A quick look at vocabulary
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A QUICKLOOK AT
VOCABULARYTo: Conrad
From: Angela
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS? Read the question carefully Make out the meaning of the sentence
before deciding on which word Look at the choices given to you Identify those words which you know See if any fits into the blank If none of the known words fit Look at unknown words Try to guess their meanings
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?Example:
Jane was ________ when her mother gave her
a puppy(a)Exhilarated(b)Rejected(c) Elated(d)Depressed
What is your answer?
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?Using the method,
Jane was ________ when her mother gave her
a puppy(a)Exhilarated = ???(b)Rejected = unwanted; turned away(c) Deceived = cheated(d)Depresses = unhappy; miserable
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?(a)Exhilarated = ???(b)Rejected = unwanted; turned
away(c)Deceived = cheated(d)Depresses = unhappy; miserable
I believe you know the meaning of the last 3 words The only one left is (a), which you may not know So we shall guess its meaning…
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?
Exhilarated- We are familiar with words starting with ‘EX’- They usually mean something EXTREME- Extreme = VERY, VERY, VERY / To the
fullest extent / The maximum you can do- Eg. Extremely angry, Expel, Extinct- So we can roughly guess that ‘Exhilarated’
tells us about an EXTREME FEELING / ACTION
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?
Exhilarated- ‘Hilarated’ may have came from the word
‘Hilarious’- Hilarious = very funny- So if ‘Hilarated’ came from ‘Hilarious’, it
must have meant happiness, something joyful
- Because you laugh only when you are happy right?
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?
ExhilaratedVery + Happy
Putting together the meanings, exhilarated must have meant ‘VERY HAPPY’
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?Jane was ________ when her mother gave
hera puppy
(a)Exhilarated = very happy(b)Rejected = unwanted; turned
away(c)Deceived = cheated(d)Depresses = unhappy; miserable
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?
Do you think the last 3 words:
Rejected, Deceived &
Depressed fit
into the blank?
Can she be
feeling any of
these 3 when
she receives a
puppy from
her mother?
Since weknow themeaning of ‘Exhilarated’…
HOW DO WE ANSWER VOCABULARY QUESTIONS?
The answer is NOSo the only likely answer
is ‘Exhilarated’She must have been
overjoyed to receive the puppy
THE END!
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