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What emotions could be considered causes of xenophobia?

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How would you feel if told that your efforts were bootless? Or that your mind was xyloid? Or that your attitudes had ossified?



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Is nuclear fission splitting the atom?

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Does a hibernal wind make you hide or give you a chill?

3.

Is an ichthyosaur a flying fish?

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Are cirrostratus clouds piled-up storm clouds?

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Is the peace movement working for the advent of nuclear war?

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Is dismiss the opposite of convene?

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Does the heart race during an episode of tachycardia?

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Does an ophthalmologist treat diseases of the eye?

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If you eat very little, is your appetite satiable or insatiable?

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Is a dicotyledon a flowering plant with two seed leaves?

Analogies:

1. aggravate : irritate :: a. solar : stellar b. piedmont : foothills c. anger : peeve d. worsen : anger fission : fusion :: a. split : join b. nuclear : cellular c. synthesize : diverge d. convention : session

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3. bathyscaph : hydrosphere :: a. dirigible : atmosphere b. depth : water c. fish : ocean d. physics : geometry ichthyologist : trout :: a. zoologist : oak b. fish : bird c. astrophysicist : telescope d. microbiologist : euglena strata : stratum :: a. layered : layers b. boats : boat c. fissure : interstice d. ruby : rubious solvent : solute :: a. solution : mixture b. paint : thinner c. mollification : anger d. cirrostratus : cirrocumulus rubicund : rubescent :: a. grown : growing b. red : rubious c. ruby : jewel d. moon : lunar resolve : absolve :: a. decide : exculpate b. meteorite : meteoric c. obey : circumvent d. solve : interpret dicotyledon : rubella :: a. montane : alpine b bathos : pathos c. melanoma : hematoma d. mesophyll : glaucoma myriad : unique :: a. sociable : solitary b. essay : monograph c. plentiful : sole d. myriapod : millipede


Analysis:

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What is the difference between stratigraphy and tachygraphy?

2.

What is the difference between cirrostratus and cirrocumulus clouds?

Synthesis:

1.

What words on list #19 would be frequently used by a meteorologist?

2.

What courses—especially courses in different departments—do you think you would have to take in college to become an ichthyologist?

Evaluation:

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If the doctor’s diagnosis is that the patient has a malignant carcinoma, and if her prognosis is that the patient has less than a year to live, are there any circumstances you can think of which would make it proper for the doctor not to tell her patient?

2.

Should the United States attempt to abolish the social stratification structure, or should we leave the structure intact and leave each person responsible for his or her own vertical mobility?

Aesthetics:

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Describe a painting you would paint as a gift for an ichthyologist.

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Would the silhouette of a myriapod make an interesting basis for the pattern in a graphics design?



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Does the earth’s interior heat produce igneous or sedimentary rocks?

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Is a pine tree a gymnosperm?

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Is lignite hard black coal or brown fibrous coal?

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If you saw vermicelli in your kitchen, would you exterminate it or put meat sauce on it?

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Is a lachrymose story hilarious?

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Do the dendrites of a nerve have a large number of branches?

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Does an obsequious person act like a fawning slave?

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Would you love to receive the obloquy of your peers?

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Do people osculate under mistletoe?

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Could you be arrested for narcolepsy?

Analogies:

1. lachrymose : euphoric :: a. joyful : ecstatic b. tearful : miserable c. joyful : tearful d. tearful : joyful invective : eulogy :: a. diatribe : excoriation b. malevolence : benevolence c. obsequious : slavish d. mollify : soften

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3. oocyte : oology :: a. sanguine : melancholy b. egg : shell c. cell : science d. unilateral : multilateral prestidigitation : illusion :: a. defoliation : leaves b. convection : heat c. friction : heat d. pneumonia : pneumobacillus dendrochronology : age :: a. sonar : distance b. radar : technology c. narcolepsy : sleep d. chronometer : watch ligneous : igneous :: a. coal : wood b. fire : tree c. wood : fire d. ignis fatuus : lignocellulose obloquy : revile :: a. contumely : punishment b. ridiculous : derision c. discredit : infamy d. disgrace : condemn multifarious : multilateral :: a. omnifarious : many-sided b. nefarious : wicked c. polygon : polyhedron d. ambivalent : ambiguous obstinate : obdurate :: a. oblique : slanting b vermicide : vermin c. intractable : incorrigible d. multiply : divide vermicelli : vermivorous :: a. worm : carnivorous b. eat : not eat c. noodle : fructivorous d. gymnasium : gymnastics


Synthesis:

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What combination of factors do you think must be involved in a person’s tragic surrender to narcotic addiction? What factors within the person’s psychological make-up? What factors in the social environment?

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What are some creative ideas for creating harmony and cooperation in our multilateral international political system?

