Building a Better Vocabulary

1. Try the word-part connection strategy with the word reparable.


2. Draw a four-square concept map for the word abysmal.


3. This word has an interesting etymology; it was originally used
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   extended to describe a person who looks delicious.


4. The teacher __ her students sharply for not doing their
   homework.


5. This word meaning “long-winded speech” shares a connection with
   circumference, the measurement of a circle.


6. The older he got, the more __ the already cantankerous Uncle
   Frank became.

Review Questions