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Words of the Week, Set 2

Words of the Week, Set 2. Copy the words and definitions onto your WOW sheet. Then, complete the form for you to use as a study guide. Make sure that you can pronounce the words. Arcane Benevolent Capitulate Consonance Ethereal Eulogize. Salubrious Vestige Wanton Xenophobia.

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Words of the Week, Set 2

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  1. Words of the Week, Set 2 Copy the words and definitions onto your WOW sheet. Then,complete the form for you to use as a study guide.

  2. Make sure that you can pronounce the words. Arcane Benevolent Capitulate Consonance Ethereal Eulogize Salubrious Vestige Wanton Xenophobia

  3. Nouns are words that stand for people, places, things, and ideas. • Consonance, and agreement or a blending of sounds • Vestige, a trace or hint of something from long ago • Xenophobia, a fear of new or foreign things

  4. Verbs are words that represent actions or connect a subject to a word describing the subject. • Capitulate, to surrender • Eulogize, to praise highly

  5. Adjectives describe people, places, and things • Arcane, mysterious • Benevolent, kind-hearted • Ethereal, heavenly • Salubrious, heathly • Wanton, lustful

  6. Arcane – adj. • Secret; mysterious; understood by only a few • Ex. Andrea couldn’t understand Mr. Berra’s lectures because of all the arcane words and phrases he used.

  7. Benevolent • Kindhearted; good-natured; generous • Ex. The girl’s benevolent grandparents helped her to save for her college education.

  8. Capitulate, verb • Surrender; yield • Ex. During the conquest in 1066, the Anglo-Saxons were forced to capitulate to the Normans.

  9. Consonance, noun • a blending of sounds or opinions; agreement • Ex. The symphony concert was a wonderful consonance of exciting sounds.

  10. Ethereal, adjective • Heavenly; fine; delicately beautiful • Ex. I watched as the ethereal girl studied her math in seminar, and I fell deeply in love.

  11. Eulogize, verb • To praise highly, to extol • Ex. The newspaper editorial eulogized the former mayor and his many achievements.

  12. Salubrious, adjective • Promoting health • Ex. A salubrious lifestyle always begins with exercise, which seems to be too hard for me!

  13. Vestige, noun • Something left behind; a visible trace or evidence of something that has vanished • Some people feel that bell bottoms are a vestige from the seventies, but others still adore them.

  14. Wanton, adjective • Excessive; uncontrolled; lustful • Ex. One of the reasons we were so fascinated with the story of King Arthur is Lancelot’s wanton passes at Guinevere.

  15. Xenophobia, noun • The fear or hatred of anything foreign • The lecturer Eli Weisel openly spoke of his opposition to xenophobia, for he was a Holocaust survivor.

  16. Make sure that you can pronounce the new terms. Arcane Benevolent Capitulate Consonance Ethereal Eulogize Salubrious Vestige Wanton Xenophobia

  17. Nouns are words that represent people, places, things, and ideas. • Consonance, an agreement or blending of sounds • Vestige, a hint or trace of something from the past • Xenophobia, a fear of new or foreign things

  18. Verbs show action or connect subjects to something that describes them. • Capitulate, to surrender • Eulogize, to praise highly (mainly after death)

  19. Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. • Arcane, secret or mysterious • Benevolent, kind-hearted • Ethereal, heavenly • Salubrious, healthy • Wanton, excessive and lustful

  20. Remember to study words 1 – 5 for the next class.

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