Monday: exuberance
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Tuesday: threadbare
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Wednesday: glutton
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Thursday: ignominy
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Friday: pithy
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Please
select an activity.
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1. Match
Meanings
2.
Use Words in
Sentences
3. Latin
Root Words
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Match
Meanings
Can you match the words with their
meanings?
| exuberance |
threadbare |
glutton |
| ignominy |
pithy |
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answers!)
1. (concise;
meaningful)
2. (someone
who eats too much; greedy person)
3. (overflowing
abundance; lavishness)
4. (deep
disgrace)
5. (shabby
& poor)
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Use
Words in Sentences
Can you correctly use this week's words in
the following sentences?
| exuberance |
threadbare |
glutton |
| ignominy |
pithy |
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answers!)
1. The
poor adjunct professor hid the _________
spots
on his
jacket
with patches.
2. I
was blown over by the _________
of Amy’s welcome.
3.
I enjoy reading his essays because they
are always compact
and
_________.
4.
To
loose the ping-pong match to a chimpanzee!
How could Rollo
stand
the _________
of
his defeat?
5. Who
is the _________
who
ate up all the chocolate chip cookies?
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Latin
Root Words 67%
of all English words originate from Latin. Do
you know which
of this week's
words come from Latin?
| exuberance |
threadbare |
glutton |
| ignominy |
pithy |
(Click
here to find out!)
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| Answers: Match
Meanings
1. pithy (concise;
meaningful)
2. glutton (someone
who eats too much; greedy person)
3. exuberance (overflowing
abundance; lavishness)
4. ignominy (deep
disgrace)
5. threadbare (shabby
& poor)
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| Answers: Use Words
in Sentences
1. The
poor adjunct professor hid the threadbare spots
on his
jacket
with patches.
2. I
was blown over by the exuberance of Amy’s welcome.
3.
I enjoy reading his essays because they
are always compact
and pithy.
4.
To
loose the ping-pong match to a chimpanzee!
How could Rollo
stand
the ignominy of
his defeat?
5. Who
is the glutton who
ate up all the chocolate chip cookies?
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Latin
Root Words
exuberance (overflowing
abundance; lavishness) comes
from the
Latin word exuberare meaning to
turn aside.
threadbare (shabby
& poor) does not come from Latin.
glutton (someone
who eats too much; greedy person) comes from
the Latin word glutto meaning glutton.
ignominy (deep
disgrace) comes from the Latin word ignominia:
in meaning not and nomen meaning
name.
pithy (concise;
meaningful) does not come from Latin.
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