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Vocab 1
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7 & 8 Vocabulary # 1

Aug. 15, 2007

 
Directions:      1)         Identify the part of Speech. 

                        2)        Respell the word (in whatever way needed) to learn the pronunciation.

                        3)         AND THEN Separate the word into syllables. 

                        4)        Write out each word 3 times

                        5)         On a separate sheet of paper, write out ONE sentence for each word (6 word min).

                        6)         THEN write one additional sentence using a minimum of three vocab words.

 
 

1)         Garrulous - __________ - Talkative; chatty

                                                                                                                                                            
 

2)         Genre - __________ - A type or category, especially of art or writing

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

3)         Genteel - __________ - Refined; polite; "aristocratic" (a person who is genteel has gentility)

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

4)         Glut - __________ - An overabundance

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

5)         Grandiloquent - __________ - Pompous; using a lot of big fancy words just in order to sound impressive.

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

6)         Grandiose - __________ - absurdly exaggerated; overly large

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

7)         Gratuitous - __________ - given freely (said of something bad) unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

8)         Gravity - __________ - seriousness; (related to the grave)

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

9)         Gregarious - __________ - Sociable; enjoying the company of others

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

10)       Guile - __________ - Cunning; duplicity; artfulness