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Creative Writing Vocab Lesson 1

How many words in the English language? Why so many? How many do we know?

Do you know the longest word in the English language? Antidisestablish-mentarianisms

Check this one out… Pneumonoultramicro-scopicsilica-volcanoconiosis

Pneu………………… Mono………..……… Ultra………..……… Micro……….……… Scopic……..……… Silica……….……… Volcano….……… Conoisis….……… Lung One Very Small To the eye Silicon particle From a volcano disease Check out the Greek roots…

Where do we get our words? • Gaelic/Celtic • Norse (Anglos, Saxons) • French • Latin • Greek

Guffaw The man guffawed loudly when he saw Moe whack Curley in the head with a hammer, poke Larry in the eyes, and then slap both. V. To laugh deeply, as in a belly laugh.

Conundrum Thurwynd considered the conundrum. Does he follow the White Lady and her ruthless tactics to achieve his goals, or does he follow his conscious and take the longer, more difficult path N. A puzzle or riddle, a difficult problem that is hard to solve.

Dank Han Solo parked the Millennium Falcon in the dank asteroid cave; however, the wet and damp cave was really the belly of a giant space worm! Adj. wet, damp, moist

Pugnacious The pugnacious dog would bark at every person that walked by. He was a very feisty dog that liked to pick fights. Adj. Prone to fighting; enjoying fighting

Sylvan The Fellowship entered the sylvan woods of Lothlorien where Galadriel and her elves made homes high in the peaceful treetops. Adj. Woodsy, forested, pertaining to the woods

The cafeteria was so boisterous during the food fight, that no one heard the SWAT team crash through the window. Adj. Loud, often violently so Boisterous

The clock nettles me with its constant ticking. It’s so annoying! V. To annoy or Irritate Nettle

The fatuous boy thought it would be a good idea to pet the shark. What an addle-brained fool! Adj. Foolish, often stupidly so. Fatuous

The hubbub in the cafeteria was caused by a flung pea. The tumult that resulted involved lots of airborn potatoes and a very messy floor. N. A tumult, a confused uproar Hubbub

The woman was known around the Roman court as a licentious wife. Her husband was known to be morally loose as well, sleeping with all the women he could. Adj. lacking in morals, especially concerning sexual behavior; promiscuous. Licentious

The discussion was fruitful. They determined their plan of action as well as the rationale for the attack: using a catapult and 20-tons of mashed potato because they had WMDs, or brussel sprouts. Adj. Productive, bearing fruit. Fruitful

“But why, Mr. Dixon,” the class whined in their most querulous voices. “Vocab is such a boring drag. I mean, can’t we do something else?” Adj. complaining Querulous

Ghabhorn is a mischievous goblin. He has a puckish way with the other goblins, often setting their ears on fire or sticking pins in their forked tails, Adj. Mischevious Puckish

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