Weekly College Prep Vocabulary Test

Once a week you will have an in-class vocabulary test which will consist of between five and ten vocabulary words. The test will be based on the attached list. The list begins in the upper left hand of the page and continues forward, column by column to the lower right hand of the page. The vocabulary words are in groups of ten. There are 30 groups. I will verbally state one of the words which you have studied and you will provide the following: 1. Identify its part of speech (if multiple parts of speech, you must provide one and the following requirements must be consistent with that part of speech); 2. A good definition; 3. One or two well written sentences which make me understand that you have comprehended not only its meaning, but also its sense.

Some examples follow.

manse Noun 1) archaic: the dwelling of a householder; 2) the residence of a clergyman; especially: the house of a Presbyterian clergyman; 3) a large imposing residence. Merwyn and Maura moved into the old manse, which they had been renovating for four years prior to their marriage - or four rooms each year. One of their new neighbors told them it had once belonged to a Rev. Maurice Quimby who was the first pastor at the now defunct Presbyterian church, but he had lost it and his reputation in a poker game over 100 years ago. perspicacious adjective: 1) of acute mental vision or discernment :
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Even though he was only 16 years old Murrays perspicacious acuity dazzled both his Math and Science teachers. Not only was he able to

Mr. De Vito, Sr. English - III

Weekly College Prep Vocabulary Test

define Einsteins Theory of relativity, he was able to explain it within the context of other laws of physics.

Mr. De Vito, Sr. English - III