Vocabulary IV

 

Freshmen  English
Semester 1  Vocabulary 4

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 incarnate

Definition:____________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:_____________________________________________________________________________________

carn-flesh:  _____________________________________________________

  1. antebellum

Definition:___________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:____________________________________________________________________________________

ante- before:  ____________________________________________________

  1. ambiguous

Definition:_______________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:______________________________________________________________________

ambi- both:______________________________________________________

  1. secede

Definition:__________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:_____________________________________________________________________________________

se- apart:   ___________________________________________________

  1. genesis

Definition:____________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:________________________________________________________________________________

gen- race/kind:  __________________________________________________

  1. culpable

Definition:__________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:___________________________________________________________________________________

culp- guilt:  __________________________________________________

  1. tenable

Definition:________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:_________________________________________________________________________________________

ten/tent- hold:  ______________________________________________

  1. evocative

Definition:_________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:__________________________________________________________________________________________

voc- call:   _______________________________________________

  1. sophomoric

Definition:________________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:________________________________________________________________________________________

homo- same:  ____________________________________________

  1. gluttony

Definition:_____________________________________________________________________________________

Part-of-Speech: ___________

Sentence:___________________________________________________________________________________________

lut- wash:  _________________________________________