Chapter 6 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. extravaganza              it was a bathing extravaganza
2. respite                         He used the brief respite to glance at the chart
3. mused                         And thank modern day cardiac surgery, Kim mused
4. chronic                        I hope this chronic overtime doesn’t cause you any trouble
5. reluctant                     He considered…but was reluctant
6. heady                          It had been a heady time
7. throng                         Kim steered through the throng of the anteroom
8. deferred                      not only wasn’t he being deferred to,
9. insolence                     She’s not going to get away with that kind of insolence
10. interim                        In the interim he’d managed to gather the contents
11. exalted                        your exalted position in the hospital
12. malingering                 any symptom less…is a kind of malingering
13. mammoth                    the mammoth Molly McFadden was nowhere to be seen
14. admonished                “Don’t lose your temper,” Tracy admonished.
15. desultory                     engaged in desultory conversation
16. vanguard                     escorted by a vanguard of EMTs
17. furor                            I didn’t think I cared whether you got into a furor
18. semblance                   losing all semblance of control
19. malcontent                  You’re acting like some malcontent
20. demeaning                  it was irritating and demeaning

 

Chapter 6 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.

 

21. extravaganza              A. tending to intoxicate or make giddy or elated
22. respite                         B. marked by long duration or frequent recurrence
23. mused                         C.  a deliberate putting off to a later time
24. chronic                        D. an intervening time
25. reluctant                     E. to raise in rank, power, or character
26. heady                          F. to express warning or disapproval to
27. throng                         G. a lavish or spectacular show or event
28. deferred                      H.  to pretend incapacity illness so as to avoid duty or work
29. insolence                     I. the troops moving at the head of an army
30. interim                        J. feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness
31. exalted                        K. something immense of its kind
32. malingering                 L. the quality or state of being insultingly contemptuous in

speech or conduct

33. mammoth                    M. a period of temporary delay
34. admonished                N. a multitude of assembled persons
35. desultory                     O. to become absorbed in thought
36. vanguard                     P. one who bears a grudge from a sense of grievance or

thwarted ambition

 

37. furor                            Q. marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
38. semblance                   R. to conduct or behave in a proper manner
39. malcontent                  S. an angry or maniacal fit
40. demeaning                  T. outward and often specious appearance or show