Vocabulary Review #3

What does chrom mean?

• science of speech sounds

• sound

• science of colors

• color

What does phon mean?

• pleasing to the ear

• sound

• effects of color

• study of speech sounds

The (a)   painting was beautiful because the artist did everything in shades of red, my favorite color.

The (a)   of the orchestra was beautiful and calming.

Which word matches which definition?

• demanding, having unattainable standards

• surfeit

• lacking liveliness, dull

• Root: phon

• to laugh at mockingly, scorn

• fastidious

• sound

• deride

• overabundant supply or indulgence

• vapid

Which definition matches which word?

• monochrome

• a picture done in different shades of the same color

• Root: chrom

• color

• acrimony

• being pleasing to the ear

• cajole

• to urge, coax

• euphony

• bitterness, discord

Biff and Trevor could not keep (a)   from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Tiffany.

The bullies (a)   the foreign student's accent to the point he ran home crying.

Ted's friends (a)   him into going to the game even though he didn't really want to go.

The (a)   spirit fingers of the cheer team caused the judges to score them very low.