Monday: nuance
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Tuesday: cursory
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Wednesday: misnomer
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Thursday: prologue
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Friday: hedonist
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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?
| nuance |
cursory |
misnomer |
| prologue |
hedonist |
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answers!)
1. (one
who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in
life)
2. (casual;
hastily done)
3. (introduction
to a poem or a play)
4. (shade
of difference in meaning or in color)
5. (wrong
name; incorrect designation)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| nuance |
cursory |
misnomer |
| prologue |
hedonist |
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answers!)
1. A
_________
glance
revealed no trace of the missing book.
2. In
contrast to the pleasure-seeking
_________,
the Puritans
were
spiritual
and work oriented.
3.
In
the _________
to Romeo
and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces the
audience
to the feud between the Montagues and the
Capulets.
4.
His
tyrannical conduct proved to us all that his
nickname, King
Eric
the Just, was a _________.
5. A
true artist can see _________
in the paint that are indistinguishable
to
most.
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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?
| nuance |
cursory |
misnomer |
| prologue |
hedonist |
(Click
here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. hedonist (one
who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in
life)
2. cursory (casual;
hastily done)
3. prologue (introduction
to a poem or a play)
4. nuance (shade
of difference in meaning or in color)
5. misnomer (wrong
name; incorrect designation)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. A
cursory glance
revealed no trace of the missing book.
2. In
contrast to the pleasure-seeking
hedonist,
the Puritans
were
spiritual
and work oriented.
3.
In
the prologue to Romeo
and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces the
audience
to the feud between the Montagues and the
Capulets.
4.
His
tyrannical conduct proved to us all that his
nickname, King
Eric
the Just, was a misnomer.
5. A
true artist can see nuance in the paint that are indistinguishable
to
most.
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Latin
Root Words
nuance (shade
of difference in meaning or in color) comes from the
Latin word nubes meaning cloud.
cursory (casual;
hastily done) comes from the Latin word cursor
meaning runner.
misnomer (wrong
name; incorrect designation) comes from the Latin
words minus meaning less and nomen
meaning name.
prologue (introduction
to a poem or a play) comes from the Latin
word prologus which is in in turn from the
Greek word prologos:
pro meaning before and legein
meaning to speak.
hedonist (one
who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life)
does
not
come from Latin but comes from the Greek word hedone
meaning
pleasure.
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