Thursday, April 14, 2016

English II Vocabulary List Ten--Due April 26, 2016


Due April 26, 2016

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 binder, so that it can be turned in for a grade.
  • Include MLA heading on top left side of first page only.
  • Include header (last name and page number) at top right side of each page (including the backs of handwritten pages).
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.

Please highlight your name in the heading. Thank you.

  1. thwart
  2. timorous
  3. titillate
  4. titular
  5. toil
  6. tortuous
  7. transfix
  8. travesty
  9. trenchant
  10. triumvirate
  11. tryst
  12. tumult
  13. turbid
  14. uncanny
  15. undermine
  16. unilateral
  17. vacuous
  18. vagary
  19. vanquish
  20. veneer
  21. verdant
  22. verge
  23. voluminous
  24. voluptuous
  25. voracious
  26. waft
  27. waive
  28. wane
  29. wary
  30. zeitgeist