Monday: apprehension
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Tuesday: assuage
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Wednesday: scanty
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| Thursday: preposterous |
Friday: fundamental
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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?
| apprehension |
assuage |
scanty |
| preposterous |
fundamental |
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answers!)
1. (ease
or lesson)
2.
(basic;
primary; essential)
3.
(meager,
insufficient)
4. (fear;
discernment; capture)
5.
(absurd; ridiculous)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| apprehension |
assuage |
scanty |
| preposterous |
fundamental |
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answers!)
1. While
driving a rental car in Miami, the tourist felt
some _________
that
he might be car-jacked.
2. Jilted
by Jane, Dick tried to _________
his heartache by indulging in
ice
cream.
3.
The
committee discussed all sorts of side issues
without ever
getting to the
__________ problem.
4.
Thinking
his portion of food was __________, Oliver Twist
asked
for more.
5.
When
he tried to downplay his youthful experiments
with marijuana
by saying he hadn’t
inhaled, we all thought, “What a
__________
excuse!”
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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?
| apprehension |
assuage |
scanty |
| preposterous |
fundamental |
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here to find out!)
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| Answers:
Match Meanings
1. assuage (ease
or lesson)
2.
fundamental (basic;
primary; essential)
3.
scanty (meager,
insufficient)
4. apprehension (fear;
discernment; capture)
5.
preposterous
(absurd;
ridiculous)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. While
driving a rental car in Miami, the tourist felt
some apprehension
that
he might be car-jacked.
2. Jilted
by Jane, Dick tried to assuage his heartache by indulging in
ice
cream.
3.
The
committee discussed all sorts of side issues
without ever
getting to the fundamental problem.
4.
Thinking
his portion of food was scanty,
Oliver Twist asked
for more.
5.
When
he tried to downplay his youthful experiments
with marijuana
by saying he hadn’t inhaled,
we all thought, “What a preposterous
excuse!”
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Latin
Root Words
apprehension (fear;
discernment; capture) comes
from the Latin
word aprehendere meaning to seize.
assuage (ease
or lesson) comes
from the Latin word assuaviare: ad
meaning to and suavis meaning sweet.
scanty (meager,
insufficient) does not come from Latin.
fundamental (basic;
primary; essential) comes from the Latin word
fundamentum < fundare meaning to lay
the foundation [< fundus
meaning bottom].
preposterous
(absurd;
ridiculous) comes from the Latin word
praeposterus: prae meaning before
and posterus meaning coming
after.
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