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Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #12

2021-06-24T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Picturesque, Bare, Adequate, Dreary, Debris

Picturesque (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village" 2: strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"		hideous

Bare (Verb, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: lay bare by revealing; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" 2: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" 3: make a clearance; "denude a forest"	publicize, air, denude	hide
Adjective	1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "a nude model" 2: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" 3: not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"	barren, naked, nude	covered

Adequate (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job" 2: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food" 3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"	suffice, enough, passable, decent, tolerable

Dreary (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dreary days of the war"; "a week of rainy dreary weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" 2: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her dreary personality"; "life here was dreary compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"	blue, dark, depressing, dingy, dismal, dispiriting	lively

Debris (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	dust

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	omit	A	exclude	1:	1	opinion	A	lively	1:
2	petrify	B	marvel	2:	2	Pack	B	fact	2:
3	adapt	C	ossify	3:	3	picturesque	C	single	3:
4	wonder	D	toughness	4:	4	timid	D	hideous	4:
5	stamina	E	adjust	5:	5	dreary	E	brave	5:

Match Definitions
1	an act that has disastrous consequences	A	amaze	1:
2	the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	B	debris	2:
3	be a mystery or bewildering to	C	sleigh	3:
4	having unexpected good fortune	D	fortunate	4:
5	ride (on) a sled	E	disaster	5:

Crossword Challenge

	1		2	3			Across: 1: compress into a wad(4) 4: people who are fearful and cautious(8) 7: make a clearance(4) 9: propose a toast to(6) Down: 2: free of trouble and worry and care(8) 3: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune(8) 5: leave undone or leave out(4) 6: ride (on) a sled(6) 8: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are "Homophones"?
Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. Some examples of Homophones are: Cent/Sent, won/one, allowed/aloud, bare/bear, capital/capitol, two/too, discreet/discrete. Can you find more?

Did you know? - Study of the hands is called "chirology."

Recent Words Learned: debris, dreary, adequate, bare, picturesque, petrify, omit, amaze, gasp, disaster, adapt, negotiate, Pack, bear, stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:A 2:D 3:C 4:E 5:B
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:C 2:A 3:E 4:B 5:D
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 11: 1:B 2:0 3:A 4:E 5:D
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 11: Across: 4: distant, 7: opinion, 8: carefree, 9: rural Down: 1: stamina, 2: gasp, 3: disaster, 5: blunder, 6: wonder

Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #11

2021-06-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Disaster, Gasp, Amaze, Omit, Petrify

Disaster (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a disaster for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" 2: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" 3: an act that has disastrous consequences	catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, cataclysm

Gasp (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"	pant
Verb	1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, gasping for air"	pant, puff

Amaze (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"	astonish, astound, perplex

Omit (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" 2: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"	exclude, except, neglect, pretermit

Petrify (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" 2: change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" 3: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "slogans petrify our thinking"; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"	lapidify, rigidify, ossify

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	compassion	A	pity	1:	1	timid	A	fresh	1:
2	fortunate	B	remote	2:	2	ancient	B	fact	2:
3	wonder	C	curiosity	3:	3	advantage	C	brave	3:
4	amaze	D	hopeful	4:	4	opinion	D	urban	4:
5	rural	E	astound	5:	5	rural	E	drawback	5:

Match Definitions
1	a person who lived in ancient times	A	visual	1:
2	able to be seen	B	vacate	2:
3	leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily	C	ancient	3:
4	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune	D	gasp	4:
5	a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open	E	disaster	5:

Crossword Challenge

		1	2	3		Across: 4: or coming from or going to a distance(7) 7: a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof(7) 8: free of trouble and worry and care(8) 9: relating to rural areas(5) Down: 1: enduring strength and energy(7) 2: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open(4) 3: an act that has disastrous consequences(8) 5: utter impulsively(7) 6: have a wish or desire to know something(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are "Pangrams"?
Pangrams are sentences that use every letter of the alphabet. The best known Pangram is: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" is another one. If each letter of the alphabet occurs once and only once, that pangram is called perfect pangram. Here is an example: "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx"

Did you know? - Science of rainfall is called "hyetology."

Recent Words Learned: petrify, omit, amaze, gasp, disaster, adapt, negotiate, Pack, bear, stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural, chamber, ancient, timid, blunder, compassion

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:H 2:D 3:C 4:B 5:F 6:I 7:E 8:G 9:A
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:F 2:I 3:B 4:C 5:D 6:G 7:A 8:E 9:H
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 10: 1:F 2:A 3:B 4:G 5:H 6:E 7:0 8:C 9:D
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 10: Across: 1: Pack, 5: stamina, 7: timid, 8: blunder, 9: rural Down: 2: chamber, 3: cradle, 4: cautious, 6: Noble

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #12

2021-06-15T07:00:00.000-07:00

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New Words for Today:
Dreadful, Millennium, Electrify, Accommodate

Dreadful (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" 2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" 3: very unpleasant	awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening

Millennium (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a span of 1000 years 2: (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness 3: the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)	millenary

Electrify (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us" 2: charge (a conductor) with electricity 3: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"	wire

Accommodate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: be agreeable or acceptable to; "Hope all the preparation has been able to accomodate your needs" 2: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Improvise our native cuisine to accommodate the available food resources of the new country" 3: provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"	suit, fit, adapt, hold, admit

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	banter	A	adapt	1:	1	agitate	A	diligent	1:
2	journal	B	daybook	2:	2	assimilate	B	dissimilate	2:
3	accommodate	C	majuscule	3:	3	convict	C	antonymous	3:
4	capital	D	kid	4:	4	negligent	D	acquit	4:
5	edict	E	decree	5:	5	synonymous	E	calm	5:

