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Sadlier<br /> Building an Enriched Vocabulary<br /> – Fifth Edition<br /> Lesson 11<br /> 101. connoisseur — 115. cynical<br /> 101. con-nois-seur noun kón-¤-sûrª<br /> [connoisseur (obsolete French), “expert”; from connoistre (Old French), “know”;<br /> from co, a form of cum (Latin), “thoroughly” + (g)noscere (Latin), “know”]<br /> Definition: Someone with informed and discriminating judgment, espe-<br /> cially in matters of art, literature, or taste.<br /> Though the exhibition was by no means a popular success, it caused<br /> a sensation among connoisseurs and scholars.<br /> I don't know anything about quiches or soufflés, but I'm a true con-<br /> noisseur when it comes to pizza.<br /> Synonyms: (nouns) expert, authority, specialist, pundit, savant, maven,<br /> devotee; judge, critic, arbiter; (plural noun) cognoscenti<br /> Antonyms: (nouns) beginner, novice, neophyte, greenhorn, ten<a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=1">Sadlier Building an Enriched Vocabulary – Fift</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=2"> Lesson 11 101. connoisseur — 115. cynical 10</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 3" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=3"> 103. con-strue verb k¤n-str·ª </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 4" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=4"> Cornucopia A Greek myth tells how Zeus, having b</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=5"> 108. coun-sel noun and verb kaunª-s</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=6"> 110. cri-te-ri-on noun krì-tîrª-è-¤</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=7"> 113. cur-so-ry adjective kûrª-s¤-r</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 8" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=8"> Diogenes of Sinope (left); Alexander the Great (a</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=9"> Using the Words Exercise l. Syllabication and </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=10"> 2. “The facts of the matter don't appear to </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=11"> 7. Define each of the following words or phrase</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=12"> Dissecting the Words Prefix Co, col, com, con,</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=13"> Exercise 1. For each of the following definiti</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=14"> Working with Context Clues Sentence-Completion </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=15"> As you can see, completing this type of exerc</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=16"> Enriching the Lesson Exercise l. The Greeks H</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=17"> Below are listed a number of common acronyms. W</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=18"> Lesson 20 236. inception — 250. justify 236.</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=19"> Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), the “Wizard </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=20"> 240. in-no-va-tion noun ín-¤-vàº-sh</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=21"> 243. in-ter-vene verb ín-te~r-vènº </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=22"> 244. in-trep-id adjective ín-trépº-</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=23"> Mark Antony (Marlon Brando) delivers the funeral </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=24"> 247. jeop-ard-ize verb jépº-e~r-dìz</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=25"> Similarly, judicial review is the constitutional </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=26"> 3. inveigh against injustice a. champion </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=27"> Exercise IV. Synonyms and Antonyms A. In eac</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=28"> 5. Define each of the following colorful expres</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=29"> “The Tone of A Is B.” Another useful word relat</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=30"> Exercise III The following items review what </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=31"> 3. Some ambitious politicians will do whatever </a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=32"> 10. The manufacturing sector of our economy is sh</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=33"> 16. virtual reality 23. 17. biohazard</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=34"> Academic Vocabulary The following vocabulary wo</a> <a title="Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Grades 9&ndash;12, Student Edition page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/4ee5d869?page=35"> voir dire noun vwär-dir' Definition</a>