Intuition:

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In a dream you make friends with cool, leafy dendroid creatures. Describe their personalities. What do

dendroids do for fun?

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What would a carbon atom look and sound like if you could shrink to the size of a subatomic particle and move in near the nucleus?

Emotion:

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Describe the emotional state of a person delivering invective and a person receiving invective.

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Describe the emotional environment that surrounds the telling of a lachrymose story.

Aesthetics:

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For beauty in nature, few things surpass the delicate radial structures of the radiolarians. See if there is a book in the library or find online a site that features photomicrographs of the radiolarians. What do they look like?

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Many great artists have gone unrecognized during their lifetimes. Vincent Van Gogh sold almost nothing in the years that he painted, and if his brother Theo had not helped him along, would have been hard-pressed to survive. Whistler received the obloquy of the art set for his paintings, which were then regarded as ludicrous nonsense and are now regarded as masterpieces. Read about these two aesthetically sensitive people and the problems that the world had taking in the new beauty that they were creating. Is our sense of beauty governed by the visual habits instilled in us by our social experience? How can we prepare ourselves to see new masterpieces for what they really are?

The Word Within the Word Homework—Lesson 21

Flip Side Worksheet:

On the line, write the vocabulary word that best matches the meaning of the word or phrase in bold:

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The fault-finding questions weren’t sincere.

Her face was full of disbelief.

A shapeless mass lay beside the door.

He invented a clever new word.

The stranger’s glare revealed his bad will.

The politician hedged his comments by praising both sides.

He believes in a man-shaped God.

She has a complete obsession with one thing: astronomy.

He is a beginner in the music industry.

The tribe in the Amazon was warlike.

Germany and France concluded a two-sided agreement.

The bulk of the evidence indicated innocence.

Her victory speech showed her generous greatness of mind.

The argument was persuasive but false.

The convict uttered a curse under his breath.

Did the Romans believe that Jove was all-knowing?

Most people in that country have a fear of foreigners.

The governor issued a cautious statement.

The pontiff proclaimed a blessing.

The amount of pay should be equal to the size of the task.

In a one-sided move, the U.S. pulled out without consulting its allies.

The grouch just doesn’t like people.

His boss practically flogged him with abusive comments.

His presentation was filled with unnecessary facts.

First, build a working model before you mass-produce it.

The Word Within the Word Homework—Lesson 21 Answer Key



1. captious

2. incredulous

3. amorphous

4. neologism

5. malevolence

6. equivocated

7. anthropomorphic

8. monomania

9. neophyte

10. bellicose

11. bilateral

12. preponderance

13. magnanimity

14. specious

15. malediction

16. omniscient

17. xenophobia

18. circumspect

19. benediction

20. commensurate

21. unilateral

22. misanthropist

23. excoriated

24. superfluous

25. prototype

The fault-finding questions weren’t sincere.

Her face was full of disbelief.

A shapeless mass lay beside the door.

He invented a clever new word.

The stranger’s glare revealed his bad will.

The politician hedged his comments by praising both sides.

He believes in a man-shaped God.

She has a complete obsession with one thing: astronomy.

He is a beginner in the music industry.

The tribe in the Amazon was warlike.

Germany and France concluded a two-sided agreement.

The bulk of the evidence indicated innocence.

Her victory speech showed her generous greatness of mind.

The argument was persuasive but false.

The convict uttered a curse under his breath.

Did the Romans believe that Jove was all-knowing?

Most people in that country have a fear of foreigners.

The governor issued a cautious statement.

The pontiff proclaimed a blessing.

The amount of pay should be equal to the size of the task.

In a one-sided move, the U.S. pulled out without consulting its allies.

The grouch just doesn’t like people.

His boss practically flogged him with abusive comments.

His presentation was filled with unnecessary facts.

First, build a working model before you mass-produce it.


Synthesis:

Use magnanimous, equivocate, and malevolence in one sentence.

Divergence:

How many things can you think of that could be described as amorphous?

Analysis:

You might think that excoriate is a combination of ex, cor, and ate, but it isn’t so. The cor in excoriate actually has a very different derivation and only happens to have the same spelling as the cor that we have studied. Look up the etymology of excoriate in a good dictionary and explain why this word is sued to describe extremely abusive denunciation or verbal whipping.

Evaluation:

Should the United States form its defense policy on a unilateral basis and let other nations deal with it as they wish, or should the United States work for a cooperative bilateral or multilateral defense policy through constant negotiation with other nations? Why?

Intuition:

Can you think of an explanation for something, an explanation which is commonly accepted as true, but which you suspect is specious?

Emotion:

What emotional reaction would you have if you arrived home, and your brother greeted you at the door with

captious questions about where you had been?