Match Definitions
1	close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)	A	electrify	1:
2	a particular environment or walk of life	B	despicable	2:
3	morally reprehensible	C	surveillance	3:
4	a formal or authoritative proclamation	D	edict	4:
5	equip for use with electricity	E	arena	5:

Crossword Challenge

	1		2				Across: 2: a body serving in an administrative capacity(7) 3: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)(8) 7: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(7) 8: eat immoderately(6) Down: 1: express opposition through action or words(7) 2: uppercase(7) 3: very unpleasant(8) 4: a formal or authoritative proclamation(5) 5: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)(6) 6: light teasing repartee(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

Recent Words Learned: accommodate, electrify, millennium, dreadful, edict, banter, dissent, capital, journal, despicable, council, dusky, negligent, convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:D 2:C 3:A 4:E 5:B
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:E 2:D 3:C 4:B 5:A
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 11: 1:A 2:0 3:B 4:E 5:D
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 11: Across: 3: convict, 4: expanse, 7: edict, 8: banter, 9: dissent Down: 1: superior, 2: council, 5: pretend, 6: buffet

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #23

2021-06-12T07:00:00.001-07:00

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New Words for Today:
Panacea, Colloquial, Felicity, Affinity, Portentous

Panacea (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists 2: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia	nostrum, catholicon, cure-all

Colloquial (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation of conversational English"		formal, standard

Felicity (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) 2: state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy	happiness

Affinity (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam" 2: inherent resemblance between persons or things; "there's a unique affinity between him and his father in the way they walk" 3: a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"	kinship

Portentous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: of momentous or ominous significance; "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"- Herman Melville; "a prodigious vision" 2: ominously prophetic 3: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek	prodigious, fateful, foreboding, overblown, pompous

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	affinity	A	deaf	1:	1	flora	A	cold	1:
2	purported	B	erase	2:	2	bemused	B	revocable	2:
3	benevolent	C	kindly	3:	3	copious	C	fauna	3:
4	indifferent	D	reputed	4:	4	irrevocable	D	scarce	4:
5	efface	E	kinship	5:	5	affable	E	composed	5:

Match Definitions
1	(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred	A	tenet	1:
2	part with a possession or right	B	relinquish	2:
3	state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy	C	unremitting	3:
4	a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof	D	felicity	4:
5	uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing	E	myopia	5:

Crossword Challenge

1	2				Across: 4: confidently optimistic and cheerful(8) 6: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5) 7: examine or consider with attention and in detail(6) 8: humorously sarcastic or mocking(6) 9: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia(7) Down: 1: a deep opening in the earth's surface(5) 2: spend extravagantly(8) 3: excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion(8) 5: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "narr" mean?
Root word "narr" comes from Latin, meaning tell. Examples: narrate - to tell a story; narrative - a story; narrator - a person who tells a story.

Did you know? - Study of diseases is called "nosology."

Recent Words Learned: portentous, affinity, felicity, colloquial, panacea, saccharine, relinquish, virtuoso, squander, irrevocable, daunt, tenet, vociferous, infinitesimal, peripatetic, implement, hedonism, guile, sanguine, peruse

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 22: 1:E 2:C 3:A 4:D 5:B
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 22: 1:C 2:E 3:D 4:B 5:A
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 22: 1:D 2:C 3:E 4:B 5:A
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 22: Across: 1: beget, 5: squander, 6: allocate, 7: hiatus, 8: rebuke, 9: cryptic Down: 2: tenet, 3: virtuoso, 4: affable, 5: salutary

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #11

2021-06-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

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New Words for Today:
Capital, Dissent, Banter, Edict

Capital (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: assets available for use in the production of further assets 2: wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value 3: a seat of government	uppercase, majuscule, Washington
Adjective	1: first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea" 2: of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat" 3: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"	great, majuscule

Dissent (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion" 2: a difference of opinion; "It is alright to have a dissent in opinion on an issue" 3: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent	protest, objection	agreement
Verb	1: withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented" 2: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" 3: be of different opinions; "I beg to dissent!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"	protest, resist, disagree, differ	assent, agree, approve

Banter (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: light teasing repartee	raillery
Verb	1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just bantered around"	kid, chaff

Edict (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a formal or authoritative proclamation; "The religious council issue an edict to solve the matter" 2: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the dilapidated caused no trouble out there"	decree, fiat, order, rescript

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	bankrupt	A	swarthy	1:	1	convict	A	antonymous	1:
2	climax	B	area	2:	2	dissent	B	dissimilate	2:
3	dusky	C	orgasm	3:	3	agitate	C	calm	3:
4	assimilate	D	ruin	4:	4	assimilate	D	agreement	4:
5	expanse	E	imbibe	5:	5	synonymous	E	acquit	5:

Match Definitions
1	light teasing repartee	A	banter	1:
2	first-rate	B	synonymous	2:
3	(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same	C	capital	3:
4	naturally having skin of a dark color	D	journal	4:
5	a periodical dedicated to a particular subject	E	dusky	5:

Crossword Challenge

1			2		Across: 3: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison(7) 4: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary(7) 7: a formal or authoritative proclamation(5) 8: be silly or tease one another(6) 9: a difference of opinion(7) Down: 1: of high or superior quality or performance(8) 2: a body serving in an administrative capacity(7) 5: imagined as in a play(7) 6: strike against forcefully(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

