Vocabulary Week 16
1. chastise-v. to punish; to criticize severely; to scold
2. demagogue-n. a leader who stirs up people by appealing to their emotions; a rabble-rouser
3. deplore-v. to feel very sorry about; to regret deeply; to lament; to disapprove of
4. detriment-n. damage; harm; injury; anything that causes damage or injury
5. emanate-v. to issue from; to originate from
6. harbinger-v. to announce; to indicate what will follow; n. a forerunner; a herald
7. intercede-v. to plead, or petition, on another’s behalf; to act as a mediator in a dispute
8. irrevocable-adj. not capable of being retracted, recalled, or withdrawn; unalterable
9. obnoxious-adj. very disagreeable; highly offensive; hateful
10.prevaricate-v. to evade the truth
11.villain
12.soluble
13.nickel
14.nuisance
15.propaganda
16.reversible
17.leisurely
18.inoculate
19.epitome
20.facsimile PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAPER Vocabulary Week 16 Practice
1. “Didn’t Shaw’s plays ______a change in modern drama?” Janell asked. “His were the first plays to indicate that ‘the action is in the language . . . not in the unrolling of plot.”
2. Alan, true to form, started arguing with Janell about her question, and Mr. Durand had to step in and settle the dispute. He ______by saying, “Shaw didn’t develop that type of drama, but he certainly did his share to popularize it.”
3. “We may wonder how so many great plays issued from just one man, but just think of all the plays that ______from the mind of Shakespeare.”
4. “How many others ______my decision?” Mr. Durand asked. “Or do you approve of it and agree that we can us the time today to talk generally about Shaw and Saint Joan?”
5. “I don’t mean to be a ______—Isn’t that what you said a rabble-rouser is called?—but I read the play in the time you gave us, and I don’t think it’s fair to give others more time,” said Alan, our unofficial class upstart.
6. “Mr. Durand, do you think Joan of Arc’s story appealed to Shaw because her fate was so ______?” Ima asked. “I mean, being burned at the stake is pretty final.”
7. “That’s an ______idea,” Micah said, obviously offended. “It wasn’t Saint Joan’s death but her life that interested and inspired Shaw—and that led to her being named a saint.”
8. “How many of you have finished reading Saint Joan?” Mr. Durand asked. “I won’t ______you today if you haven’t, but I may scold you if you haven’t finished it by tomorrow.”
9. “I’m sure there is no ______, or harm, done to those studious few who have read the entire play and its fascinating preface.”
10. One thing we all admired about Joan was that when asked to renounce her visions, she refused. She could have ______rather than being so direct. chastise demagogue deplore detriment emanate harbinger intercede irrevocable obnoxious prevaricate
Write your own sentence for each pattern
11. S V DO; S, DO (omitted verb) OR S V Complement; S, Complement (omitted verb)
12. S V Key Term—Repeated Key Term OR S V Key term, Repeated Key Term
Determine whether each sentence is correct or incorrect.
13. I have brown hair, Joey, red.
14. I’m going to KU after graduation; my friend, K-State.
15. I dream of a peaceful world—a world with no pain.