HW # ____ Der ho- 3 Name __________ Per ___ Chapter 3 derivation handout Part I: in the blanks below, write the Latin words from which the English derivatives come. Below each word write the definition of the derivation. decadent _________
ridicule ___________
elaborate __________
exclamation _______
horticulture _________ irate ______________
puerile ____________ virility _____________ solitude ___________
multiply ___________ servant ___________
piscine ____________
Part II: Choose the English words above which best complete the following sentences. 1. If you want to make a garden bloom in Flagstaff, I suggest you take up the study of _______________. 2. The students left their _______________ behavior back in elementary school. 3. When the teacher announced that the test would be canceled, the joyous ____________ of the students could be heard out in the commons. 4. The thoughtless eighth grader hurt the feelings of the new student when she ____________ the girl’s hair style in a loud voice.
5. The football player felt that taking ballet was a threat to his ____________ until he realized how much the training helped his coordination. 6. My daughter thinks I treat her like a ____________ because I make her clean her room. 7. In Rome, we were impressed by the ____________ paintings on the ceilings of some of the churches. 8. When I’ve been in the busy city too long, I long for the ____________ and peace of the desert. 9. Mr. Briggs is ____________ when he finds a student whose shirt isn’t tucked in. 10. The later Roman emperors grew more and more lax in their moral standards and they became known for their ____________ lifestyles. 11. We found several ____________ fossils in the Sedona rocks, indicating that the area had once been under water. 12. It is possible to ______________ numbers by zero, but you cannot divide them by zero.
