Vocabulary 5

Freshmen English                                                       Name: ________________________
Semester 1  Vocabulary 5

INSTRUCTIONS- Write a definition, the part of speech and an original sentence for each of the listed words.  Also write three additional words that derive from the common root associated with each of the vocabulary terms.

 

  1. carnage

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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carn-flesh  _________________________________________

 

  1. covert

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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vert-turn   ______________________________________________________

  1. emaciate

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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macer-lean  ___________________________________________________

  1. exhume

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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hum-earth _____________________________________________________

  1. fortuitous

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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fort-strong  _________________________________________________

  1. loquacious

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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loqu-talk, speak  ______________________________________________

  1. mania

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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mania-madness   __________________________________________________

  1. manifest

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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man-hand  _______________________________________________

  1. opus

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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oper-work  _____________________________________________________

  1. patriarch

Definition:  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:

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pater-father   ___________________________________________________