Words in English
Linguistics/English 215
Rice University
Prof S. Kemmer

STUDY GUIDE
FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Part II: Words

Final Exam Review Part I

Statistics and Class Performance

The statistics on the quizzes and midterms have been updated as of 12/4, including the updated grades for Midterm #2 which had the 'google' issue to correct.

Midterm #1 Mean: 78.6% (updated)
Midterm #2 Mean: 57.8 out of 75, or 77% (updated, with google question regraded)

See your Gradebook for more information about how your performance ranks compared to that of the rest of the class all all the quizzes and exams.

Words on Quizzes

Full set of Quiz words

The following are the words that appeared on the 10 Vocab Quizzes, by Quiz they were tested on.

Q1

toponym
anthropomorphic
intercalate
macrocosm
endoderm
xenophile
phonetics
pyrotechnics
iatrogenic
psychic
misogamy
infrastructure
cacophony
perihelion
anomie

Q2

corpus
contravene
transliterate
petroglyph
ablative
extemporaneous
venisection
omnipercipient
relegate
gratuitous
intransigence
neonate
inculpate
anhydrous
animadversion

Q3

azoic
microtome
innocuous
seminal
refrangent
antebellum
analeptic
pterygoid
diaphoresis
hyperbole
alimentary
agnate
sacerdotal
apiculate
iniquity

Q4

occlude
egress
heliolatry
apoplexy
abstruse
egregious
affect
docent
neonate
mesolithic
homologous
synchronic
iniquity
paucity
epigram

Q5

antebellum
trichotomy
primogeniture
hexameter
pandemic
afflatus
sinecure
plutocracy
bifurcate
locus
polysemy
septuagenarian
luminary
hectoliter
decimate


Q6

prognosticate
declivity
incarnation
effluvium
plenary
vertiginous
ocellated
convivial
impugn
acrimony
explicate
vacuous
megalith
miscellany
cryptogenic

Q7

mycology
diaspora
anathema
geminate
digraph
salacious
phyllophagous
depredation
phytogenic
nyctitropism
salubrious
aphasia
perigee
edacious
obloquy

Q8

algolagnia
axillary
lacrimation
apnea
osculate
gravid
nariform
agoraphobia
stomatitis
nephrogenous
exophthalmic
sclerosis
ceteris paribus
sui generis
ne plus ultra

Q9

edentate
sophistry
apiculture
subrogate
chiromancy
somatology
anthropophagy
ovoid
senescent
pteridology
vermicular
placable
aliform
munificent
clamorous


Quiz Words Most Missed

The following are the words on the quizzes that the fewest people got correct. Following each word is the percentage of students who got it right.
perihelion 41%
iatrogenic 42%
intercalate 78%
psychic 53%
inculpate 67%
corpus 18%
relegate 44%
animadversion 35%
intransigence 74%
alimentary 76%
microtome 72%
refrangent 55%
analeptic 64%
alimentary 76%
diaphoresis 51%
agnate 52%
iniquity 34%
egregious 74%
apoplexy 66%
epigram 64%
afflatus 64%
polysemy 34%
luminary 72%
plutocracy 72%
plenary 69%
digraph 75%
salacious 75%
depredation 70%
obloquy 77%
lacrimation 69%
algolagnia 60%
osculate 64%
ne plus ultra 73%
(Quiz 9's missed words to be added when Quiz is complete.)

Quiz Words Missed More than Expected

Some words that 80% or more of students knew, but that I was surprised that more did not get right:
diaspora 81%
egress 80%
explicate 80%
affect 81%
iniquity 84%
vertiginous 80%
sinecure 82%
convivial 88%
declivity 87%

Words Parsed / Etymologies Discussed in Class

This part is under construction. If you remember a word that we parsed, talked about the etymology of, or otherwise discussed, send me an email! I will try to make this list as complete as possible.
antebellum
calibrate
corpus
girl
guillotine
gratuitous
hoosegow
iatrogenic
intercalate
ketchup
maid
mesmerism
mint (in the sense of 'place money is coined or printed'), money, monetary
polysemy
pregnant
impregnable
ramada
pachanga
queen
silhouette
alumni (alumnus, alumna, alumnae)
octopus, octopodes
hippopotamus, hippopotami
platypus, platypuses
memorandums, memoranda
millenniums, millennia
amiable
amicable
dependent
pendant


© 2005 Suzanne Kemmer
Last modified 7 December 05

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