Exercise 13

swing: Two sets of synonyms are required because the word has two different meanings.

pistil: (see flower illustration which is on p.448)

money:20 countries use a currently called “dollar”

Easter: March 30, 1997

skeleton:patella

veranda, verandah

Zion, Sion...a movement which supports the return of the Jewish people to Jerusalem after the Diaspora> (Often a dictionary entry includes terms you do not know. It is important to follow up on theses. What is a diaspora?)

invalid check pronunciation with your instructor

Michaelmas... the first part rhymes with “pickle”

September 29...the feast of St. Stephen the Archangel

miasmamiasmas or miasmata

Exercise 14

1. Polycarp Saint, 2nd century, Christian martyr, Bishop of Smyrna in Asia Minor

2. Letter salutation should read either Sir: or Dear Mr. Ambassador:

3. #Sudbury, Ontario

4. Ti

5. ‰

6. SASE means “self addressed stamped envelope”

7. fiat lux.........”Let there be light”

enfants perdus......lost children or soldiers sent to a dangerous post

8. after the salutation of a business letter

to introduce explanatory remarks

to introduce a clause or phrase that explains,

illustrates, amplifies or restates what has gone before

9. virgule

10. macron.....? placed over a vowel indicates a long vowel sound as in “fate”

breve........ ? place over a vowel indicates a short vowel sound as in “fat”

diaeresis... ? means that the vowel are pronounced separately as in Noël

11. - 20.

Ask your instructor to check your work.