Sherlock Holmes - ALL STAR VOCABULARY #1
Purpose: I have chosen twenty-five of the forty-five vocabulary words from the first three
Sherlock Holmes short stories we have read in class. I chose the twenty-five words based upon
your propensity to need to know them in your adult life.
Assignment: create vocabulary cubes for each of these words, which are due Thursday (January
28, 2016), and may be used for your Sherlock Holmes - All Star Vocabulary #1.
Requirements: you must have the word, part of speech, definition, 2 synonyms, 2 antonyms, a
defining sentence, and an image that serves as a pneumonic device to recall the meaning of the
poem.
Word Bank
Deduction
Subtle
Hereditary
Cordially
Commerce
Hinder
Vex
Writhe
Pompous
Benefactor
Recompense
Notorious
Candid
Sleuth
Sinister
Contemplate
Trivial
Amiable
Improbable
Hasten
Genial
Cunning
Curt
Proficient
Frantic
Test Format
This Vocabulary Test will contain True or False, Fill-in-the-Blank, and Matching questions; you
will need to know definitions, synonyms, antonyms, best images to express the idea of each
word, and know what a defining sentence looks like. There will be thirty to forty questions.
Examples:
A) My professor was quite ________ about late work; he allowed two days to get
assignments in before he reduced the grade.
a.)trivial b.)cordially c.)curt d.)amiable
B) The best antonym for vex is: a.) confuse b.) discredit c.) comfort d.) peaceful
C) The best synonym for frantic is: a.) debilitate b.) hasten c.) quick d.) absentmindedly
D) Frantically = _Vex
Relaxed
?
a.) annoyed
b.) catharsis c.) peace d.) befriend