Aesthetics:

Do you like abstract sculpture that is based on the human form in a vaguely anthropomorphic way, but which is not finely detailed?




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His unwillingness to compromise at all was infuriating.

We tried to soften his anger.

The clown needed an extra-strength painkiller.

The captain was plainly a man obsessed with himself.

The bigot’s stubborn opinions were irritating.

It was a blatant act of vandalism.

A few powerful people ruled the country.

The young fellow possessed a naïve, innocent gullibility.

He completely renounced his former political views.

He had great faith in palm reading.

Thin, semitransparent, curtains covered the window.

They made burning remarks about her pitiful clothes.

In a good discussion, our ideas show a flowing-together.

The fish scientist’s doctoral dissertation was a study of the swordfish.

The dictator was removed from power without violence.

His secret acts were full of treachery.

He avoided answering a direct question by talking in circles.

In her speech to herself, she stood alone on stage, talking aloud.

She was a person who spoke many languages.

He wrote a brilliantly clear essay on ethics.

The sociable fellow threw a large party for all of his friends.

The speaker rambled from one idea to another in a wandering way.

He is a supporter who sticks to the hard-line view.

The sleep-inducing film bored the audience.

They gave him an easy, lucrative job in another department.




1. intransigence

2. mollify

3. analgesic

4. egomaniac

5. intractable

6. egregious

7. oligarchy

8. ingenuous

9. abjured

10. chiromancy

11. diaphanous

12. caustic

13. confluence

14. ichthyologist

15. deposed

16. perfidious

17. circumlocution

18. soliloquy

19. polyglot

20. perspicuous

21. gregarious

22. discursive

23. adherent

24. somniferous

25. sinecure

His unwillingness to compromise at all was infuriating.

We tried to soften his anger.

The clown needed an extra-strength painkiller.

The captain was plainly a man obsessed with himself.

The bigot’s stubborn opinions were irritating.

It was a blatant act of vandalism.

A few powerful people ruled the country.

The young fellow possessed a naïve, innocent gullibility.

He completely renounced his former political views.

He had great faith in palm reading.

Thin, semitransparent, curtains covered the window.

They made burning remarks about her pitiful clothes.

In a good discussion, our ideas show a flowing-together.

The fish scientist’s doctoral dissertation was a study of the swordfish.

The dictator was removed from power without violence.

His secret acts were full of treachery.

He avoided answering a direct question by talking in circles.

In her speech to herself, she stood alone on stage, talking aloud.

She was a person who spoke many languages.

He wrote a brilliantly clear essay on ethics.

The sociable fellow threw a large party for all of his friends.

The speaker rambled from one idea to another in a wandering way.

He is a supporter who sticks to the hard-line view.

The sleep-inducing film bored the audience.

They gave him an easy, lucrative job in another department.


Synthesis:

Can you think of some reasons why it might be advantageous to be governed by an oligarchy? What would be the disadvantages?

Divergence:

American culture is a result of a confluence of many other cultures. How many other examples of confluence can you think of?

Analysis:

Why does intractable mean stubborn?

Evaluation:

Hiram provided his uncle with a sinecure in a family-owned company. His uncle is untrained and unmotivated.

Do you regard Hiram’s action as a kindness or as a wrong?

Intuition:

An ingenuous young fellow arrives in the city and is soon parted from his money by quick-talking sharks who take advantage of his lack of experience. How do they cheat him?

Emotion:

What would be the frequent emotions of the friends of a gregarious person?

Aesthetics:

You are given 8,000 yards of diaphanous blue fabric and told to make a work of art on a mountainside.

What will you do?




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Their dispute was settled when a third party mediated between them.

The permission was abruptly called back—canceled.

They tormented the new, inexperienced teacher.

French code breakers worked on the German code.

No, that would limit—in advance—your options.

The talkative neighbor brooked no interruptions.

He had a sudden, vivid foreknowledge of what was to happen.

We decided to annul our solemn agreement.

The Group of Old Friends has the initial-name GOOF.

The birth defect happened during labor.

The combative kid down the block is always full of fight.

The terrible roar of the mob frightened her.

Her deep-cutting questions went to the heart of the issue.

The Prime Minister delivered a severely critical speech.

The rock singer seemed both masculine and feminine.

The argumentative reporter kept interrupting.

The options are carefully limited in writing.

She listed out her reasons for going.

She had that my-culture-is-superior attitude.

He regarded his night with the boys as absolutely sacred.

The strange new phenomenon was an unusual abnormality.

He had to deny his published opinion or be banished.

He was an appeal-to-their-prejudices politician.

High pay is a touchable benefit you can put your hands on.

He has that I’m-the-center-of-the-universe arrogance.




