Parts & Pieces: Etymology, Roots, Prefixes, and Parts of Speech
Words ending with the suffix -ion are most commonly this part of speech.
What is a noun?
Define palpitate.
What is "to beat rapidly, strongly, or irregularly"?
The ___ (salubrious / perdition / lassitude) mountain air revived Victor’s health
What is salubrious?
An antonym for salubrious?
What is unhealthy or toxic?
What is "stolen"?
The etymology of the word "verdure" comes from the French word for this color.
What is green?
Define "chimerical."
What is "imaginary" or "fantastical"?
Clerval’s ___ (indolent / effusive / immutable) enthusiasm overflowed whenever he greeted Victor.
What is effusive?
A synonym for sublime.
What is majestic, awe-inspiring, exalted?
John Keats, a contemporary of Mary Shelley, was often called the father of Metaphysical Poetry. Given this title, what might be a theme of this school of literature?
Which word, borrowed into English from French, describes a suitcase that opens into two parts?
What is "to prophesize" or "foretell a future event"?
Victor’s father reproached him for his ___ (timorous / sedulous / inexorable) avoidance of Elizabeth’s letters.
What is timorous?
A synonym for mien.
What is appearance or demeanor?
What machination does Victor engage in to create his creature?
This word comes from the Latin verb "mutare" which means to change. But this word suggests the opposite is true.
What is immutable?
Define "abstruse".
What is "difficult to understand"?
The creature’s murder of the young child seemed to doom Victor to eternal ___ (progeny / perdition / approbation).
What is perdition?
An antonym for sedulous.
What is lazy or negligent or indolent?
These types of poets often recommended perambulations in nature to access the sublime.
What are the Romantic poets?
This word comes from the fencing world, describing a deceptive maneuver or false move to deceive an opponent. It comes from the French verb feindre which means to pretend or deceive.
What is feint?
Define "encomium."
What is a "speech of praise"?
Even in his ___ (abstruse / verdure / insuperable) studies, Victor pursued knowledge relentlessly.
What is abstruse?
An antonym for lassitude.
What is energy or vitality?
Write a one sentence panegyric about Halloween.
Praising pumpkins, spooky stuff, etc.