Tuesday, November 13, 2007

VOCABULARY, Nov. 13th

Vocabulary building is important for both reading comprehension and writing. Use the following two words (note the part of speech) in one sentence.

disproportionate (adjective) + antipathy (noun)

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14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joe felt a strong antipathy toward the disproportionate piece of apple piece his mother had offered him.

Anonymous said...

Disproportionate body figures in realistic-type works of art were Bob's greatest antipathy.

Unknown said...

She has a great antipathy toward things that, she thinks, are disproportionate to her.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: Interesting!
Nadia: Excellent.
Seiko: I'm having a hard time with this one--disproportionate works much better when in modifies an actual noun or when it refers to some clear antecedent.

Anonymous said...

Mary displayed a disproportionate antipathy toward the newcomers.

Anonymous said...

The minister’s speech caused a disproportionate antipathy among the opposition leaders.The minister’s speech caused a disproportionate antipathy among the opposition leaders.

Veronica Baig said...

Kelly: Good.
Andra: Good.

The BlueScreener said...

The obvious antipathy of that teacher led to many of her pupils failing; after two years her student's ages and grade levels were greatly disproportional.

Veronica Baig said...

James: Yes, but now complete the thought--disproportional to what?

The BlueScreener said...

The obvious antipathy of that teacher led to many of her pupils failing; after two years her student's ages and grade levels were greatly disproportional to each other.

Anonymous said...

The angry hockey player displayed a disproportionate antipathy towards his opponent.

Veronica Baig said...

James: That doesn't really help:-(
(Also note the apostrophe problem).
Bernie: That works.

Anonymous said...

She has a great antipathy toward the disproportionate parts of
her body after the pregnancy.

Veronica Baig said...

Shahinaz: That's an interesting sentence;-)