1. interceded

2. revoked

3. pedagogue

4. cryptologists

5. preclude

6. loquacious

7. prescience

8. abrogate

9. acronym

10. congenital

11. pugnacious

12. cacophony

13. incisive

14. diatribe

15. androgynous

16. disputatious

17. circumscribed

18. enumerated

19. ethnocentrism

20. sacrosanct

21. anomaly

22. recant

23. demagogue

24. tangible

25. egocentric

Their dispute was settled when a third party mediated between them.

The permission was abruptly called back—canceled.

They tormented the new, inexperienced teacher.

French code breakers worked on the German code.

No, that would limit—in advance—your options.

The talkative neighbor brooked no interruptions.

He had a sudden, vivid foreknowledge of what was to happen.

We decided to annul our solemn agreement.

The Group of Old Friends has the initial-name GOOF.

The birth defect happened during labor.

The combative kid down the block is always full of fight.

The terrible roar of the mob frightened her.

Her deep-cutting questions went to the heart of the issue.

The Prime Minister delivered a severely critical speech.

The rock singer seemed both masculine and feminine.

The argumentative reporter kept interrupting.

The options are carefully limited in writing.

She listed out her reasons for going.

She had that my-culture-is-superior attitude.

He regarded his night with the boys as absolutely sacred.

The strange new phenomenon was an unusual abnormality.

He had to deny his published opinion or be banished.

He was an appeal-to-their-prejudices politician.

High pay is a touchable benefit you can put your hands on.

He has that I’m-the-center-of-the-universe arrogance.


Synthesis:

Which words on List #23 could be used to describe a grumpy, selfish person?

Divergence:

Which principles of American social and political life should remain sacrosanct? Which principles should be reexamined?

Analysis:

Explain why the words egocentric and androgynous mean what they do.

Evaluation:

Should student behavior in public secondary schools be more or less circumscribed that at present? What important learning decisions should belong to the administration, and what important decisions should belong to the students?

Intuition:

In a dream you receive a scathing diatribe from a stranger on the street. What breach of conduct have you committed to deserve this diatribe?

Emotion:

What are your emotional reactions to someone who is egocentric? To someone who is pugnacious? To someone who is loquacious?

Aesthetics:

Is all great music euphonic? Is it possible to create a piece of great music that is partially or totally

cacophonous? Can something that is not pleasing to hear or see still be considered art and be pleasing to the mind?




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Lady Macbeth was a sleepwalker.

The higher apes have manlike features.

The major battles of the Civil War were very bloody.

Our lives were tied down by severe, binding regulations.

His conduct was correct in every point.

Rule 1431 replaces rule 1076.

His manners had a sophisticated, metropolitan quality.

The poor madman wandered about, talking to lifeless objects.

His lack of confidence made him shy.

The past is beyond recall; it cannot be altered.

The crusaders attacked the unbelievers.

Rebellion against the dictator began a new rising.

A demonic clamor arose from the busy playground.

He delayed before climbing into the police cruiser.

The metal enemy was a robot which resembled the human figure.

She intends to speak in favor of our cause.

The load was too weighty to carry.

He seemed irritated to lower himself to speak to commoners like us.

The angry corporal vowed a vengeful punishment to his enemy.

The docile boy followed the gentlest instruction.

The side-by-side issues were discussed as one.

Can you cast some light on this mystery?

It is crucial to be aware of the rules.

His short, witty comments make him good company.

The oddness of his mind left him far from social center field.




1. somnambulist

2. anthropoid

3. sanguinary

4. stringent

5. punctilious

6. supersedes

7. urbane

8. inanimate

9. diffident

10. irrevocable

11. infidels

12. resurgence

13. pandemonium

14. temporized

15. android

16. advocate

17. ponderous

18. condescend

19. retribution

20. tractable

21. collateral

22. elucidate

23. cognizant

24. epigrams

25. eccentricity

Lady Macbeth was a sleepwalker.

The higher apes have manlike features.

The major battles of the Civil War were very bloody.

Our lives were tied down by severe, binding regulations.

His conduct was correct in every point.

Rule 1431 replaces rule 1076.

His manners had a sophisticated, metropolitan quality.

The poor madman wandered about, talking to lifeless objects.

His lack of confidence made him shy.

The past is beyond recall; it cannot be altered.

The crusaders attacked the unbelievers.

Rebellion against the dictator began a new rising.

A demonic clamor arose from the busy playground.

He delayed before climbing into the police cruiser.

The metal enemy was a robot which resembled the human figure.

She intends to speak in favor of our cause.

The load was too weighty to carry.

He seemed irritated to lower himself to speak to commoners like us.

The angry corporal vowed a vengeful punishment to his enemy.

The docile boy followed the gentlest instruction.

The side-by-side issues were discussed as one.

Can you cast some light on this mystery?

