Name: ____________________________
Class Period: ______________
Vocabulary Homework: Circum/Derm (HW5)
Circum=
Circumstance
Circumspect
Dermatologist
Derm=
Circumference
Circumnavigate
Hypodermic
Epidermis
Dermatitis
Circumscribe
Taxidermy
Part I: Definitions (match the vocabulary word to its definition)
_______1. Circumstance
A. Infection of the skin
_______2. Circumspect
B. To write or draw around something
_______3. Circumnavigate
C. To bring around; the distance around a circle
_______4. Circumference
D. The art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals
_______5. Circumscribe
E. How things stand in the surrounding area. Facts surrounding something.
_______6. Dermatologist
F. To sail or travel in a circle
_______7. Hypodermic
G. The outer layer of skin
_______8. Epidermis
H. Placing something under the skin
________9. Dermatitis
I. Looking around
________10. Taxidermy
J. A person who specializes in treating skin diseases
Part II: How to use our vocabulary words (all words will be used, no words will be repeated).
1. When my sister was suffering from __________________________, she went to see a
_____________________________.
2. To keep from getting the flu, I received an immunization in the form of a ______________________________
needle that was stuck into my __________________________________.
3. Christopher Columbus planned to ________________________________ the globe, but he was not the first
person to make it across the whole ______________________________ of Earth.
4. Due to the ______________________________, it is best that we not come to school when it snows.
5. My uncle does a lot of work for hunters in his job in ____________________________________.
6. After I decided to _________________________________ the book, I found someone had decided to
____________________________________ all in the margins.
Part III: True/False (if false, change the statement to make it true).
________1. Rifka’s ringworm is an example of dermatitis.
________2. A dermatologist is a person who studies plants.
________3. Christopher Columbus wanted to circumnavigate the world because he believed it was flat.
________4. You are breaking dress code if the epidermis on your stomach is showing.
________5. It is okay to circumscribe in interactive textbooks, but not school textbooks.
Part IV: Using the words yourself
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Pick four words from the chart, identify the part of speech, and use it correctly in a sentence (you may change
the tense or make it plural).
1) Word:
Part of Speech:
Sentence:
2) Word:
Part of Speech:
Sentence:
3) Word:
Part of Speech:
Sentence:
4) Word:
Sentence:
Part of Speech: