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“The Salon for the Wits”: Expanding Our Language!
Please complete this activity prior to reading Act III of Cyrano de Bergerac so as you encounter the words in the act you will recognize them. Complete each portion of the
box. (Note: the box with just the term is where you define the word.)
1. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Dexter—right-handed, skillful + ous
Adverb, adjective, noun
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Dexterously, dexterous, dexterousness
Deft, nimble, handy
Clumsy, inept, awkward
2. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
dexterously: skillful or adroit in
the use of the hands or body
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
deprecatingly:
3. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
4. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
peremptorily:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
caprice:
5. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
6. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
pavane:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
amorous:
7. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
8. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
slake:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
artifice:
Schumacher, BYU, 2009 adapted from: http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/vocabsquares.pdf
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9. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
10. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
riposte:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
repartee:
11. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
12. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
brusque:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
presumptuous:
13. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
14. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
chagrined:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
sumptuous:
15. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
16. Etymology & Part(s) of Speech:
Variations, Synonyms, & Antonyms:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
audacious:
Ideas for pictionary/charades:
salubrious:
Schumacher, BYU, 2009 adapted from: http://www.englishcompanion.com/pdfDocs/vocabsquares.pdf