Monday: parry
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Tuesday: precipitate
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Wednesday: sage
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Thursday: sycophant
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Friday: docile
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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?
| parry |
precipitate |
sage |
| sycophant |
docile |
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answers!)
1. (deflect;
ward off a blow)
2. (wise;
prudent)
3. (headlong;
rash)
4. (servile
flatterer)
5. (obedient;
easily managed)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| parry |
precipitate |
sage |
| sycophant |
docile |
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answers!)
1. Kids
dislike _________
because
their brownnosing is so hypocritical.
2. We
must be patient as we cannot _________
these
results.
3.
He
was content to wage a defensive battle and tried
to _________
his
opponent’s
thrusts.
4. Perhaps
author Ernest Hemmingway made a very _________
decision
by using mostly short, punchy words.
5. As _________
as he seems today, that old lion was once a
ferocious
beast.
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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?
| parry |
precipitate |
sage |
| sycophant |
docile |
(Click
here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. parry (deflect;
ward off a blow)
2. sage (wise;
prudent)
3. precipitate (headlong;
rash)
4. sycophant (servile
flatterer)
5. docile (obedient;
easily managed)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. Kids
dislike sycophant because
their brownnosing is so hypocritical.
2. We
must be patient as we cannot precipitate these
results.
3.
He
was content to wage a defensive battle and tried
to parry his
opponent’s
thrusts.
4. Perhaps
author Ernest Hemmingway made a very sage decision
by using mostly short, punchy words.
5. As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a
ferocious
beast.
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Latin
Root Words
parry (deflect;
ward off a blow) comes from the Latin word
parare
meaning to
prepare.
precipitate (headlong;
rash) comes from the Latin word
praeceps
meaning headlong.
sage (wise;
prudent) comes from the Latin word
salvus meaning healthy,
safe.
sycophant (servile
flatterer) comes from the Latin word
sycophanta
[Greek
sukophantes=accuser].
docile (obedient;
easily managed) comes from the Latin word
docere
meaning to teach.
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