Recent Words Learned: edict, banter, dissent, capital, journal, despicable, council, dusky, negligent, convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax, disarray, distraught, terminate, devour

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:I 2:D 3:F 4:E 5:A 6:G 7:B 8:H 9:C
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:B 2:B 3:E 4:G 5:C 6:A 7:F
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 10: 1:B 2:E 3:0 4:D 5:A 6:C 7:H 8:I 9:F
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 10: Across: 4: devour, 5: bankrupt, 6: arena, 7: dusky Down: 1: tropical, 2: scorn, 3: breach, 4: disarray

Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #10

2021-06-10T07:00:00.000-07:00

A root word is a word or word part from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes.
Root Word	Meaning
peri	Root word "peri" comes from Greek, meaning "around, enclosing". Examples: periodontal - pertaining to bone and tissue around a tooth; peripheral - lying outside of the center; perimeter - the outer boundary of an area.
sol	Root word "sol" comes from Latin, meaning sun. Examples: solar - involving the sun; parasol - umbrella protecting from the sun; solarium - a room where one is exposed to sun light.
macro	Root word "macro" comes from Greek, meaning "large, great". Examples: macroevolution - large scale evolution; macromolecule - a large molecule; macroeconomics - study of the overall forces of economy.
pseud/o	Root word "pseud/o" comes from Greek, meaning "wrong, false". Examples: pseudonym - a fictitious name; pseudoscience - theories presumed without proof of a scientific nature; pseudo pregnancy - a false pregnancy.
hex/a	Root word "hex/a" comes from Greek, meaning six. Examples: hexagon - a shape with six angles/sides; hexameter - a verse measured in six; hexapod - having six legs.
trans	Root word "trans" comes from Latin, meaning "across, beyond, through". Examples: transcontinental - across the continent; transfer - to move from one place to another; transport - to carry something across a space.
ortho	Root word "ortho" comes from Greek, meaning straight. Examples: orthodontist - a dentist that straightens teeth; orthopedic - a doctor concerned with the proper alignment of the bones; orthography - the correct way of writing.
meta	Root word "meta" comes from Greek, meaning "change, after, beyond, between". Examples: metaphysics - study of nature and reality; metamorphosis - a complete change of form; metastasis - the transmission of disease to other parts of the body.

I am scared ...
Phobia	Meaning
stygiophobia	fear of Hell
Phonophobia	fear of loud sounds
Spectrophobia	fear of ghosts and phantoms
Agrizoophobia	fear of wild animals
Agyrophobia	The fear of crossing the road
Pediophobia	fear of dolls (a branch of automatonophobia: fear of humanoid figures)
Atychiphobia	fear of failure

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	blunder	A	stomach	1:	1	advantage	A	aloof	1:
2	advantage	B	optical	2:	2	ancient	B	single	2:
3	opinion	C	judgment	3:	3	Pack	C	close	3:
4	visual	D	reward	4:	4	distant	D	bold	4:
5	adapt	E	unworried	5:	5	timid	E	fact	5:
6	timid	F	conform	6:	6	rural	F	drawback	6:
7	carefree	G	timid	7:	7	wonder	G	urban	7:
8	cautious	H	fumble	8:	8	opinion	H	divest	8:
9	bear	I	diffident	9:	9	invest	I	new	9:

Match Definitions
1	a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people	A	adapt	1:
2	avoiding excess	B	opinion	2:
3	have a wish or desire to know something	C	cautious	3:
4	enduring strength and energy	D	ancient	4:
5	put up with something or somebody unpleasant	E	carefree	5:
6	adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions	F	bear	6:
7	very old	G	sleigh	7:
8	free of trouble and worry and care	H	wonder	8:
9	ride (on) a sled	I	stamina	9:

Crossword Challenge

		1	2		Across: 1: a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)(4) 5: enduring strength and energy(7) 7: lacking conviction or boldness or courage(5) 8: an embarrassing mistake(7) 9: living in or characteristic of farming or country life(5) Down: 2: place in a chamber(7) 3: hold gently and carefully(6) 4: showing careful forethought(8) 6: impressive in appearance(5)
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Recent Words Learned: adapt, negotiate, Pack, bear, stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural, chamber, ancient, timid, blunder, compassion, Noble, pledge, opinion, vacate, wonder

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 9: 1:D 2:E 3:B 4:A 5:C
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 9: 1:B 2:D 3:A 4:C 5:E
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 9: 1:C 2:D 3:0 4:A 5:E
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 9: Across: 2: cautious, 6: ancient, 8: bear, 9: cradle Down: 1: distant, 2: carefree, 3: adapt, 4: chamber, 5: Pack, 7: timid

