VCR Lesson 3 Presentation
Knowing our vocab words makes us cool cats.
Fill in the blank.
His method of speech was _____________; he would have fit right in during the times of Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Archaic
adj. 1. Characteristic of a much earlier or primitive period.
2. Antiquated; out-of-date
Roots: ARKHEIN <G "to begin," "to be first"
ARKHOS <G "ruler," "first in rank"
Alternate forms: archaism n.
Related Words
Synonyms
ancient, antiquated, old-fashioned
Antonyms
contemporary, modern, current
Multiple Choice
Choose the sentence where the bold-faced word is used incorrectly.
(a) Shelly saw her grandmother's idioms as archaic and was embarrassed whenever she use them in public, fearing that no one would know what she was talking about.
(b) The football team is excited about the archaic party this Friday night because lots of pretty cheerleaders are supposed to be there.
(c) Writing letters is becoming an archaic practice in the modern techno-savvy generation.
(d) The archaic tools used by cavemen are now preserved in museums and studied by archaeologists, who attempt to understand how they lived thousands of years BC.