Chapter 7 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. Epiphany                     He didn’t reach any epiphany
2. Quintessential            Dr. Forrester was the quintessential New England conservative
3. Reprimands                there was no way Kim would sit here and absorb reprimands
4. Prestigious                  recruited to take over a number of prestigious departments
5. Matriculation             Tracy couldn’t move because of her matriculation
6. Prosaic                        it’s usually as prosaic as who’d screwing whom
7. Paraphernalia the pens and other paraphernalia he kept in his pockets
8. Cavernous                  Kim dashed into the cavernous, almost empty living room
9. Pertinent                     asked a few pertinent questions
10. Presumptive               What’s your presumptive diagnosis?
11. Proscribe                    utilization rules proscribe routine cultures
12. Juncture                      I wouldn’t recommend it…not at this juncture
13. Definitive                    we have a definitive diagnosis
14. Resignedly                 “All right,” Kim said resignedly
15. Decimate                    Antibiotics can decimate the normal flora

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 7 Vocabulary – Toxin – Matching

 

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.

 

 

16. Epiphany                     having high standing or estimation in the eyes of people
17. Quintessential            to condemn or forbid as harmful or unlawful
18. Reprimands                articles of equipment: accessory items
19. Prestigious                  a point of time
20. Matriculation             constituting or suggesting a large or indefinite space
21. Prosaic                        authoritative and apparently exhaustive
22. Paraphernalia a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature

or meaning of something

23. Cavernous                  to give up deliberately; especially : to renounce
24. Pertinent                     a severe or formal reproof
25. Presumptive               to reduce drastically especially in number
26. Proscribe                    the essence of a thing in its purest and most concentrated form
27. Juncture                      giving grounds for reasonable opinion or belief
28. Definitive                    a common or everyday situation
29. Resignedly                 having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
30. Decimate                    to enroll as a member of a college or university