Curriculum Vocabulary 2:8 ~ ASSIGNMENT: Write each word, its part of speech and a meaningful, grammatically perfect sentence of your own devising for each word. You do not need to write what is in italics.

1. effeminate, adj.

having qualities or characteristics more often associated with women than with men

Example: His effeminate voice over the phone is often mistaken for his sister's.

2. jocund, adj.

cheerful and lighthearted

Question: Who is the most jocund student in the classroom?

3. inundation, noun

flooding with water (primariliy) or ideas

~ as in overwhelmed with things to be dealt with

Fill in the blanks : The ________ of political advice from the experts was ________.

The sudden __________ of water caused the town to _________.

[ inundation .... helpful - inundation .... flood]

4. sojourn

• to reside temporarily, verb
• a temporary stay. noun

Question: If you could take a break for a few months, where would you like to travel?

5. bier, noun

a stand on which a corpse or coffin is placed

movable platform a coffin is placed before burial.

Question: Where did the pallbearers set the coffin?

6. sententious, adj.

pompous, conceited moralizing
There's conceited and there's pompous. Add moralizing to why these people think they are the best or better than others and you have sententious.