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #20

2021-06-09T07:00:00.000-07:00

Review of some of the past words
Word	Meaning
flora	(n) 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period; 2: a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
hiatus	(n) 1: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something 2: a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) 3: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure
inane	(adj) 1: devoid of intelligence;
nostalgia	(n) 1: longing for something past
allocate	(v) 1: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose;
myopia	(n) 1: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
sanguine	(n) 1: a blood-red color, (adj) 1: confidently optimistic and cheerful 2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life;
delude	(v) 1: be false to; be dishonest with
guile	(n) 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception 2: the quality of being crafty 3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
gratuitous	(adj) 1: without cause;
exacting	(adj) 1: having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures;
ironic	(adj) 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking;
mitigate	(v) 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;
preeminent	(adj) 1: greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement;
extrapolate	(v) 1: gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating;
sacrilege	(n) 1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character;
apotheosis	(n) 1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; 2: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
transitory	(adj) 1: lasting a very short time;
efface	(v) 1: remove completely from recognition or memory;
equine	(n) 1: hoofed mammals having slender legs and a flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck, (adj) 1: resembling a horse 2: of or belonging to the family Equidae
misappropriate	(v) 1: appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use;
permeate	(v) 1: spread or diffuse through;
verisimilitude	(n) 1: the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	apotheosis	A	profanation	1:	1	illicit	A	malignant	1:
2	repercussion	B	florid	2:	2	copious	B	stingy	2:
3	allocate	C	respite	3:	3	myopia	C	outsider	3:
4	mitigate	D	gratis	4:	4	incisive	D	needed	4:
5	hiatus	E	ideal	5:	5	clique	E	hyperopia	5:
6	sanguine	F	backlash	6:	6	benevolent	F	licit	6:
7	sacrilege	G	palliate	7:	7	benign	G	decrement	7:
8	misappropriate	H	apportion	8:	8	gratuitous	H	dull	8:
9	gratuitous	I	embezzle	9:	9	increment	I	little	9:

Match Definitions
1	angered at something unjust or wrong	A	permeate	1:
2	a person who travels by foot	B	monarchy	2:
3	the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle	C	pedestrian	3:
4	an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority	D	eccentric	4:
5	(usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed	E	indignant	5:
6	all the plant life in a particular region or period	F	flora	6:
7	a person with an unusual or odd personality	G	hedonism	7:
8	remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing	H	indifferent	8:
9	pass through	I	efface	9:

Crossword Challenge

			1			2	Across: 1: a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)(6) 3: all the plant life in a particular region or period(5) 4: make children(5) 7: a sign of something about to happen(7) 8: an act or expression of criticism and censure(6) Down: 2: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health(8) 5: resembling a horse(6) 6: be false to; be dishonest with(6) 7: examine or consider with attention and in detail(6)
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Recent Words Learned: hedonism, guile, sanguine, peruse, misappropriate, salutary, hiatus, indifferent, myopia, ironic, allocate, benevolent, permeate, fecund, curtail, equine, unremitting, indignant, apotheosis, steadfast

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 19: 1:C 2:B 3:E 4:D 5:A
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 19: 1:E 2:A 3:C 4:D 5:B
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 19: 1:C 2:E 3:0 4:A 5:B
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 19: Across: 2: peruse, 4: mitigate, 6: portent Down: 1: permeate, 3: exacting, 5: ironic, 7: terse

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #9

2021-06-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Negligent, Dusky, Council, Despicable, Journal

Negligent (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern; "negligent parents"; "negligent of detail"; "negligent in his correspondence" 2: marked by insufficient care or attention; "a negligent housekeeper"; "negligent about personal cleanliness"		diligent

Dusky (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" 2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic"	twilight, twilit, swart, swarthy

Council (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council" 2: (Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine 3: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"

Despicable (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"	ugly, vile, slimy

Journal (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations 2: a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; "he reads the medical journals" 3: a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred	diary, daybook

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	pretend	A	diary	1:	1	agitate	A	calm	1:
2	dusky	B	affect	2:	2	negligent	B	acquit	2:
3	proficient	C	adept	3:	3	synonymous	C	antonymous	3:
4	assimilate	D	imbibe	4:	4	convict	D	diligent	4:
5	journal	E	twilit	5:	5	assimilate	E	dissimilate	5:

Match Definitions
1	untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)	A	agitate	1:
2	make an opening or gap in	B	breach	2:
3	try to stir up public opinion	C	disarray	3:
4	a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence	D	convict	4:
5	an area of knowledge or interest	E	territory	5:

Crossword Challenge

1		2	3				Across: 1: bring disorder to(8) 5: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of(7) 9: open disrespect for a person or thing(5) 10: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves(6) Down: 2: of or characteristic of high rank or importance(8) 3: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(7) 4: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation(6) 6: a wide scope(7) 7: fail to do something; leave something undone(7) 8: a particular environment or walk of life(5)

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Engligh Language Trivia

What are Tongue Twisters?
Tongue Twisters are fun and games but they are also used for foreign students to improve their accent and also by therapists to help with speech difficulties. Try these Tongue Twisters: "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers", "She sells seashells by the seashore". "How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, If a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

Did you know? - Science of putting people to death is called "ktenology."

Recent Words Learned: journal, despicable, council, dusky, negligent, convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax, disarray, distraught, terminate, devour, agitate, ambitious, synonymous, buffet

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 8: 1:B 2:A 3:E 4:D 5:C
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 8: 1:B 2:A 3:E 4:C 5:D
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 8: 1:C 2:D 3:A 4:0 5:E
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 8: Across: 4: superior, 5: convict, 6: climax, 8: scorn Down: 1: disarray, 2: pretend, 3: tropical, 7: arena

Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #9

2021-06-03T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Bear, Pack, Negotiate, Adapt

Bear (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: massive plantigrade omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws 2: an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
Verb	1: have; "bear a resemblance"; "bear a signature" 3: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" 4: move while holding up or supporting; "Bear a load of gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"	deliver, birth, have, digest, endure, stomach

Pack (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a large indefinite number; "a pack of wolves"; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" 2: a complete collection of similar things; "a pack of baseball cards" 3: a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)	battalion, multitude, plurality, gang	single
Verb	1: arrange in a container; "pack the books into the boxes" 2: fill to capacity; "This singer always packs the concert halls"; "They murder trial packed the court house" 3: compress into a wad; "wad paper into the box"	bundle, wad, compact

