Vocabulary

Directions: For each vocabulary term, write down the part of speech, the definition, and a complete sentence with a minimum of 10 words. Challenge! Do not start any two sentences with the same word. Vary your sentences; write simple, compound, and complex sentences.
| |POS |Definition |Sentence |
|Analogy |Noun |a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison |I see no analogy between your problem |
| | |may be based |and mine. |
|Antiquity |noun |the quality of being ancient |The Ming Dynasty vase is just one |
| | | |antiquity of many that resides in the |
| | | |museum. |
|electorate |noun |The main people who are entitled to vote for an election |The electorate decides who will run |
| | | |our country. |
|Ethical |adjective |conduct or practice, especially the standards of apprehension |It was not considered ethical for the |
| | | |physician to advertise. |
|Excerpt |noun |a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, |The author read an excerpt from his |
| | |film, or the like; extract. |article on the newspaper. |
|Heresy |noun |An opinion or a doctrine at variance with established religious beliefs, |The man stood alone at the debate |
| | |especially dissension from or denial of Roman Catholic dogma by a |because of his heresy towards the |
| | |professed believer or baptized church member. |facts. |
|Paternal |adjective |Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly |The man gave up his paternal rights |
| | | |when he walked out on