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
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. uncivilized: barbarous 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.