grandiloquent word-of-the-day: coulrophobia
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Grandiloquent Word-of-the-Day: Coulrophobia. Ever since a troupe of clowns beat Bobby with batons and took his cotton candy, he has suffered from extreme coulrophobia ; Bobby curls into the fetal position and sobs whenever he sees a clown. Date: _____________. August 27th (Morpheme #1). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Grandiloquent Word-of-the-Day: Coulrophobia
Ever since a troupe of clowns beat Bobby with batons and took his cotton candy, he hassuffered from extreme coulrophobia; Bobby curls into the fetal position and sobs wheneverhe sees a clown.
1) Prefix, Root, or Suffix?
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Date: _____________
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Morpheme
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Un-
Unhappy
August 27th (Morpheme #1)
Not or opposite
Grandiloquent Word-of-the-Day: Farctate (FARK•tayt)
After eating 13 grilled cheese sandwiches in one minute, Kobayashi was quite farctate, andhe took several Alka-Seltzer to relieve the pressures in his stomach.
August 28th
1) Prefix, Root, or Suffix?
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Morpheme
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-ness
happiness
Forms a noun
State or condition of
August 28th (Morpheme #2)
Happy (adjective)----Happiness (noun)
Gradiloquent Word : Mellifluous(mel•IFF•lew•us)
Whenever Etta James sings, people stop whatever they are doing and Become entranced by her mellifluous voice.
Alternative Forms
Mellifluously (adverb)
Mellifluousness (noun)
August 29th
1) Prefix, Root, or Suffix?
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Morpheme
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-ly
happily
Forms an adverb
To act in a way that is…
August29th (Morpheme #3)
Grandiloquent Word of the Day: Lachanophobia
(LAK•anna•FOE•bee•ya)February 5th
Alternative Forms
Lachanophobe(noun)
Lachanophobic(adjective)
Sally is stricken with an extreme case of lachanophobia; she hyperventilates when walking through a garden or the produce section in the grocery store.
1) Prefix, Root, or Suffix?
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Date: _____________
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Morpheme
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-er
happier
1) Comparative adjective• Fast----Faster
2) Noun• Run (verb)---Runner (noun)
1) more (comparative adjective) 2) one who (noun form)
1) adjective:
2) noun:
1) adjective:
2) noun:
1) adjective:
2) noun:
August 30th (Morpheme #4)
Grandiloquent Word: ObstreperousPart of Speech : Adjective Pronunciation:
(ob•STREP•er•ous)
September 3rd
Because the fans sitting behind the basket were so obstreperous, Dwight Howard found it hard to concentrate and missed both free throws.
Alternative Forms
Obstreperously(adverb)
Obstreperousness(Noun)
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Mis-
Misinform
Bad, wrong, or incorrect
Misfire
Misbehave
Misplay
September 3rd (Morpheme #5)
Grandiloquent Word of the Day: AbderianPart of Speech: Adjective Pronuciation :(ab•DARE•ee•an)
February 12th
Because Sally becomes so intensely abderian when she watches funny movies, she only watches them at home where the noise will not disrupt anyone.
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-ation
information
Act or condition
mutation
condensation
starvation
September 6th (Morpheme #6)
Inform (verb) + -ation = noun
starve (verb) + -ation = nounMutate (verb) + -ation = noun
condense (verb) + -ation = noun
noun
Grandiloquent Word of the Day: HobbledehoyPart of Speech: Noun Pronuciation :(HA•bull•dee•hoy)
February 13th
Anyone who watches Kevin Durant play basketball with power and grace would find ithard to believe he was a hobbledehoy in middle school; he frequently tripped over his own feet and fell down stairs.
Alternative Forms
The word can be usedas an adjective in thesame form.
“Carol’s hobbledehoyhands makes knittingdifficult as she alwaysgets the yarn twistedwith the needles.
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-ive
Informative
Tending to; characteristic of
Creative
Sensitive
Active
September 9th (morpheme #7)
adjective
Grandiloquent Word of the Day: SomniloquyPart of Speech: Noun Pronuciation: (som•NIL•oh•kwee)
Tre often suffered bouts of somniloquy that kept his family sleep-deprived duringthe months of the school musical; unconsciously, he knew he needed to practice every moment he could.
Alternative Forms
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Re-
recreate
“again” or “back”
review
replay
rewind
Morpheme #8
Grandiloquent Word of the Day : ImberbPart of Speech : Adjective Pronunciation:
(im•BURB)
"He was a very young man with pale hair to which heavy oiling had given a curious greyish colour, and a face of such childish contour and so imberb that he looked like a little boy playing at grown-ups ."
Sept 16th
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-ity
ProsperityProsper (verb) + -ity = noun
State or quality of
ValidityValid (adjective) + ity = noun
SecuritySecure (verb) + ity = noun
equalityEqual (adjective) + ity= noun
September 16th – Morpheme #9
noun
Gradiloquent Word : VeneniferousPart of Speech : Adjective
Due to an extreme fear of veneniferous creatures, Joe did not enjoy touring “The House of Scorpions” and “The Slithering Snake Shack” during his visit to the zoo.
Alternative Forms
Veneniferously (adverb)
Venifer (noun)
September 17th
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1) Anti-2) Contra-3) Counter-
1) Anti-inflammatory
Against or opposite
1) Antiseptic2) Counterculture
1) Antiaircraft2) Contradiction3) Counteract
1) Antisocial2) Contraceptive3) counterclockwise
September 17th (Morpheme 10)