Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Most of them have been taken from your textbook; some words/terms may not be typical vocabulary words (for example, names of places or allusions to famous things); nevertheless, you should know them.
- Look up the definitions and parts of speech of each word. Write both in your notebook. (You must handwrite this assignment; not type, or cut and paste).
- For each of the words, find an excellent context sentence by googling the Internet (always cite your source within parentheses after the sentence--the name of the website).
- In addition, create an excellent context sentence of your own. (Try to make a personal connection to your own life or the life of someone you know when you use the word. If you do this, you will remember the word better.)
- Clearly label the "googled" sentence and your "own" sentence: "I" for Internet sentence; "My" for the sentence that you create.
- Look up four synonyms and four antonyms for each word; simply list them.
- Highlight the vocabulary word in each sentence.
- All of this work should be written on loose-leaf paper in your notebook, so that it can be turned in for a grade.
Please note that some words may not have synonyms or antonyms (Cape Cod, for example). If a word has multiple definitions (many will), choose any definition. If a word can be used as more than one part of speech, choose any part of speech.
- reproved
- loath
- staunch
- hull
- halyards
- Cape Cod
- Pisgah
- tender (to offer)
- sundry
- succor
- rendezvous
- importunity
- shallop
- resolute
- sentinel
- barricado
- patent
- mutinous
- scurvy
- sachem
- confederates
- comprised
- divergence
- estuary
- egalitarian
- stratified
- demarcated
- quicksilver
- hillock
- diddering
