Vocabulary Review Week 9 (and others)

Vocabulary

100

A narrow minded person, prejudiced person

bigot

200

One who presents cultural series, organizer

impresario

300

a valuable thing to have

asset

400

Define:  extortion

getting money by threats

500

Define: adverse

unfavorable, harmful

Vocabulary II

100

Fill in the blank:

We couldn't tell if the snake was a King or not, so we were ___________to touch it.  (HINT:  reluctant)

loath

200

Fill in the blank:

The skating coach felt ______________ as she watched her so called prodigy fall three times during competition.  (HINT: not effective)

ineffectual

300

Fill in the blank:

The music sensation seemed to come out of the arena with an ______________, but he had to get away from the fans before they flooded his personal space.   (HINT:  group )

entourage

400

Fill in the blank:

His __________ attitude on the court turned the scouts away before the first half was over.  (HINT: poor)

virulent

500

Fill in the blank:

The new student found her class to be fairly ____________, especially when one of the other girls invited her over to eat dinner at her house later on in the week. (HINT:  friendly)

amicable

Usage wk 6

100

I visited the (capital/capitol/Capitol) last weekend on the varsity club trip.

capitol (no C)

200

The president is trying to earn enough (capital, Capitol, capitol) for his border wall.

capital

300

Proper nouns should always have a (capital/capitol/Capitol) letter.

capital

400

Please use the (carat/caret/karat) symbol when editing your friends paper.

caret

500

Explain the differences among the following:

carat, caret, karat, carrot

carat measures jewels

caret is a symbol used to "insert"

karat measures gold

carrot is a veggie!

Miscellaneous

100

The top address in a letter is called what?

Return address

200

Dear Senator:

This is an example of a _____________.

Greeting

300

In a formal letter, the greeting ALWAYS has what punctuation mark after it?

Colon (not semi-colon)

400

Sincerely, 

Cheers,

Until We Meet Again,

These are examples of what?

salutations

500

In any formal letter, the last paragraph should always accomplish what?

Accept any of the below:

1. end the letter naturally

2. Thank your audience for their time and consideration

3. Request a follow-up

4. Include contact information where they CAN follow-up with you

Mr. Chiochios

100

What is Sammy's middle name?

Robert

200

What kind of car did Mr. Chiochios FIRST have?

a 1990 Oldsmobile 88 ( will accept Oldsmobile)

300

What kind of boat does Mr. Chiochios have?  (Looking for brand name of biggest boat.)

Starcraft

400

How many years did Mr. Chiochios spend on his bachelors degree?

6

500

How far did Mr. Chiochios throw the shot put as a senior? (Max throw)

40 ft, 2 inches (second place in Ewen's conference meet)

"will accept correct footage.