Noun+Identification

 Noun Identification [|…]  //Copy and paste the following into a Google Doc. Title: "Your Name's Noun Work" (Brittany Jones's Noun Work).//

In the sentences below, the words in bold contain important Latin or Greek stems. Which of the words in bold are nouns? For each bold word that is a noun, write "noun" in the box to the right.


 * ** Term with Definition ** || ** Sentence with example words ** || ** Noun? ** ||
 * ====1. perplex: confuse==== || ====Socrates was executed for **perplexing** the youth of Athens.==== ||  ||
 * ====2. copious: abundant==== || ====Bottom's superfluous words were more **copious** than his ideas.==== ||  ||
 * ====3. traverse: cross==== || ====Slowly, Hilary and his team **traversed** the face of the mountain.==== ||  ||
 * ====4. bibliophile: book lover==== || ====The quaint old store was a Mecca for **bibliophiles.**==== ||  ||
 * ====5. demography: the study of populations==== || ====They examined the **demography** of the school's community.==== ||  ||
 * ====6. sanguine: cheerful==== || ====His **sanguine** disposition encouraged the other survivors.==== ||  ||
 * ====7. ostentatious: showy==== || ====The **ostentatious** home offended their refined tastes.==== ||  ||
 * ====8. microcosm: a small universe==== || ====There was a squirming **microcosm** in the drop of pond water.==== ||  ||
 * ====9. defenestrate: toss out the window==== || ====**Defenestration** was the preferred treatment for cheaters.==== ||  ||
 * ====10. animus: intent/hatred==== || ====Katherine the Great sensed the hostile **animus** in the English noble.==== ||  ||
 * ====11. nonplused: perplexed==== || ====The **nonplused** ape stared vacantly at the skull in his hands.==== ||  ||
 * ====12. interdiction: prohibition==== || ====Despite the **interdiction**, crowds gathered before the Bastille.==== ||  ||
 * ====13. commensurate: of like measure==== || ====The salary was not **commensurate** with the responsibility.==== ||  ||
 * ====14. neophyte: beginner==== || ====The callow corporate **neophytes** didn't understand the purpose.==== ||  ||
 * ====15. incredulous: not believing==== || ====the incredible devastation left Oppenheimer **incredulous**.==== ||  ||