Negotiate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" 2: succeed in passing through, around, or over; "The hiker negotiated the high mountain pass"

Adapt (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" 2: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must learn to adapt to the bad economic situation"	adjust, conform

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	vacate	A	timid	1:	1	timid	A	drawback	1:
2	bear	B	sled	2:	2	wonder	B	bold	2:
3	sleigh	C	remote	3:	3	advantage	C	fact	3:
4	cautious	D	resign	4:	4	opinion	D	disinterest	4:
5	rural	E	birth	5:	5	Pack	E	single	5:

Match Definitions
1	a very old person	A	bear	1:
2	ride (on) a sled	B	adapt	2:
3	have	C	sleigh	3:
4	make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose	D	ancient	4:
5	enduring strength and energy	E	stamina	5:

Crossword Challenge

				1			Across: 2: avoiding excess(8) 6: a person who lived in ancient times(7) 8: put up with something or somebody unpleasant(4) 9: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence(6) Down: 1: or coming from or going to a distance(7) 2: cheerfully irresponsible(8) 3: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions(5) 4: place in a chamber(7) 5: a complete collection of similar things(4) 7: lacking self-confidence(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

Recent Words Learned: adapt, negotiate, Pack, bear, stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural, chamber, ancient, timid, blunder, compassion, Noble, pledge, opinion, vacate, wonder

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 8: 1:D 2:C 3:B 4:E 5:A
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 8: 1:D 2:C 3:B 4:E 5:A
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 8: 1:A 2:B 3:C 4:E 5:D
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 8: Across: 3: Noble, 4: carefree, 5: chamber, 6: sleigh Down: 1: stamina, 2: pledge, 4: cautious, 5: cradle

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #8

2021-06-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Breach, Economical, Expanse, Convict

Breach (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation 2: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) 3: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"	rupture, break, severance, rift
Verb	1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" 2: make an opening or gap in	transgress, offend, infract

Economical (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" 2: of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" 3: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"	economic, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting

Expanse (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" 2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" 3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky	sweep, area

Convict (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison 2: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence	con, inmate
Verb	1: find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"		acquit

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	economical	A	stop	1:	1	assimilate	A	antonymous	1:
2	terminate	B	frugal	2:	2	synonymous	B	dissimilate	2:
3	arena	C	disorder	3:	3	agitate	C	acquit	3:
4	devour	D	down	4:	4	convict	D	inferior	4:
5	disarray	E	sphere	5:	5	superior	E	calm	5:

Match Definitions
1	avoiding waste	A	convict	1:
2	(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same	B	bankrupt	2:
3	a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison	C	economical	3:
4	financially ruined	D	synonymous	4:
5	a region marked off for administrative or other purposes	E	territory	5:

Crossword Challenge

1					2	Across: 4: (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by(8) 5: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence(7) 6: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse(6) 8: reject with contempt(5) Down: 1: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)(8) 2: behave unnaturally or affectedly(7) 3: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic(8) 7: a particular environment or walk of life(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are Palindromes?
Palindromes are words or phrases which read the same in both directions. E.g. EYE, RACECAR, etc. The word palindrome is derived from the Greek palindromes, meaning running back again (pal = AGAIN + drom/drame = RUN). Some of other good examples of palindromes are: "Do Geese See God?"; "Never Odd or Even"; "Too Bad, I hid a boot"

Did you know? - Study of people at work is called "ergonomics."

Recent Words Learned: convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax, disarray, distraught, terminate, devour, agitate, ambitious, synonymous, buffet, proficient, assimilate, pretend, surveillance, inventory

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 7: 1:C 2:B 3:A 4:D 5:E
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 7: 1:B 2:D 3:A 4:D 5:C
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 7: 1:C 2:B 3:D 4:0 5:E
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 7: Across: 3: superior, 4: scorn, 6: agitate Down: 1: disarray, 2: tropical, 5: devour, 6: arena

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #59

2021-05-31T07:00:00.001-07:00

Proverbs are short statements of wisdom or advice.
Proverb	Meaning
Rome was not built in a day	It takes time to a job properly; you should not expect to do it quickly
Birds of a feather flock together	People of the same sort are usually found together
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow	Avoid regrets by taking the time to think before speaking or acting angrily
Home is where the heart is	You call home the place where the people you love are
Cleanliness is next to godliness	A clean body is just as important as a pure soul
The best advice is found on the pillow	A good night's sleep may help us find an answer to our problem
Better be alone than in bad company	Be careful in the choice of the people you associate with
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me	One should learn from one's mistakes
Man is as old as he feels himself to be	Your age doesn't matter as long as you are fit and healthy
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know	It's better to deal with someone difficult but familiar than change and risk dealing with somebody worse

Some funny, some weird..
Word	Meaning
Smellfungus	A perpetual pessimist
Fard	Face-paint, makeup
Hobbledehoy	An awkward or ill-mannered young boy
Borborygmus	Stomach rumbling
Bowyang	A strap that holds the pants legs in place
Dudgeon	A bad mood, a huff
Hoosegow	A jail or prison