It is crucial to be aware of the rules.

His short, witty comments make him good company.

The oddness of his mind left him far from social center field.


Synthesis:

What category could the words infidel, android, and somnambulist be grouped under? Be very flexible in the kinds of categories you consider.

Divergence:

How many instances of pandemonium can you think of?

Analysis:

Analyze the meaning of irrevocable, stem by stem.

Evaluation:

Is it a good idea or a bad idea to begin marketing personal androids which would perform services for their owners?

Intuition:

If you could talk to an inanimate object or material, with what would you choose to converse?

Emotion:

What emotions are associated with urbane behavior?

Aesthetics:

If someone gave you whatever money you would need to make some truly eccentric art, what eccentric object would you make?




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He suffered from an excess of responsibilities.

“Rest Room” is a pleasant name for one architectural feature.

The eighty-year-old champion kept in shape.

A firm self-love is the basis for all love.

He was a victim of a condition causing attacks of sleep.

The mutt was not a believable candidate.

He constantly tried to get around the rules.

He was quickly freed from blame by the court.

The lonely, inward-looking by examined his own thoughts.

The people who know prefer American-made bubble gum.

Bach wrote multi-melodic music.

She studies the monkeys, apes, and Homo sapiens.

The stream’s crystal clear water was inviting.

The commander refused to come between the warring parties.

Powerful people in the oil industry decided on a policy.

Her delusions of greatness became tragic.

He could suddenly see an overhanging doom threatening him.

The disease’s complex of symptoms is easily controllable.

The inharmonious clamor arose from the stadium.

The warring nations agreed to a cease-fire.

The elderly good-doer anonymously helped the youth.

The sun-following vines grew toward the bright window.

The frightful accident left him in a state of paralysis on one side.

A lively personality keeps the monotony away. the lower-ranked crew members scrubbed the asteroid.




1. surfeit

2. euphemism

3. octogenarian

4. amour-propre

5. narcolepsy

6. credible

7. circumvent

8. exculpated

9. introspective

10. cognoscenti

11. polyphonic

12. primates

13. pellucid

14. intervene

15. magnates

16. megalomania

17. impending

18. syndrome

19. dissonant

20. belligerent

21. benefactor

22. heliotropic

23. hemiplegia

24. vivacious

25. subordinate

He suffered from an excess of responsibilities.

“Rest Room” is a pleasant name for one architectural feature.

The eighty-year-old champion kept in shape.

A firm self-love is the basis for all love.

He was a victim of a condition causing attacks of sleep.

The mutt was not a believable candidate.

He constantly tried to get around the rules.

He was quickly freed from blame by the court.

The lonely, inward-looking by examined his own thoughts.

The people who know prefer American-made bubble gum.

Bach wrote multi-melodic music.

She studies the monkeys, apes, and Homo sapiens.

The stream’s crystal clear water was inviting.

The commander refused to come between the warring parties.

Powerful people in the oil industry decided on a policy.

Her delusions of greatness became tragic.

He could suddenly see an overhanging doom threatening him.

The disease’s complex of symptoms is easily controllable.

The inharmonious clamor arose from the stadium.

The warring nations agreed to a cease-fire.

The elderly good-doer anonymously helped the youth.

The sun-following vines grew toward the bright window.

The frightful accident left him in a state of paralysis on one side.

A lively personality keeps the monotony away. the lower-ranked crew members scrubbed the asteroid.


Synthesis:

What category could include the words introspective, megalomania, vivacious, and cognoscenti?

Divergence:

What consumer items of different kinds are preferred by the cognoscenti?

Analysis:

Break down and explain the following words: circumvent, exculpate, and heliotropic.

Evaluation:

Should a criminal be exculpated if the methods used by the police to catch the criminal are themselves illegal and unconstitutional?

Intuition:

When you are an octogenarian, what will your hobby be?

Emotion:

What are the emotions that you associate with a vivacious personality?

Aesthetics:

Can you imagine making sculpture out of pellucid substances like plexiglass? How would you use plexiglass to make sculpture?




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The twisting highway plunged down the mountain.

The comment was full of hidden meaning.

Within-the-skull surgery saved the patient.

A mysterious bacterial disease-causing agent created a panic.

His loudly-voiced protests made his dismissal certain.

The creature suffered a change of shape as he reached the doorway.

The ancient rock carving slowly began to crumble.

His affectedly holy posturing didn’t fool anyone.

The craft’s backward motion was disconcerting.

Please outline your plans for the coming year.

The liquid softener made the scar feel better.

The two-equal-sides triangle was beautifully symmetrical.

As he stared over the water, he had a moment of sudden insight.

Is there a clear division between beauty and ugliness?

The science of living tissue is fascinating.

The comet finally reached its closest point to the sun.

