Cavil

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Cavil

• A WordSmart presentation by Amanda Riley

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? Definition ?

• The definition of the word cavil is to raise
  irritating and trivial objections find fault
  unnecessarily

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? Synonyms and Antonyms ?

• Synonyms-
• Altercate
• Brawl
• Antonyms-
• Agree
• Concede

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? Forms ?

• Some forms of cavil are
• Caviler- noun
• Cavillingly- adverb

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? Sample Sentences ?

• The cavil girl stared in shock at her perfectly
  laid out closet, gaping at the tan tank top with
  the blue shirts!
• The teacher showed her cavillingly teaching
  method when telling her students that if there
  was even a smudge on their paper she would not
  accept it.
• My calculator is very cavil because if dont put
  a space between the numbers it just turns itself
  off!

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? Activity Time! ?

• Which of the three things sounds most cavil?

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? Round 1 ?

• Taking off points for 3 misspelled words.
• Taking points off for 10 punctuation mistakes.
• Taking points off for no hole punches.
• Answer
• 3! No hole punches is a very picky thing to take
  off points for, therefore it is a cavil thing to
  do.

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? Round 2 ?

• The mother made her son clean his room because
  he had a party last night so the whole room was a
  mess.
• The mother made her son clean his room because
  there was a misplaced tissue box.
• The mother made her son clean his room because
  there were many piles of dirty clothes.
• Answer
• 2, It is showing that the mother is very cavil
  because she finds fault in simple things.