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	irrevocable	A	speak	1:	1	congregate	A	disperse	1:
2	debilitate	B	heterodoxy	2:	2	inane	B	honor	2:
3	address	C	dash	3:	3	gauche	C	leave	3:
4	disdain	D	enfeeble	4:	4	irrevocable	D	thoughtful	4:
5	specious	E	gilded	5:	5	subordinate	E	acute	5:
6	daunt	F	despise	6:	6	espouse	F	compliment	6:
7	infinitesimal	G	irrevokable	7:	7	obtuse	G	dominant	7:
8	heresy	H	sufferer	8:	8	chagrin	H	revocable	8:
9	martyr	I	minute	9:	9	ignominy	I	polite	9:

Match Definitions
1	lack of agreement or harmony	A	affable	1:
2	the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	B	strife	2:
3	diffusing warmth and friendliness	C	acute	3:
4	difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge	D	exonerate	4:
5	a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention	E	abstruse	5:
6	pronounce not guilty of criminal charges	F	patent	6:
7	hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists	G	manifest	7:
8	a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane	H	panacea	8:
9	a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation	I	alloy	9:

Crossword Challenge

1		2	3			Across: 2: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)(5) 4: severe and unremitting in making demands(8) 5: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(6) 8: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose(8) Down: 1: a mild rebuke or criticism(8) 3: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill(8) 6: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse(7) 7: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits(5) 9: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5)
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Recent Words Learned: debilitate, martyr, imply, revere, alloy, ostentatious, gregarious, epitome, consensus, stipulate, exonerate, despondent, dissonant, circumvent, deference, ignominy, covet, espouse, rudimentary, address

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 58: 1:A 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:B
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 58: 1:D 2:C 3:B 4:A 5:E
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 58: 1:A 2:E 3:B 4:D 5:C
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 58: Across: 5: coalesce, 6: imply, 7: patent, 8: obtuse Down: 1: espouse, 2: heresy, 3: fecund, 4: permeate

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #58

2021-05-29T07:00:00.002-07:00

New Words for Today:
Alloy, Revere, Imply, Martyr, Debilitate

Alloy (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper" 2: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	metal, admixture
Verb	1: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content 2: make an alloy of	debase

Revere (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) 2: a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side	revers
Verb	1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" 2: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"	idolize, idolise, worship, fear

Imply (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: express or state indirectly 2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic 3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage implies that we have to stop taking long showers"	connote, entail, mean

Martyr (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: one who suffers for the sake of principle 2: one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion	sufferer
Verb	1: kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" 2: torture and torment like a martyr

Debilitate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"	enfeeble

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	relinquish	A	surrender	1:	1	amicable	A	frail	1:
2	parochial	B	waste	2:	2	flagrant	B	compliment	2:
3	misapprehension	C	mistake	3:	3	chagrin	C	vague	3:
4	enervate	D	faze	4:	4	robust	D	hostile	4:
5	squander	E	insular	5:	5	consecrate	E	desecrate	5:

Match Definitions
1	a large indefinite number	A	myriad	1:
2	of heaven or the spirit	B	contiguous	2:
3	give a guarantee or promise of	C	ethereal	3:
4	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch	D	forsake	4:
5	connecting without a break; within a common boundary	E	stipulate	5:

Crossword Challenge

	1				2	Across: 5: mix together different elements(8) 6: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic(5) 7: grant rights to; grant a patent for(6) 8: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex(6) Down: 1: take in marriage(7) 2: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion(6) 3: intellectually productive(6) 4: spread or diffuse through(8)
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Engligh Language Trivia

hit the nail on the head
When you hit the nail on the head, you are absolutely right about something or have guessed the exact nature of a problem or situation. "You hit the nail on the head when you said Mark had money problems. He's lost his job"

Did you know? - Study of alloying and treating metals is called "metallurgy."

Recent Words Learned: debilitate, martyr, imply, revere, alloy, ostentatious, gregarious, epitome, consensus, stipulate, exonerate, despondent, dissonant, circumvent, deference, ignominy, covet, espouse, rudimentary, address

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 57: 1:A 2:C 3:B 4:D 5:E
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 57: 1:B 2:A 3:C 4:D 5:E
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 57: 1:B 2:A 3:D 4:C 5:E
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 57: Across: 1: maudlin, 2: maxim, 6: abject, 7: reprisal Down: 1: malinger, 3: ideology, 4: patent, 5: coerce

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #21

2021-05-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Encounter, Convoy, Resist, Deteriorate, Defiled

Encounter (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a minor short-term fight 2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" 3: a casual meeting with a person of thing	brush, clash, skirmish
Verb	1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" 2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" 3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"	meet, see, find, happen, chance

Convoy (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a procession of land vehicles traveling together 2: a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships 3: the act of escorting while in transit
Verb	1: escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"

Resist (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" 2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something 3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"	defy, refuse, withstand	surrender

Deteriorate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" 2: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"	devolve, drop, degenerate	recuperate

Defiled (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: morally blemished; stained or impure 2: having the purity corrupted; made unclean; "the defiled Temple"	maculate

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	millennium	A	worry	1:	1	synonymous	A	calm	1:
2	summit	B	frugal	2:	2	resist	B	surrender	2:
3	economical	C	excuse	3:	3	assimilate	C	dissimilate	3:
4	alibi	D	peak	4:	4	dissent	D	antonymous	4:
5	concern	E	millenary	5:	5	distraught	E	agreement	5:

Match Definitions
1	cause to be agitated, excited, or roused	A	dusky	1:
2	deeply agitated especially from emotion	B	agitate	2:
3	light teasing repartee	C	exotic	3:
4	strikingly strange or unusual	D	banter	4:
5	naturally having skin of a dark color	E	distraught	5:

Crossword Challenge

	1	2		Across: 4: imagined as in a play(7) 6: exercise authority over; as of nations(6) 7: a body serving in an administrative capacity(7) 8: an abstract part of something(6) Down: 1: impinge or infringe upon(8) 2: strikingly strange or unusual(6) 3: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary(7) 5: be of different opinions(7)
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Engligh Language Trivia

"My report said - "status quo". Does it mean I repeat grade 4?"
"Status quo" comes from Latin meaning "the existing state of things". The point of having her elected was for the reigning party to perpetuate the status quo.