The one essential element happens to be missing.

Their gluttonous, canine appetites made them fat.

Afterwards, we both tried to correct things and make them right.

His squared-off designs feature right angles and straight lines.

His diseased need to lie makes him a dangerous friend.

That country actually has a government of the wealthy.

She needed heart and blood vessel exercise.

A dark sadness settled over her spirit.

The intrinsic right to free speech is the property of all.




1. tortuous

2. cryptic

3. intracranial

4. pathogen

5. vociferous

6. metamorphosis

7. petroglyph

8. sanctimonious

9. retrograde

10. delineate

11. emollient

12. isosceles

13. epiphany

14. dichotomy

15. histology

16. perihelion

17. sine qua non

18. corpulent

19. rectify

20. rectilinear

21. pathological

22. plutocracy

23. cardiovascular

24. melancholy

25. inherent

The twisting highway plunged down the mountain.

The comment was full of hidden meaning.

Within-the-skull surgery saved the patient.

A mysterious bacterial disease-causing agent created a panic.

His loudly-voiced protests made his dismissal certain.

The creature suffered a change of shape as he reached the doorway.

The ancient rock carving slowly began to crumble.

His affectedly holy posturing didn’t fool anyone.

The craft’s backward motion was disconcerting.

Please outline your plans for the coming year.

The liquid softener made the scar feel better.

The two-equal-sides triangle was beautifully symmetrical.

As he stared over the water, he had a moment of sudden insight.

Is there a clear division between beauty and ugliness?

The science of living tissue is fascinating.

The comet finally reached its closest point to the sun.

The one essential element happens to be missing.

Their gluttonous, canine appetites made them fat.

Afterwards, we both tried to correct things and make them right.

His squared-off designs feature right angles and straight lines.

His diseased need to lie makes him a dangerous friend.

That country actually has a government of the wealthy.

She needed heart and blood vessel exercise.

A dark sadness settled over her spirit.

The intrinsic right to free speech is the property of all.


Synthesis:

What statement can you make that is true of petroglyphs, plutocracies, and emollients? Obviously, making a single true statement of three such different things might cause you to consider some very ingenious categories.

Divergence:

Imagine every physical process you can think of that would occur on or near the head of a comet as it reaches perihelion. Would you rather see the comet close-up at perihelion or at aphelion?

Analysis:

Explain the construction of the words dichotomy, rectilinear, metamorphosis, and pathogen.

Evaluation:

Is there always a clear dichotomy between right and wrong? Are there any behaviors which are both? Are there any behaviors which are neither?

Intuition:

An undiscovered pathogen is causing sickness in your community. What do you fear the pathogen is?

Emotion:

What emotions do you associate with corpulence? Are these emotions appropriate?

Aesthetics:

Do you think cities would be improved if corporations allowed local artists to carve petroglyphs on the stone sides of the buildings?




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His office job forced him into a sitting-down lifestyle.

He is a person who is against all forms of government.

Professor Margaret Mead was an enlightening person to know.

His small-minded carping was far from generous magnanimity.

This is a good-faith offer which will be honored.

The lacy design on the ring was beautiful.

Fashion is a tradition of changeable verities.

Hiram’s comments were quite related to the issue.

The overstatement was not intended to be taken literally.

The crowd had a feeling of joy after the precinct victory.

The senator attributed bad motives to his opponent.

His distant, gloomy personality kept people away.

The injury gave her lasting back pain.

Her resonant voice filled the hall with sound.

The clever evasive trick allowed her to flee under the question.

The stranger’s appealing good-naturedness was a delight.

The family decided to go out of the fatherland to Finland.

His sharp criticism showed his mind to be turned against her.

The state in which things presently stand will be changed.

The brief study suggested a model for social behavior.

The self-indulgent fellow lived in great luxury.

The outrageous prices were maddening.

His affectionate nickname was “Yippee-ti-yi-yo.”

He loved festive occasions with his jovial friends. a moving speech in praise of folly was given by Erasmus.




1. sedentary

2. anarchist

3. luminary

4. pusillanimous

5. bona fide

6. filigree

7. mutable

8. germane

9. hyperbole

10. euphoria

11. imputed

12. saturnine

13. chronic

14. sonorous

15. subterfuge

16. bonhomie

17. expatriate

18. animadversions

19. status quo

20. paradigm

21. bon vivant

22. exorbitant

23. cognomen

24. convivial

25. eulogy

His office job forced him into a sitting-down lifestyle.

He is a person who is against all forms of government.

Professor Margaret Mead was an enlightening person to know.

His small-minded carping was far from generous magnanimity.

This is a good-faith offer which will be honored.

The lacy design on the ring was beautiful.

Fashion is a tradition of changeable verities.

