Monday: flippant
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Tuesday: appease
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Wednesday: strident
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Thursday: perfunctory
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Friday: despondent
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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?
| flippant |
appease |
strident |
| perfunctory |
despondent |
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answers!)
1. (superficial)
2. (lacking
proper seriousness)
3. (pacify
or soothe)
4. (loud
& harsh; insistent)
5. (depressed;
gloomy)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| flippant |
appease |
strident |
| perfunctory |
despondent |
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answers!)
1. To
the concern of his friends, Will became
seriously _________
after
he broke up with Jan.
2. The
auditor’s _________
inspection
of the books failed to spot many
obvious
errors.
3.
Jody
tried to _________
the
crying baby by offering him one toy after
another.
4.
We
could barely hear the speaker over the _________
cries
of the
hecklers.
5.
When Mark told Mona he loved her, she dismissed
his earnest
declaration with a _________
“Oh you say that to all the girls”.
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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?
| flippant |
appease |
strident |
| perfunctory |
despondent |
(Click
here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. perfunctory (superficial)
2.
flippant (lacking
proper seriousness)
3. appease (pacify
or soothe)
4. strident (loud
& harsh; insistent)
5. despondent (depressed;
gloomy)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. To
the concern of his friends, Will became
seriously despondent
after
he broke up with Jan.
2. The
auditor’s perfunctory inspection
of the books failed to spot many
obvious
errors.
3.
Jody
tried to appease the
crying baby by offering him one toy after
another.
4.
We
could barely hear the speaker over the strident cries
of the
hecklers.
5.
When Mark told Mona he loved her, she dismissed his
earnest
declaration with a flippant “Oh
you say that to all the girls”.
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Latin
Root Words
appease
(pacify
or soothe) comes from the Latin words
ad meaning to
and
pax
meaning peace.
strident (loud
& harsh; insistent)
comes from the Latin word
stridere
meaning to make a harsh sound.
perfunctory (superficial)
comes from the Latin word
perfungi meaning to
get
through with.
despondent (depressed;
gloomy) comes from the Latin word
despondere
meaning to
promise to give, give up.
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