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Vocab 2
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7 & 8 Vocabulary # 2

August 22, 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)         Hackneyed - __________ - Overused; trite; stale; cliché

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

2)         Harbinger  - __________ - A forerunner; a signal of

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

3)         Heresy  - _________ - Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

4)         Heyday - __________ - Golden Age; Prime

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

5)         Hiatus - __________ - A break or interruption, often from work

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

6)         Hierarchy - __________ - An organization based on rank or degree; a pecking order

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

7)         Homogeneous - __________ - Uniform; made entirely of one thing; (the opposite is heterogeneous)

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

8)         Husbandry - __________ - Thrifty management of resources; livestock farming.

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

9)         Hyperbole - __________ - An exaggeration; used as a figure of speech

 

                                                                                                                                                           

 

10)       Hypothetical - __________ - Uncertain; unproven (related to Hypothesis)