Chapter 3 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.

 

1.  Gothic                                 with a few Victorian gothic touches

 

2.  Resignation              Tracy said with resignation.

 

3.  Warily                                 eyed each other warily.

 

4.  Proprietary                          he seemed to have a proprietary manner.

 

5.  Condescendingly                 Carl said condescendingly.

 

6.  Premise                               I certainly didn’t buy her premise

 

7.  Discretionary                       what to do with all my discretionary income

 

8.  Heralded                             the uncarpeted stairs heralded Becky’s arrival.

 

9.  Mock                                  assumed a mock reproving expression.

 

10.  Precocious                        regarded his darling, precocious ten-year-old

 

11.  Intoned                              “Yeah, yeah,” Becky intoned.

 

12.  Nonplussed                       Carl said nonplussed.

 

13.  Adroitly                             how adroitly his daughter could manipulate

 

14.  Indignantly             Becky said indignantly.

 

15.  Commensurate                  the Onion Ring was commensurate with the number

 

16.  Pandemonium                    It was controlled pandemonium.

 

17.  Besmeared                        happy to see the ketchup-besmeared toddler

 

18.  Insistent                             Mrs. Arnold is insistent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3 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.

 

1.  Gothic                                  A.  skillfully; displaying physical or mental skill.

 

2.  Resignation                          B.  smear with substance; to smear somebody or something

with mud, dirt, or some greasy or sticky substance.

 

3.  Warily                                 C.  snobby; behaving toward other people in a way that shows you

consider yourself socially or intellectually superior to them, especially when explaining or giving something.

 

4.  Proprietary                           D.  usable as wanted; able to be used without any stipulations.

 

5.  Condescendingly                  E.  cautiously; cautiously and watchfully.

 

6.  Premise                               F.  relating to owners or ownership; relating to, involving, or associated with an owner, ownership, or something owned.

 

7.  Discretionary                       G.  uncivilizedbarbarous or uncivilized.

 

8.  Heralded                              H.  sign of what will happen; somebody or something that

is a forerunner of something or gives an indication of

something that is going to happen.

 

9.  Mock                                   I.   to say something, especially in a slow and serious or solemn way.

 

10.  Precocious                         J.  unprotesting acceptance of something; agreement to something, usually given reluctantly but without protest.

 

11.  Intoned                              K.  mentally advanced for age; more developed, especially

mentally, than is usual or expected at a particular age,

or showing such advanced development.

 

12.  Nonplussed                                    L.  angry at unfairness; angry or annoyed at the unfairness

or unreasonableness of somebody or something.

 

13.  Adroitly                             M.  pretend; done as an act, especially in order to amuse people.

 

14.  Indignantly                         N.  state of confusion; a state of confusion and nervousness.

 

15.  Commensurate                   O.  persistent in maintaining or demanding something; demanding attention, persistently calling for or compelling attention.

 

16.  Pandemonium                    P.  basis of argument; a proposition that forms the basis of

an argument or from which a conclusion is drawn.

 

17.  Besmeared                                    Q.  in proportion; properly or appropriately proportionate.

 

18.  Insistent                             R.  Hell; Hell, or any place of chaos or torment.

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