Week 6 Vocabulary

  1. dogma (n.) a belief or set of beliefs held to be true, especially by a church or other authority; a doctrine
  1. exhort (v.) to urge strongly; to advise or warn earnestly; to admonish
  1. implicit (adj.) implied; naturally involved though not obviously evident; unquestioning
  1. inveigle (v.) to win over with trickery or flattery; to entice; to coax with deceitful talk
  1. nondescript (adj.) not having individual characteristics; hard to describe
  1. nonentity (n.) a person or thing of little or no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
  1. parsimonious (adj.) too economical; stingy; miserly
  1. scurrilous (adj.) given to the use of abusive or indecent language; foulmouthed
  1. sundry (adj.) various; miscellaneous
  1. vociferous (adj.) loud and noisy; clamorous; demanding
  1. all ready (adj.) all prepared
  2. already (adv.) previously
  3. capital (adj. or noun) spelling used in all cases except when referring to a building in which legislature meets
  4. capitol (n.) a building in which legislature meets
  5. led (v.) past form of lead
  6. lead (n.) a heavy metal
  7. camouflage
  8. conscious
  9. government
  10. temperature

Week 6 Vocabulary Practice

  1. Request or ----- the librarian to reserve for you a copy of The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five. You may have to pretend that you need it for a class.
  1. You may not want my suggestions, but I ----- you to reserve a copy, since the book is so popular.
  1. Find a quiet place away from ----- people and read about the romance and of the queen from Zone Three and the king from Zone Four.
  1. The ----- Providers, the colorless rulers of the cosmos, order these two to marry and unite the two zones.
  1. Zone Three is a lovely, peaceful place. Zone Four is a militaristic and crude place; its soldiers use ----- language. The contrast between civility and vulgarity is pretty jarring.
  1. Despite the ------differences in their societies—and believe me, there are too many to count—the king and the queen discover that they are compatible.
  1. A strong and ----- confidence develops between them.
  2. This is my favorite book in the series because it focuses on realistic characters rather than on ----- who seem invented just to represent ideas.
  1. Problems develop, but they are not the usual domestic ones, such as conflicts between a generous and a ----- partner.
  1. All of these characters, however, live by a ----- that is foreign to our society. I can’t imagine adopting their beliefs.

Write a sentence with the following pattern:

  1. S V, conjunction S V
  2. Prepositional Phrase(,) S V

Tell whether the following sentences are punctuated correctly. If no, rewrite the sentence to fix the punctuation.

  1. The dog went upstairs, and went to sleep.
  2. Sally sat down, and she had dinner.
  3. In the morning, I am going to review my vocabulary words so I am ready for the test.

Vocab Practice Answer Key

  1. inveigle
  2. exhort
  3. vociferous
  4. nondescript
  5. scurrilous
  6. sundry
  7. implicit
  8. nonentities
  9. parsimonious
  10. dogma
  11. S V, conj. S V
  12. Prep. Phrase (,) S V
  13. I- no comma
  14. C
  15. I-no comma