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Vocabulary9-English
Vocabulary cards for English Lesson 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| artifact. ar-ti-fact. In some distant future hula hoops and skateboards may become treasured ARTIFACTS. | ARS, ARTIS "art" n. An object made by human beings; often refers to a primitive tool or other relic from an earlier period. |
| artifice. ar-ti-fice. 1. In the fable about a crow and a pitcher, the crow's ARTIFICE enables it to quench its thirst. 2. Dressing stylishly on a limited budget requires planing, imagination, and artifice. | ARS, ARTIS "art" n. 1. Craftiness; trickery. 2. Cleverness; skill. |
| artless. art-less. 1. Because Miranda has lived all of her life on a remote island, she is ARTLESS in the ways of the world. 2. The ARTLESS patrons at the movie theater left their trash on the floor by their seats. | ARS, ARTIS "art" adj. 1. Without deceit or cunning; natural; simple. 2. Crude; ignorant; uncultured. |
| artisan. ar-ti-san. George Hepplewhite was such a superb ARTISAN that his furniture is still prized more than two centuries later. | ARS, ARTIS "art" n. A skilled craftsperson. |
| ode. ode. Beginning his ODE with the line, "O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being," Percy Bysshe Shelley expresses admiration for the wind's swiftness and power an asks it to scatter the poet's words "among mankind" | AOIDE "song" n. A poem usually addressed to a particular person, object or event that has stimulated deep and noble feelings in the poet. |
| parody. par-o-dy. 1. Ogden Nash's PARODY of Joyce Kilmer's "Trees" bemoans the ugliness of billboards in a humorous way. 2. Cartoonists sometimes PARODY contemporary political figures or events. | AOIDE "song" n. A humorous imitation of a piece of literature or music. tr. v. TO mimic a style, plot, or idea for comic effect. |
| rhapsody. rhap-so-dy. Visitors to the Grand Canyon often recount their impressions in a RHAPSODY of detail. | AOIDE "song" n. Speech or writing expressing great pleasure or enthusiasm. |
| incantation. in-can-at-tion. The INCANTATION, "Open, Sesame!" spoken in an ARABIAN NIGHTS tale, derives from the magical powers associated with the sesame plant. | CANTO, CANTARE, CANTAVI, CANTATUM "to sing" n. THe chanting or speaking of words seeming to have magical power or used to create a magical spell. |
| recant. re-cant. Although Galileo was convinced that the earth moves around the sun, he RECANTED this belief when it brought open conflict with the Catholic church. | CANTO, CANTARE, CANTAVI, CANTATUM "to sing" tr. v. To take back a formal statement or belief previously made known. |
| depict. de-pict. 1. The Bayeux Tapestry DEPICTS the Battle of Hastings fought in 1066. 2. Jade Snow Wong DEPICTS the life of a girl growing up in San Francisco's Chinatown in her autobiography, FIFTH CHINESE DAUGHTER. | PINGO, PINGERE, PINXI, PICTUM "to paint" "to embroider" tr. v. 1. To paint, draw, or express in a picture or sculpture. 2. TO describe; to picture in words. |
| pictograph. pic-to-graph. PICTOGRAPHS on the walls of palaces in Yucatan have given archaeologists clues to Mayan mythology. | PINGO,PINGERE,PINXI,PICTUM "to paint "to embroider" n. A picture or drawing representing words or ideas. |
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