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Word Study: Week 9
Name: _________________________________
This Week’s Word Parts:
dis = opposite of, apart, away
ego = I
This Week’s Word List:
disagreement
drench
distinguished
echo
disintegrate
eerie
distraught
dormant
ego
elegant
Monday: Match the lesson words with their definitions. Do NOT draw lines!!!
_____ 1. Disagreement
A. famous; outstanding
_____ 2. Disintegrate
B. rich-looking and attractive in a dignified or refined way
_____ 3. Distinguished
C. not moving or growing as if asleep; not active; quiet
_____ 4. Distraught
D. a quarrel or argument; a difference of opinion
_____ 5. Dormant
E. to make wet all over; soak
_____ 6. Drench
F. to break up into parts or pieces; separate entirely
_____ 7. Echo
G. giving one a feeling of fear or mystery; weird
_____ 8. Eerie
H. sound heard again when sound waves bounce back from a surface
_____ 9. Ego
I. a person as aware of himself or herself; the self
_____ 10. Elegant
J. very confusing or troubled; as by worry or grief
Tuesday: Fill in the blank in each sentence with the correct lesson word.
disagreement disintegrate
distinguished distraught
dormant
11. After a ______________ career as a World War II commander, Dwight Eisenhower was elected President of the
United States.
12. A volcano that has been ______________for hundreds of years can suddenly become active.
13. A ______________ between the neighbors led to a loud argument.
14. A ______________ mother searched frantically for her child who wandered into the crowd.
15. Ancient European works of art have begun to ______________ because of exposure to modern air pollution.
Wednesday: Fill in the blank in each sentence with the correct lesson word.
drench
echo
eerie
ego
elegant
16. A sudden downpour could ______________ us if we don’t take umbrellas.
17. Because her ______________ is so strong; she has trouble acknowledging her mistakes.
18. The ______________ of my own voice in the massive room was eerie.
19. The princess wore an ______________ dress of lavender satin embellished with pearls.
20. Crooked shadows cast from the twisted tree by the moon’s glow were frightfully ______________.
Answer the following questions.
21. What is the meaning of the Latin word part dis? ______________________
22. Write the lesson word that means “the opposite of agreement.” ________________
23. Integrate means “to bring together into a whole.” What does the lesson word disintegrate mean?
disintegrate = _________________________
24. Which of the following words means “to take away weapons”?
dishonor, disorder, disarm
25. Circle the word that means “to separate or pull apart.”
discontent, disconnect, disorder
26. What is it that a disinfectant cleans away? __________________________
27. If someone disassociates himself/herself from another person or group, what has
happened? ___________________________________________________________
28. Which one of the words below describes a person who does not have the opportunities or material things that other
people have?
dishonored
disadvantaged
displaced
29. What does the Latin word part ego mean? _______________________________
30. If a person is egocentric, what is the most important thing in his/her life? _______
Thursday: Lesson Word Parts and Etymologies (Word Histories)
31. One of the lesson words comes from the Latin dormire, meaning “to sleep.” Write the word.
_____________
32. Which of the following words is related to the answer in the previous question? Explain how it is related to the idea of
“sleeping.”
dormouse
dorsal
dormitory
__________________________________________________________
33. Greek mythology is flavored with stories of nymphs—beautiful young goddesses who lived in the forest. What
follows is the story of a nymph and the word she contributed to our language.
Long ago, there lived a beautiful nymph with a voice so haunting and melodious that Aphrodite, the goddess of
love, often came down to earth from Mt. Olympus to hear her sing and tell stories.
Tragically, one day the beautiful nymph brought sorrow into her life by lying to the wife of Zeus, the chief god. In
ager, Zeus’ wife punished the nymph by taking away her ability to use her voice. The nymph found it impossible to speak
except to repeat the last words that had been said to her.
In this state, the poor nymph met Narcissus, a young man so handsome that women fainted when they saw him.
The nymph immediately fell in love, but the heartsick creature could not express her feelings. She could only helplessly
repeat the words Narcissus spoke. Thinking her to be stupid, he rejected her.
The grief-stricken nymph begged for help in a silent prayer to her friend Aphrodite. As an act of pity, the goddess
caused the nymph’s body to melt into the cool air so her suffering would end. However, not able to bear a world without
it, Aphrodite allowed the nymph’s voice to remain.
To this day, it is said, if you call the nymph in a certain way, her haunting voice will answer.
One of your lesson words is the nymph’s name. Write the word using a capital letter.
_____________