Monday: acute
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| Tuesday: optimist |
| Wednesday: pacifist
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| Thursday: redundant |
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Friday: belligerent
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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?
| acute |
optimist |
pacifist |
| redundant |
belligerent |
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answers!)
1. (quarrelsome)
2. (superfluous;
repetitious; excessively wordy)
3. (one
opposed to force; antimilitarist)
4. (person
who looks on the good side)
5. (keenly
perceptive)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| acute |
optimist |
pacifist |
| redundant |
belligerent |
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answers!)
1. The
pessimist says that the glass is half empty; the
_________it is half full.
2.
Your
composition is _________; you can easily reduce
its length.
3. The
deterioration of her once-_________hearing was
due to a chronic
illness.
4.
The
_________urged that we reduce our military
expenditure.
5. Whenever he had too much to drink, he became
_________and
tried to pick fights with strangers.
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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?
| acute |
optimist |
pacifist |
| redundant |
belligerent |
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here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. belligerent (quarrelsome)
2. redundant (superfluous;
repetitious; excessively wordy)
3. pacifist (one
opposed to force; antimilitarist)
4. optimist (person
who looks on the good side)
5. acute (keenly
perceptive)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. The
pessimist says that the glass is half empty; the optimist it is half full.
2. Your
composition is redundant; you can easily reduce
its length.
3. The
deterioration of her once-acute hearing was
due to a chronic
illness.
4. The pacifist urged that we reduce our military
expenditure.
5. Whenever he had too much to drink, he became belligerent and
tried to pick fights with strangers.
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Latin
Root Words
acute (keenly
perceptive) comes from the Latin
word acutus meaning sharp.
optimist (person
who looks on the good side) comes from the Latin
word
optimus meaning best.
pacifist (one
opposed to force; antimilitarist) comes from the Latin
word
pax
meaning
peace.
redundant (superfluous;
repetitious; excessively wordy)
comes from the
Latin word redundare meaning to overflow, run back.
belligerent (quarrelsome)
comes from the Latin
words bellum meaning
war
and gerere meaning to bear, carry, wage.
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