Did you know? - "Rhythm" and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels.

Recent Words Learned: defiled, deteriorate, resist, convoy, encounter, watchful, articulate, mere, govern, recess, exotic, ashore, dissolve, factor, encroach, succinct, dismal, chaotic, decree, concern

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 20: 1:G 2:D 3:E 4:C 5:I 6:A 7:B 8:F 9:H
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 20: 1:F 2:H 3:A 4:G 5:I 6:E 7:D 8:C 9:B
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 20: 1:I 2:A 3:H 4:0 5:D 6:F 7:G 8:0 9:B
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 20: Across: 1: batter, 2: summit, 5: chaotic, 6: exotic, 7: arena, 8: decree Down: 1: buffet, 3: encroach, 4: dismal, 5: concern

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #57

2021-05-28T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Stipulate, Consensus, Epitome, Gregarious, Ostentatious

Stipulate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" 2: give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" 3: make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force	qualify, condition, specify

Consensus (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"

Epitome (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father" 2: a brief abstract (as of an article or book); "he was asked to write the epitome of the book"	prototype, paradigm, image

Gregarious (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species; "gregarious bird species" 2: instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others; "he is a gregarious person who avoids solitude" 3: (of plants) growing in groups that are close together

Ostentatious (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat" 2: of a display that is tawdry or vulgar	pretentious, kitsch

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	illicit	A	outlaw	1:	1	exonerate	A	compliment	1:
2	preclude	B	bereft	2:	2	chagrin	B	guilty	2:
3	bereaved	C	prevent	3:	3	myopia	C	hyperopia	3:
4	deference	D	compliancy	4:	4	robust	D	frail	4:
5	insidious	E	subtle	5:	5	docile	E	stubborn	5:

Match Definitions
1	lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of	A	abstruse	1:
2	difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge	B	mitigate	2:
3	of heaven or the spirit	C	ostentatious	3:
4	intended to attract notice and impress others	D	ethereal	4:
5	strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity	E	robust	5:

Crossword Challenge

	1				Across: 1: effusively or insincerely emotional(7) 2: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits(5) 6: showing utter resignation or hopelessness(6) 7: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime(8) Down: 1: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill(8) 3: imaginary or visionary theorization(8) 4: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage(6) 5: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

"I am a de facto king of vocabulary - seriously !"
"De facto" is an Italian phrase very commonly used in English. It means "in reality or actually". Example: While the President may be the Head of the State, the de facto head in India is the Prime Minister."

Did you know? - Study of victims is called "victimology."

Recent Words Learned: ostentatious, gregarious, epitome, consensus, stipulate, exonerate, despondent, dissonant, circumvent, deference, ignominy, covet, espouse, rudimentary, address, forsake, connoisseur, abhor, querulous, vacillate

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 56: 1:E 2:D 3:B 4:A 5:C
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 56: 1:A 2:B 3:E 4:D 5:C
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 56: 1:D 2:C 3:E 4:A 5:B
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 56: Across: 2: incense, 5: avow, 6: ethereal, 7: cadence Down: 1: mitigate, 3: elusive, 4: chagrin, 5: arcane

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #56

2021-05-27T07:00:00.001-07:00

New Words for Today:
Ignominy, Deference, Circumvent, Dissonant, Despondent, Exonerate

Ignominy (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought an ignominy to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"	shame, disgrace	honor

Deference (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my deferences to the dean" 2: courteous regard for people's feelings; "in deference to your wishes"; "out of respect for his privacy" 3: a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others	respect, compliance, compliancy	disrespect

Circumvent (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks circumvented Vienna" 2: beat through cleverness and wit; "I circumvented the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors" 3: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he circumvented the questions skillfully"	besiege, beleaguer, surround, outwit, outsmart, outfox	truthful, frank, direct

Dissonant (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay" 2: characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved 3: lacking in harmony	unmusical, nonmusical

Despondent (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: without or almost without hope; "despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"	heartsick, depress

Exonerate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was exonerated of the murder charges"	acquit, assoil	guilty

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	consecrate	A	gentle	1:	1	deference	A	disrespect	1:
2	address	B	assoil	2:	2	docile	B	stubborn	2:
3	exonerate	C	outfox	3:	3	singular	C	adversary	3:
4	docile	D	speak	4:	4	gauche	D	polite	4:
5	circumvent	E	ordain	5:	5	protagonist	E	plural	5:

Match Definitions
1	deprive of voting rights	A	belabor	1:
2	relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another	B	incense	2:
3	make furious	C	connoisseur	3:
4	attack verbally with harsh criticism	D	disfranchise	4:
5	an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts	E	relinquish	5:

Crossword Challenge

1				Across: 2: the pleasing scent produced when incense is burned(7) 5: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true(4) 6: of or containing or dissolved in ether(8) 7: a recurrent rhythmical series(7) Down: 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of(8) 3: be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind(7) 4: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of(7) 5: requiring secret or mysterious knowledge(6)
2	3

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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "agr/i/o" mean?
Root word "agr/i/o" comes from Latin, meaning farming. Examples: agriculture - management of the land, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land; agrarian - relating to the management of land

Did you know? - Dreamt is the only word that ends in mt.

