7 & 8 Vocabulary # 2

Aug. 22, 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) Hackneyed - __________ - Overused; trite; stale; cliché

2) Harbinger - __________ - A forerunner; a signal of

3) Heresy - _________ - Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

4) Heyday - __________ - Golden Age; Prime

5) Hiatus - __________ - A break or interruption, often from work

6) Hierarchy - __________ - An organization based on rank or degree; a pecking order

7) Homogeneous - __________ - Uniform; made entirely of one thing; (the opposite is heterogeneous)

8) Husbandry - __________ - Thrifty management of resources; livestock farming.

9) Hyperbole - __________ - An exaggeration; used as a figure of speech

10) Hypothetical - __________ - Uncertain; unproven (related to Hypothesis)