Chapter 13 Vocabulary – Toxin
Part I-Connotation: based on how the word is
used in the following phrase, give a logical, implied meaning for the word.
This should not be from a dictionary but from your understanding. Please put
your answers on a separate piece of paper.
- Regaled He regaled Marsha
with stories of Becky’s skating exploits
- Cavalier You seem awfully
cavalier about this
- Stentorian Everett’s
stentorian voice reverberated
- Embodiment the embodiment of all Kim’s
anger
- Plethoric a ruddy, plethoric
face
- Retrospect even in retrospect, I
think it was worth it
- Compunction feels no compunction about
killing hundreds of kids
- Substantial his career had seemed so
substantial
- Disintegrated within a relative blink of the
eye it had al disintegrated
- Gala the proper gala
atmosphere
- Inaugural his inaugural dinner
celebration
- Sotto voce “I trust you called your
security,” Everett said sotto
voce.
Chapter 13 Matching – Toxin
Part II-Denotation: on a separate piece of paper
match the vocabulary word with its definition. You will probably need a
dictionary to accomplish this.
- Regaled a bodily
condition characterized by an excess of blood
- Cavalier possessed of
means: considerable in quantity : significantly great
- Stentorian to
give pleasure or amusement to
- Embodiment marking
a beginning : first in a projected series
- Plethoric anxiety arising
from awareness of guilt
- Retrospect given to offhand
dismissal of important matters
- Compunction a festive celebration
- Substantial under the breath :
in an undertone
- Disintegrated extremely loud
- Gala to lose
unity or integrity by or as if by breaking into parts
- Inaugural a review of or
meditation on past events
- Sotto voce a
single object standing for a whole or greater idea