Vocab Lists 7&8

What is the root of the word: forensic

• Fari

• Forum

• Locutum

• Verbum

Depict the word: interdiction

1. The truth in man is no ________, it is vital as eyesight;   

If there be any Soul, there is truth—if there be man or woman there is truth—if there be physical or moral, there is truth; 

If there be equilibrium or volition, there is truth—if there be things at all upon the earth, there is truth.

-Walt Whitman, Great are the Myths

• verbose

• forum

• dictum

• ineffable

“The art of cursing people seems to have lost its tang since the old days when a good    _______________   took four deep breaths to deliver and sent the outfielders scurrying toward the fence to field.”-Robert Benchley

• linguist

• verbose

• loquacious

• malediction

What is the correct definition of the word: acclamation

• to speak loudly and passionately

• applause; enthusiastic approval

• a loud outcry

• a simple song

What is the root of the word: circumlocution

• Clamatum

• Dictum

• Locutum

• Verbum

Depict the word: ditty

Write a sentence for the word: malediction

“’Sister,” cries the squire, “I have often warn’d you not to talk the court gibberish to me. I tell you, I don’t understand the ______.’”-Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones

• gloss

• lingo

• forum

• forensic

1. Through the house give glimmering light   

By the dead and drowsy fire;  

Every elf and fairy sprite   

Hop as light as bird from brier;   

And this _____ after me   

Sing and dance it trippingly.

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer-Night’s Dream

• diction

• gloss

• clamor

• ditty