Vocabulary 14

  1. affront (n) – an open, intentional insult; (v) to insult openly; to offend
  1. capitulate (v) – to surrender on certain terms; to give up; to stop resisting
  1. effusion (n) – a pouring forth; an unrestrained expression of feeling in talking or writing
  1. guffaw (n) – a loud coarse burst of laughter; a horselaugh; (v) – to laugh loudly or coarsely
  1. incarcerate (v) to imprison; to confine
  1. indulgent (adj) – very lenient; not strict enough; making allowances
  1. magnanimous (adj) – noble in spirit; generous in forgiving; unselfish; rising above petty, mean concerns
  1. munificent (adj) – extremely generous; very liberal and lavish in giving
  1. propitious (adj) – favorable; favorably inclined
  1. querulous (adj) – complaining; faultfinding; peevish
  1. accomplishment
  1. business
  1. conceivable
  1. dissatisfied
  1. exhibition
  1. familiarize
  1. grammatically
  1. horizontal
  1. irrelevant
  1. withhold

Vocabulary 14 Practice

  1. Mike’s question about slaveholders began another ----- of comments, and soon everyone was bursting with ideas and questions.
  1. Mr. Tucker asserted that slavery is never a ----- condition. It is always wrong to keep people in a state of bondage.
  1. Joy, whose ancestors were slaves, said that the slaves’ masters were far from ------. In fact, they were usually very demanding.
  1. “I take it as an ----- when people assume that slavery had any positive aspects. I know they don’t mean to be insulting, but it’s very thoughtless.
  1. “Usually, I’m ----- enough to let these comments pass,” Joy continued.
  1. “I try not to be -----, but it’s hard to not get annoyed sometimes,” she added.
  1. “So what finally happened to Wilber Horse?” asked Charlie, with a -----, never missing a chance to clown and try and make us laugh.
  1. “He retired from Parliament in 1825 but continued to denounce the slave trade and the ----- it involved,” Mr. Tucker replied.
  1. “He died a month before Parliament ----- completely, yielding to his demands and abolishing the slave trade,” Mr. Tucker added.
  1. “Wilberforce was truly -----, giving so much time and energy to the cause,” said Joy. “I wonder why we had never heard of him.

affrontcapitulateeffusionguffawincarcerate

indulgentmagnanimousmunificentpropitiousquerulous

Write a sentence for each of the following patterns.

  1. Dependent Clauses in a Series (If…, if…, if…, then S V or S V that…, that…, that….)
  2. S—appositive, appositive, appositive—V

Choose whether each sentence is correct or incorrect.

  1. If you come to class, if you do your work, and if you pay attention then you will graduate.
  2. The skills necessary to be successful—organization, smart, caring—are entirely up to you.
  3. I never realized that you can’t hear the tardy bell, that you don’t have to be on time, and that you don’t have any consequences for breaking the rules.

Vocab 14 Practice Answers

  1. effusion
  2. propitious
  3. indulgent
  4. affront
  5. magnanimous
  6. querulous
  7. guffaw
  8. incarceration
  9. capitulated
  10. munificent
  11. Dependent Clauses in a Series (If…, if…, if…, then S V or S V that…, that…, that….)
  12. S—appositive, appositive, appositive—V
  13. Incorrect
  14. Incorrect
  15. Correct