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English IV

“Cruel and sudden! Art thou wary

Purpling thy nail in Vocabulary?

Term 2: Week 4

Directions: Write a complete, original sentence using each vocabulary word below. Make sure you show the word’s meaning while also paying attention to grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

1. sordid (adj.): dirty, filthy, wretched, avaricious, vile

ex. The fighter used sordid tactics, like eye-gouging, until someone knocked him unconscious with a two-by-four.

2. to aver (verb): to declare positively; to verify to be true

ex. At the murder trial, the scientist averred that the victim had first been drowned in whipped cream, then sprinkled with nuts, and topped with a cherry which gave the crime scene a “strange, sundae-like effect.”

3. to sojourn (verb): to rest or stay temporarily (noun form: sojourn)

ex. Henry sojourned in the Burgundy region of France to wine taste when serendipity occurred in his life; he met the love of his life, Voe Cabula Ree.

4. to expiate (verb): to make amends for; to extinguish the guilt of

(noun form: expiation)

ex. After he was caught drawing a mustache on his mother’s picture, Maclovio expiated his offense by going to confession.

5. tumultuous (adj.): riotous; having lots of commotion or violent upheaval.

(noun form: tumult)

ex. When the Nipomo Manatees won the international Ping Pong championship, Tefft Street was tumultuous with drunken sailors and flocks of wild geese.

6. torrid (adj.): parched by intense heat; giving off intense heat; *ardent and passionate

ex. Their torrid love affair ended after Hans learned that Franka did not know how to cook eggs and bacon.

ex. Henrietta crossed the torrid desert in search of water or at least some horchata.

7. to fathom (verb): to penetrate and come to understand a problem; to take soundings or probe (adj. forms: fathomable/ unfathomable)

ex. Barnaby could not fathom why someone would beat the post man with a garden gnome at five in the morning.

ex. For many, the extent of the universe is unfathomable.

8. to retort (verb): to reply as in a counterargument; to answer back sharply; to return an argument or charge. (noun form: retort)

ex. “Your mother was a hamster and your father smells of elderberries,” retorted the Frenchman to King Arthur's request to see the Grail.

ex. Glenda constantly gave snotty retorts to the teacher’s accusations, so the teacher slapped her soundly with a white glove.

9. copious (adj.): plentiful in number; present in large quantity

ex. We received copious information about college at the fair, yet all I could think about was skipping through the neighborhood and whistling to the little birdies.

10. visage (kind of an archaic noun): the face or countenance of a person; the aspect or appearance of

ex. His wan visage appeared through the window as my spoon, filled with steaming soup, came towards my lips.

ex. The old castle’s visage looked deplorable after years of war and stagnation.

Mr. Schwent

British Literature/ Semester #2

Vocabulary Antonym Chains #4

Directions: Using the pool of words below, first determine the antonym for each vocabulary word. Then, find the TWO synonyms that chain the vocabulary word to the antonym.

For example: polite -- nice -- decent -- rude

All of the words will be used!

Word Pool

affirm ample cold compensate comprehend counter decent depart discredit disreputable grasp hectic inhabit lodge meager misinterpret overflowing peaceful rebut rectify request sizzling sleazy swear sweltering turbulent worsen

Word Synonym 1 Synonym 2 Antonym

1. sordid ________________ ________________ ______________

2. aver ________________ ________________ ______________

3. sojourn ________________ ________________ ______________

4. expiate ________________ ________________ ______________

5. tumultuous ________________ ________________ ______________

6. torrid ________________ ________________ ______________

7. fathom ________________ ________________ ______________

8. retort ________________ ________________ ______________

9. copious ________________ ________________ ______________

10. visage (skip) ________________ ________________ ______________

|D. J. Schwent and the Fresh Prince |Name:________________________ |

| |Date:________________________ |

British Literature Semester 2 #4

|Across: |Down: |

|2 - We tried to ______________________ why Vincenzo always wore a|1 - James _________________________ in Hawaii for three months |

|barrel with suspenders, but when we'd ask him, he would run away |until the natives captured him and made "Jimmy Stew" for a luau. |

|screaming because he thought we were going to roll him around. |3 - The hospital ________________________ that Justin Bieber had |

|4 - When my boss asked me sternly why I was kissing a watermelon |checked in with a back problem, but they were reluctant to |

|at work, I _______________________ that I was checking its |explain why he now sounds like an accordion when he walks. |

|sweetness. |5 - Kenny left their ______________________ relationship after he|

|7 - Constance ______________________ for her failures early in |come home and, for the twelfth time, Karen broke a glass bottle |

|life by re-enrolling in college and doing community service at |of salsa over his head. |

|the old folks home that she once tried to burn down. |6 - On the battlefield, he wore the _______________________ of a |

|9 - Spencer made __________________ attempts to procure her phone|warrior; at home, he wore a flowered apron and polished furniture|

|number, but she would only ever give him three digits because his|with curlers in his hair. |

|head looked like an orange on a toothpick. |8 - After spending many ______________________ nights looking |

|10 - Before she met Benny, Jeniskyler led a |into each other's eyes and whispering sweet vocabulary words, |

|_______________________ life of drugs, fast food, and CVS |they got married by a preacher named Dickshaw Nerry. |

|shoplifting. | |

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