Vocabulary: World Literature

For each of the following vocabulary words, write down:
a) guessed meaning
b) dictionary definition
c) root word
d) sentence that shows the meaning of the word

#1

1. exuberant
2. dire
3. genial
4. emanated
5. sage
6. aesthetic
7. rancor
8. procured
9. ardor
10. tumult
11. impartial
12. valor

class notes: "L or T?"

#2

1. prosaic
2. austere
3. complacent
4. dubious
5. ephemeral
6. insipid
7. obscure
8. depravity
9. expedite
10. peripheral
11. taciturn
12. expedient

class notes

#3

1. fastidious
2. novel
3. parsimony
4. provincial
5. respite
6. anecdote
7. drone
8. desecrate
9. euphonious
10. cacophonous
11. guile
12. immutable

class notes

#4

1. incessant
2. static
3. bastion
4. benign
5. credulous
6. disparage
7. philanthropist
8. virulent
9. zeal
10. acuity
11. affable
12. avarice

class notes

#5

1. devoid
2. disheveled
3. lamentable
4. ostentatious
5. patron
6. contour
7. languid
8. allure
9. protuberance

10. sublime
11. parody
12. nebulous

notes

#6

1.artificiality
2. gaudy
3. unwittingly
4. forlorn
5. retain
6. grovel
7. palpitate
8. haughty
9. barren
10. besiege
11. demure
12. courtier

#7

1. cajole
2. dilapidated
3. decorum
4. derisive
5. emphatic
6. indignant
7. lassitude
8. motif
9. presentiment
10. proffer
11. ebullient
12. incredulity

class notes

#8

1. amiable
2. arrant
3. belied
4. clamor
5. depraved
6. impediment
7. expedient
8. epithet
9. mitigate
10. ominous
11. slander
12. semblance

class notes

#9 #10 #11 #12