Vocabulary Review #3

What does chrom mean?

• science of speech sounds

• sound

• science of colors

• color

What does phon mean?

• pleasing to the ear

• sound

• effects of color

• study of speech sounds

The ___ painting was beautiful because the artist did everything in shades of red, my favorite color.

The ___ of the orchestra was beautiful and calming.

Which word matches which definition?

• lacking liveliness, dull

• surfeit

• overabundant supply or indulgence

• Root: phon

• to laugh at mockingly, scorn

• fastidious

• demanding, having unattainable standards

• vapid

• sound

• deride

Which definition matches which word?

• euphony

• color

• Root: chrom

• a picture done in different shades of the same color

• monochrome

• being pleasing to the ear

• acrimony

• bitterness, discord

• cajole

• to urge, coax

Biff and Trevor could not keep ___ from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Tiffany.

The bullies ___ the foreign student's accent to the point he ran home crying.

Ted's friends ___ him into going to the game even though he didn't really want to go.

The ___ spirit fingers of the cheer team caused the judges to score them very low.