Dialect 

Literature: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Pop Culture: Star Trek

Diction

Literature: Keats-This Living Hand

Pop Culture: Rocky

Syntax

Literature: Romeo and Juliet

Pop Culture: Dr. Seuss books

Denotation

Literature: To Kill a Mockingbird

Pop Culture: Newspapers

Connotation

Literature: Animal Farm

Pop Culture: the song Every Breath You Take

Hetero: Heterozygous

Two different alleles for a gene

Hex/sex: Sextuplets

Giving birth to six babies

Homo: Homonym

Group of words with same pronunciation but different meanings

Hydro: Hydroponics

Growing plants in water

Hyper: Hyperbole

Extreme exaggeration

Synonym: See through

Antonym: Solid

The school had a diaphanous ghost whose sheer form haunted the halls.

Synonym: Complicate

Antonym: Exclude

The students became embroiled in a disagreement over the correct answer.

Synonym: Fixed

Antonym: Endless

The teacher had a finite, limited amount of patience

Synonym: Improvised

Antonym: Wealthy

The indigient student was too poor to buy lunch.

Synonym: Radient

Antonym: Dim

The luminous fire exit sign gave off enough light to see the door.

Synonym: Misunderstood

Antonym: Understand

The boy misapprehended his homework and incorrectly did the wrong assignment.

Synonym: Unawareness

Antonym: Awareness

Obolivian struck as the student began the test and he completely forgot everything he had learned.

Synonym: Plenty

Antonym: Sparce

There were plenteous tickets available for everyone for the football game.

Synonym: Tact

Antonym: Racionus

Mrs. Schelhorse's prudence let her be judicious in giving extra credit points.

Synonym: Reappear

Antonym: Halt

The vocabulary test recurred repeatedly on Fridays.