CONCEPT VOCABULARY AND WORD STUDY from Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf WORD LIST solemnity leaden dejected A. DIRECTIONS: In each of the following items, think about the meaning of the italicized word or phrase, and then answer the question. 1. Would you expect a circus to observe the solemnity of a clown show? Explain. 2. Jory plunged into the leaden sea. Would you say that the color of the water was a beautiful turquoise blue? Explain. 3. India felt dejected after having lost the school election. Describe how India felt. B. WORD STUDY: The Anglo-Saxon suffix -en can sometimes mean "made from or of' and can be used to form adjectives from nouns. For instance, the adjective earthen means "made from or of the earth." The suffix -en can also be used to form the irregular past participle of certain verbs, such as beat, with its past participle beaten. The past participle can then be used not only as a verb but also as an adjective, as in walking down a beaten path. Below, write a sentence for each of the following words, in each case using the word as an adjective. 1. golden: 2. wooden: 3. written: