Chapter 5 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. keen                            feel a keen disappointment
2. mollified                      Momentarily mollified, Mrs. Arnold nodded.
3. mulling                        Kim was mulling all this over.
4. petulantly                    “I can’t get this open,” she said petulantly.
5. contracted                   she could have easily have contracted it
6. resent                          I resent you implying … I’m some kind of ogre
7. reluctance                   Becky informed me of her reluctance

 

 

Chapter 5 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.

 

8. keen                            A. to soothe in temper or disposition
9. mollified                      B. insolent or rude in speech or behavior
10. mulling                        C. to bring on oneself especially inadvertently
11. petulantly                    D. feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness
12. contracted                   E. to feel or express annoyance or ill will at
13. resent                          F. affecting one as if by cutting: pungent to the sense
14. reluctance                   G. to consider at length