7 & 8 Vocabulary # 1

Aug. 15, 2011

Directions: 1) Identify the part of Speech.

2) Respell the word (in whatever way needed) to learn the pronunciation.

3) AND THEN Separate the word into syllables.

4) Write out each word 3 times

5) On a separate sheet of paper, write out ONE sentence for each word (6 word min).

6) THEN write one additional sentence using a minimum of three vocab words.

1) Garrulous - __________ - Talkative; chatty

2) Genre - __________ - A type or category, especially of art or writing

3) Genteel - __________ - Refined; polite; "aristocratic" (a person who is genteel has gentility)

4) Glut - __________ - An overabundance

5) Grandiloquent - __________ - Pompous; using a lot of big fancy words just in order to sound impressive.

6) Grandiose - __________ - absurdly exaggerated; overly large

7) Gratuitous - __________ - given freely (said of something bad) unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for

8) Gravity - __________ - seriousness; (related to the grave)

9) Gregarious - __________ - Sociable; enjoying the company of others

10) Guile - __________ - Cunning; duplicity; artfulness