Hiram’s comments were quite related to the issue.

The overstatement was not intended to be taken literally.

The crowd had a feeling of joy after the precinct victory.

The senator attributed bad motives to his opponent.

His distant, gloomy personality kept people away.

The injury gave her lasting back pain.

Her resonant voice filled the hall with sound.

The clever evasive trick allowed her to flee under the question.

The stranger’s appealing good-naturedness was a delight.

The family decided to go out of the fatherland to Finland.

His sharp criticism showed his mind to be turned against her.

The state in which things presently stand will be changed.

The brief study suggested a model for social behavior.

The self-indulgent fellow lived in great luxury.

The outrageous prices were maddening.

His affectionate nickname was “Yippee-ti-yi-yo.”

He loved festive occasions with his jovial friends. a moving speech in praise of folly was given by Erasmus.


Synthesis:

Which words in List #27 would you most like to have applied to you? Which words would you least like to have applied to you?

Divergence:

Who are the most famous luminaries in American history? Think of as many as you can.

Analysis: analyze the words cognomen, sonorous, euphoria, eulogy, anarchist, and expatriate.

Evaluation:

Should pusillanimous acts be punished, ignored, or discussed?

Intuition:

Everyone knows that the laws of fashion design are mutable. How do you imagine the people will dress in

2050 A.D.?

Emotion:

Euphoria is an emotion. give some examples of events which would leave you euphoric.

Aesthetics:

Which would be more difficult to capture in painting or sculpture, a person who is convivial or a person who is saturnine?




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For those who have a fear of heights, the blimp is off-limits.

We expected a speech but got flat, trite remarks instead.

The genius’s peculiarities delighted his friends.

The underling made a demonstrative outpouring of welcome.

The study of the universe is increasingly important.

The beautiful sound of the ocean lulled him to sleep.

The deep division in the political party was disastrous.

After the regicide, there was a time between rulers.

The senate considered the attack a cause of war.

Fans gave the quarterback an elevation to godlike status.

The stubborn child broke the rules repeatedly.

The graduates from the class of ’65 met on the mezzanine.

The bitter denunciation was more than Mickey could stand.

The truthfulness of the story is at issue.

There was an after-death ceremony to present the award.

The intense dawn matched the red glow in their faces.

He was absorbed in a literary collection of American poets.

Three ragged clouds were forerunners of the coming tempest.

When she returned, the precious objects had been switched.

By sleight of hand the magician made our money vanish.

The vastness of Red Square gave him a fear of the open space.

Destroyers of civilization should meet well-deserved, worthy ends.

The breaking of the unpopular rule was secretly applauded.

The story had a disquieting resemblance to truth.

The obsequious flatterer’s advances proved useless.




1. acrophobia

2. platitudes

3. idiosyncrasies

4. effusion

5. cosmology

6. euphony

7. schism

8. interregnum

9. casus belli

10. apotheosis

11. refractory

12. alumni

13. invective

14. veracity

15. posthumous

16. rubicund

17. anthology

18. precursors

19. transposed

20. prestidigitation

21. agoraphobia

22. condign

23. infraction

24. verisimilitude

25. bootless

For those who have a fear of heights, the blimp is off-limits.

We expected a speech but got flat, trite remarks instead.

The genius’s peculiarities delighted his friends.

The underling made a demonstrative outpouring of welcome.

The study of the universe is increasingly important.

The beautiful sound of the ocean lulled him to sleep.

The deep division in the political party was disastrous.

After the regicide, there was a time between rulers.

The senate considered the attack a cause of war.

Fans gave the quarterback an elevation to godlike status.

The stubborn child broke the rules repeatedly.

The graduates from the class of ’65 met on the mezzanine.

The bitter denunciation was more than Mickey could stand.

The truthfulness of the story is at issue.

There was an after-death ceremony to present the award.

The intense dawn matched the red glow in their faces.

He was absorbed in a literary collection of American poets.

Three ragged clouds were forerunners of the coming tempest.

When she returned, the precious objects had been switched.

By sleight of hand the magician made our money vanish.

The vastness of Red Square gave him a fear of the open space.

Destroyers of civilization should meet well-deserved, worthy ends.

The breaking of the unpopular rule was secretly applauded.

The story had a disquieting resemblance to truth.

The obsequious flatterer’s advances proved useless.


Synthesis:

Which words in List #28 would be often used in discussions of government and politics?

Divergence:

What authors should an anthology of the best American literature include? Try not to overlook anyone important.

Analysis:

Break down the words interregnum, cosmology, posthumous, acrophobia, and anthology.

Evaluation:

Does an alumnus of a college have a moral obligation to help that college later in life? Should the alumni have rights to certain privileges because they have graduated from the college (use of athletic facilities, etc.)?

