Vocabulary from Sin and Syntax, Ch 1-8

Match the following words to their definitions:

• placing things close together to compare

• palette

• Empty or lacking contents or ideas

• euphemism

• The range or variety of tone

• antiquated

• old-fashioned or outdated

• vacuous

• An indirect word used for one considered

• juxtaposition

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the following:

• a long, sometimes humorous letter

• antecedent

• standing in for someone or something

• proxy

• a rhythmic sequence

• cadence

• A word to which the pronoun refers

• missive

• the responsibility for a wrong

• culpability

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Match the following

• a color that is bright and showy

• eschew

• to avoid or keep away from

• garish

• the breaking down of something

• solipsistic

• to cause something to change state

• render

• selfish or self-centered

• alchemy

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Match the following

• people who are obsessed with rules

• antiquated

• old-fashioned

• obfuscate

• being arrogant, self-important

• mnemonic

• a device to aid in learning a thing

• pedants

• the act of making something unclear

• pompositiy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• expressing ideas in a pompous manner

• vestiges

• present, found everywhere

• philologist

• who studies the history of languages

• ubiquitous

• used in ordinary conversation

• pontificating

• traces of something that no longer exist

• colloquial

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• fluent or persuasive with words

• eloquent

• something that takes without giving

• symbiotic

• That that takes gives good as it takes

• parasitic

• passionate grief

• mediocre

• something that's just okay

• lament

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ​ (a)   of adjectives can make writing powerful and showing.

• alchemy
• epithets
• proxy
• antecendents
• ediface

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Mark isn't sure that he will get an A on his vocabulary quiz. The antecedent of ​ (a)   is​ (b)  

• he
• Mark

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Martha's ​ (a)   essay left the teacher wondering what she was trying to say with all of those words.

• vacusous
• salvo
• tantamount
• garish
• suave
• antiquated

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6