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Monday: apocryphal
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| Tuesday:
intrinsic |
| Wednesday:
abhor |
| Thursday: intransigent |
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Friday: desultory
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Please
select an activity.
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1. Match
Meanings
2. Use Words in
Sentences
3. Latin
Root Words
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Match
Meanings
Can you match the words with their
meanings?
| apocryphal |
intrinsic |
abhor |
| intransigent |
desultory |
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answers!)
1. (aimless, jumping around)
2.
(untrue; made up)
3. (detest, hate)
4. (refusing any compromise)
5. (essential;
inherent; natural)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| apocryphal |
intrinsic |
abhor |
| intransigent |
desultory |
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answers!)
1. The
strike settlement has collapsed because both
sides are _________.
2.
The animals’ _________ behavior
indicated that they had no
awareness of their
predicament.
3.
The students _________ the
fact that their summer vacation was
over.
4.
To impress his friends, Ted invented _________
tales of his adventures
in
the big city.
5.
Although my grandmother’s china has little
__________ value,
I shall always treasure it
for the memories it evokes.
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Latin
Root Words 67%
of all English words originate from Latin. Do
you know which
of this week's
words come from Latin?
| apocryphal |
intrinsic |
abhor |
| intransigent |
desultory |
(Click
here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. desultory (aimless, jumping around)
2. apocryphal
(untrue;
made up)
3.
abhor (detest, hate)
4.
intransigent (refusing any compromise)
5. intrinsic
(essential;
inherent; natural)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. The
strike settlement has collapsed because both
sides are
intransigent.
2.
The animals’ desultory
behavior
indicated that they had no awareness
of their
predicament.
3.
The students
abhorred the
fact that their summer vacation was
over.
4.
To impress his friends, Ted invented apocryphal
tales
of his adventures
in
the big city.
5.
Although my grandmother’s china has little intrinsic
value,
I shall always treasure it
for the memories it evokes.
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Latin
Root Words
abhor
(detest, hate)
comes from the Latin word abhorrere
meaning
to
shrink from.
intransigent
(refusing any compromise)
comes from the Latin words in
and
transigere meaning not to agree.
desultory
(aimless, jumping around)
comes from the Latin words de
and
salire meaning to jump down.
apocryphal
(untrue;
made up)
comes from the Late Latin word apocryphus
meaning spurious.
intrinsic
(essential;
inherent; natural) omes from the Latin words intra
and
secus meaning within
and along side.
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