Intuition:

It is just as you feared; you are up here and now your acrophobia is beginning to grip you. Where are you?

Emotion:

On a summer day, you go on a picnic and relax amid the euphony of moving leaves and running water. What are your emotions?

Aesthetics:

Do you think that artists who have intense visual sensitivity will have more idiosyncrasies than most people?

Why or why not?




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He enjoyed the worldly household tasks.

The bright, multicolored sculpture covered the sunlit field.

His direct, unabridged answer gave the voters a pleasant surprise.

The trip was not authorized by the Council.

The stereo buff loved to listen to high fidelity sound equipment.

Her obvious joy of life made her popular.

His intense various interests of all kinds kept him distracted.

His solution was a result of reasoning down from principles.

The man who feared Russia had a recurring nightmare.

She passed out a course summary on the first day.

Her envy-causing compliment to Bob made Ray jealous.

Her clear insight impressed everyone.

The plastic was a combination of three chemicals.

The man’s belief in nothing was obvious in his countenance.

Their private conversation in the corner was pleasant.

The doctor’s forecast of the disease’s course was encouraging.

The archaeologist saw no solid ground in the alien-engineer theory.

The insect scientist watched ants for hours.

The school acts in place of the parents in many ways.

Their respect for age led to a government of the old.

Is the fetus able to live on its own?

In the badlands a vicious mob rule prevails.

The pathological thief even stole from her best friends.

The great eloquence of his oratory brought cheers.

His love-of-mankind generosity caused him to build the library.




1. mundane

2. polychrome

3. unequivocal

4. sanctioned

5. audiophile

6. joie de vivre

7. omnifarious

8. deduction

9. Russophobe

10. synopsis

11. invidious

12. perspicuity

13. synthesis

14. nihilism

15. colloquy

16. prognosis

17. terra firma

18. entomologist

19. in loco parentis

20. gerontocracy

21. viable

22. mobocracy

23. kleptomaniac

24. magniloquence

25. philanthropy

He enjoyed the worldly household tasks.

The bright, multicolored sculpture covered the sunlit field.

His direct, unabridged answer gave the voters a pleasant surprise.

The trip was not authorized by the Council.

The stereo buff loved to listen to high fidelity sound equipment.

Her obvious joy of life made her popular.

His intense various interests of all kinds kept him distracted.

His solution was a result of reasoning down from principles.

The man who feared Russia had a recurring nightmare.

She passed out a course summary on the first day.

Her envy-causing compliment to Bob made Ray jealous.

Her clear insight impressed everyone.

The plastic was a combination of three chemicals.

The man’s belief in nothing was obvious in his countenance.

Their private conversation in the corner was pleasant.

The doctor’s forecast of the disease’s course was encouraging.

The archaeologist saw no solid ground in the alien-engineer theory.

The insect scientist watched ants for hours.

The school acts in place of the parents in many ways.

Their respect for age led to a government of the old.

Is the fetus able to live on its own?

In the badlands a vicious mob rule prevails.

The pathological thief even stole from her best friends.

The great eloquence of his oratory brought cheers.

His love-of-mankind generosity caused him to build the library.


Synthesis:

Which of the words in List #29 would be useful in a discussion of ethics?

Divergence:

What wonderful things would you buy for or contribute to your community if you became a wealthy

philanthropist?

Analysis:

Analyze the words philanthropy, prognosis, magniloquence, invidious, and unequivocal.

Evaluation:

To what extent do you think that a school has the right to discipline children in loco parentis during the school day?

Intuition:

There is a large polychrome sculpture on the building across the street from your house. What does it look like?

Emotion:

Explain the emotional interaction that occurs when an invidious compliment is paid to one of two people.

Aesthetics:

If you were asked to paint polychrome patterns on a fifteen-mile stretch of highway as a county publicity stunt, what colors and patterns would you choose?




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Synthesis:

Which words in List #30 would be most useful in a discussion of social behavior?

Divergence:

Antediluvian ideas are ideas that are outmoded, antiquated, anachronistic. They are ideas that are so old that they date from before (ante) the Flood (diluvia)! What ideas can you think of that we consider antediluvian today?

Analysis:

Break down the following words: nondescript, improvident, decadent, renovate, and chronicle.

Evaluation:

A magnum opus is a masterpiece, a very great work indeed. What do you think is the magnum opus in

American literature? In British literature? In world literature? Why do you think so?

Intuition:

You are entering a primeval forest in a strange land. What is the first living thing that you encounter?

Describe your encounter with this living thing.

Emotion:

How would you feel if you received a panegyric from the boss as a result of something you had done at the office?

Aesthetics:

What are the criteria that distinguish good diction from bad diction? How can we apply aesthetic concepts to the use of words? Can we?

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