English, 24.06.2020 22:01 CoolRahim9090
This activity will help you meet these educational goals: You will evaluate the definitions of new vocabulary; and analyze the meaning of words in context. Directions Read the instructions for this self-checked activity. Type in your response to each question, and check your answers. At the end of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work. Activity As you read Snow's piece, you probably encountered some unfamiliar words. Although you can often guess the meaning of a word from its context, it's a good idea to note unfamiliar words and look up their meaning and pronunciation in a thesaurus or dictionary. The table lists some words that appear in the first reading selection. Look at their definitions, parts of speech, pronunciations, synonyms, and antonyms. Vocabulary Word and Part of Speech Pronunciation Definition Other Parts of Speech Synonyms Antonyms prevalent (adj) PREH-vuh-luhnt common or existing in a large area at a particular time prevalence (n); prevail (v) dominant, prevailing, predominant unconventional, unpopular, unusual virulence (n) VEER-uh-luhns extreme bitterness, dangerous, and spreading very quickly virulent (adj); virulently (adv) malignancy softness, benignity, tenderness effluvia (n) eh-FLOO-vee-ya an unpleasant exhalation or smell effluvium (n. singular) exhalation, waste morbid (adj) MAWR-buhd unpleasant, relating to death morbidly (adv); morbidity (n) unpleasant, diseased cheerful, comforting, requisite (adj)/(n) REH-kwuh-ziht required requisiteness (n) necessary dispensable, inessential, needless propagate (v) PRAW-puh-gayt to spread (an idea or belief) propagation (n) spread, transmit conceal, restrict pathology (n) puh-THAW-luh-jee the science of the causes of diseases pathological (adj); pathologically (adv) flocculent (adj) FLAW-kyuh-luhnt occurring in the form of loose particles or soft flakes soft, wooly hard Part A Create a sentence of your own using each of the words provided. You can use a dictionary or a thesaurus for reference. prevalent virulence effluvia pathology
Answers: 3
English, 21.06.2019 13:00
Why does the author follow up on the story of martin torres near the end of the article? what important ideas does this part of the article support?
Answers: 3
English, 21.06.2019 18:20
Reflect on the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. in five to six sentences? explain how dr. jekyll develops
Answers: 3
English, 22.06.2019 03:00
Match each word from richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game" to its correct meaning. placid doggedly zealous scruples with determination arrowright extremely passionate arrowright morals arrowright calm arrowright
Answers: 2
English, 22.06.2019 11:20
Read the excerpt from "thoughts on the works of providence" by phillis wheatley and complete the sentence that follows.
Answers: 2
This activity will help you meet these educational goals: You will evaluate the definitions of new v...
Mathematics, 11.09.2019 23:20
Mathematics, 11.09.2019 23:20
Mathematics, 11.09.2019 23:20
Mathematics, 11.09.2019 23:20
Social Studies, 11.09.2019 23:20
Mathematics, 11.09.2019 23:30
Mathematics, 11.09.2019 23:30
Arts, 11.09.2019 23:30
Chemistry, 11.09.2019 23:30
Social Studies, 11.09.2019 23:30