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Freshman English--Vocabulary List Ten


Due Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Directions: Copy the vocabulary words. Most of them have been taken from your textbook; some words/terms are not 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. Please clearly label the "googled" sentence and your "own" sentence: "I" for Internet sentence; "My" for the sentence that you create. Also 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.
  1. Hephaestus
  2. lavished
  3. pliant
  4. tremulous
  5. Argos
  6. desolation
  7. epithet
  8. circuitously
  9. uncanny
  10. labyrinth
  11. Bight of Benin
  12. disingenuous
  13. integrity
  14. pathological
  15. taint
  16. pirogue
  17. embark
  18. anathema
  19. stagnant
  20. metamorphosing
  21. metronome
  22. contemplate
  23. intuitive
  24. gross domestic product
  25. contention
  26. imperative

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