Monday: circumspect
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Tuesday: demagogue
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Wednesday: hypocrite
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Thursday: inauspicious
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Friday: orthodox
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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?
| circumspect |
demagogue |
hypocrite |
| inauspicious |
orthodox |
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answers!)
1. (according
to traditional teaching or established religious
doctrine)
2. (prudent;
cautious)
3. (a
phony or fake)
4. (unfavorable;
foreboding ill)
5. (person
who appeals to people’s prejudice; false
leader)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| circumspect |
demagogue |
hypocrite |
| inauspicious |
orthodox |
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answers!)
1. Investigating
before acting, he tried always to be _________.
2. Most
of the people I know do not admire a _________.
3.
If
something is done in an _________
way
it is done “by the book”.
4.
He
was accused of being a _________
because he made
promises
which aroused futile hopes in his listeners.
5. When
my car’s engine overheated, I knew that it was
a very
_________
sign.
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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?
| circumspect |
demagogue |
hypocrite |
| inauspicious |
orthodox |
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here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. orthodox (according
to traditional teaching or established religious
doctrine)
2. circumspect (prudent;
cautious)
3. hypocrite (a
phony or fake)
4. inauspicious (unfavorable;
foreboding ill)
5. demagogue (person
who appeals to people’s prejudice; false
leader)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. Investigating
before acting, he tried always to be circumspect .
2. Most
of the people I know do not admire a hypocrite.
3.
If
something is done in an orthodox way
it is done “by the book”.
4.
He
was accused of being a demagogue because he made
promises
which aroused futile hopes in his listeners.
5. When
my car’s engine overheated, I knew that it was
a very
inauspicious sign.
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Latin
Root Words
circumspect (prudent;
cautious) comes from the Latin word
circumspectare
meaning to look around.
demagogue (person
who appeals to people’s prejudice; false leader)
does
not
come from Latin [Greek demos=common people; agogos=leading].
hypocrite (a
phony or fake) does not
come from Latin
[Greek
hupocrites=actor].
inauspicious (unfavorable;
foreboding ill) comes from the Latin word
auspicium
meaning bird
divination.
orthodox (according
to traditional teaching or established religious
doctrine)
does not come from Latin.
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