Week 11 Vocabulary
1. aberration: (n) a departure from the usual course; a deviation; an abnormal development
2. adjudge: (v) to decree or decide by law; to pass sentence
3. candor: (n) openness; saying what one really thinks; frankness; impartiality
4. corroborate: (v) to support or strengthen an idea or a statement; to attest to the truth of; to confirm
5. dearth: (n) a scarcity, as of food; a lack; too small a supply of something
6. diurnal: (adj) occurring every day; daily; occurring during the daytime
7. herculean: (adj) extremely demanding or difficult; requiring or having great courage or strength, like that possessed by Hercules
8. ludicrous: (adj) amusingly absurd; ridiculous
9. retrospect: (n) a contemplation or survey of things that happened in the past
10. salient: (adj) standing out; easily seen or noticed; conspicuous; noticeable; prominent
11. formally: proper; dignified
12. formerly: previous; in the past
13. minor: a person under legal age
14. morale: spirit; mental condition
15. versatile
16. unmistakable
17. pursue
18. mysterious
19. synonymous
20. livelihood
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Week 11 Vocabulary Practice
1. I once had a weird dream that a jury was deciding whether I was worthy of being sent to England to study Stonehenge. In the dream, the court _____ that I was indeed qualified to research ancient British art.
2. In _____, I realize that I decided to study pre-historic British art because of that dream.
3. I actually ended up going to Stonehenge the summer after I graduated from high school. Stonehenge is a gigantic _____, an extra-ordinary grouping of stones on the Salisbury Plain that is totally different from anything else around it.
4. Can you imagine the _____ effort required to drag the fifty-ton sandstone blocks into place?
5. There are many theories about the meaning and purpose of Stonehenge, and some physical evidence _____, or backs up, these theories.
6. Stonehenge may have been a temple to which some Neolithic people made _____ visits, perhaps to watch the sun rise.
7. There is a _____ of artistic markings on the stones, but a few still remain—carvings of a dagger and depictions of bronze axe heads, for example.
8. These markings are difficult to see; they are not among Stonehenge’s most _____ features.
9. Do you think it is _____ that people come from all over the world to see a group of standing stones? I certainly do not—there is nothing strange about admiring a place as powerful as Stonehenge.
10. As an art historian, what is my true opinion of Stonehenge? With complete _____ I can say that it is magnificent.
Write a sentence that correctly demonstrates the following patterns:
11. Infinitive phrase, S V
12. S V; S V
Write incorrect or correct for each sentence.
13. I thought about buying that car; but I decided it wasn’t for me.
14. To ensure your safety, you should wear your seatbelt.
15. To go out for lunch daily Sam needs a bigger paycheck.