Recent Words Learned: exonerate, despondent, dissonant, circumvent, deference, ignominy, covet, espouse, rudimentary, address, forsake, connoisseur, abhor, querulous, vacillate, manifest, ethereal, theology, sporadic, dogma

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 55: 1:E 2:B 3:A 4:C 5:H 6:F 7:I 8:D 9:G
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 55: 1:F 2:G 3:C 4:B 5:H 6:E 7:I 8:D 9:A
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 55: 1:A 2:H 3:0 4:D 5:E 6:G 7:F 8:C 9:I
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 55: Across: 5: coalesce, 6: manifest, 7: terse, 8: abject Down: 1: gauche, 2: amenable, 3: polarize, 4: maxim

Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #8

2021-05-27T07:00:00.000-07:00

New Words for Today:
Advantage, Carefree, Cautious, Sleigh, Stamina

Advantage (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: the quality of having a superior or more favorable position; "the experience gave him the advantage over me" 2: (tennis) first point scored after deuce 3: benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"	vantage, reward	drawback
Verb	1: give an advantage to; "This system advantages the rich"	benefit

Carefree (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled financially" 2: cheerfully irresponsible; "carefree with his money"; "freewheeling urban youths"; "had a harum-scarum youth"	unworried, slaphappy

Cautious (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"	timid
Adjective	1: showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver" 2: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" 3: cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told"

Sleigh (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow	sled, sledge
Verb	1: ride (on) a sled	sled

Stamina (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: enduring strength and energy	toughness

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	vacate	A	first	1:	1	Noble	A	disinterest	1:
2	endanger	B	timid	2:	2	rural	B	brave	2:
3	cautious	C	menace	3:	3	timid	C	urban	3:
4	blunder	D	empty	4:	4	ancient	D	lowborn	4:
5	initial	E	goof	5:	5	wonder	E	new	5:

Match Definitions
1	a natural or artificial enclosed space	A	chamber	1:
2	the quality of having a superior or more favorable position	B	advantage	2:
3	cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent	C	cautious	3:
4	relating to or using sight	D	pledge	4:
5	promise solemnly and formally	E	visual	5:

Crossword Challenge

		1		2	Across: 3: having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character(5) 4: free of trouble and worry and care(8) 5: a room where a judge transacts business(7) 6: ride (on) a sled(6) Down: 1: enduring strength and energy(7) 2: a deposit of personal property as security for a debt(6) 4: people who are fearful and cautious(8) 5: hold or place in or as if in a cradle(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

Recent Words Learned: stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural, chamber, ancient, timid, blunder, compassion, Noble, pledge, opinion, vacate, wonder, fortunate, endanger, cradle, initial

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 7: 1:A 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:B
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 7: 1:D 2:A 3:E 4:B 5:C
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 7: 1:B 2:C 3:E 4:D 5:A
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 7: Across: 1: fatigue, 2: cradle, 6: opinion, 7: rural Down: 1: fiction, 3: ancient, 4: invest, 5: wonder

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #55

2021-05-26T07:00:00.001-07:00

Review of some of the past words
Word	Meaning
congregate	(v) 1: come together, usually for a purpose; , (adj) 1: brought together into a group or crowd;
belabor	(v) 1: to work at or to absurd length; 3: beat soundly
irrevocable	(adj) 1: incapable of being retracted or revoked; - Shakespeare
piscine	(adj) 1: of or relating to fish
acerbic	(adj) 1: sour or bitter in taste 2: harsh or corrosive in tone;
tangential	(adj) 1: of superficial relevance if any;
covet	(v) 1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person);
salutary	(adj) 1: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health;
extrovert	(n) 1: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings, (adj) 1: being concerned with the social and physical environment
indulgent	(adj) 1: characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone ;
obtuse	(adj) 1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees 2: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex 3: lacking in insight or discernment; - Jasper Griffin
insinuate	(v) 1: give to understand;
espouse	(v) 1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;
amenable	(adj) 1: disposed or willing to comply;
provisional	(adj) 1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon;
myriad	(n) 1: a large indefinite number; 2: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand, (adj) 1: too numerous to be counted;
sporadic	(adj) 1: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances;
abject	(adj) 1: of the most contemptible kind;
manifest	(n) 1: a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane, (v) 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; , (adj) 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
reclusive	(adj) 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude;
squander	(v) 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
dogma	(n) 1: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof;
infinitesimal	(n) 1: (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit, (adj) 1: infinitely or immeasurably small;
specious	(adj) 1: plausible but false;

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	deprecate	A	accede	1:	1	enervate	A	stubborn	1:
2	equivocate	B	palter	2:	2	consecrate	B	horrible	2:
3	acquiesce	C	shrewd	3:	3	exalt	C	belittle	3:
4	astute	D	charitable	4:	4	mellifluous	D	continual	4:
5	fortuitous	E	vilipend	5:	5	flagrant	E	frail	5:
6	disdain	F	contempt	6:	6	robust	F	energize	6:
7	squander	G	generalize	7:	7	amicable	G	desecrated	7:
8	benevolent	H	causeless	8:	8	sporadic	H	vague	8:
9	extrapolate	I	waste	9:	9	docile	I	hostile	9:

Match Definitions
1	plausible but false	A	specious	1:
2	(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred	B	credence	2:
3	being in the earliest stages of development	C	myopia	3:
4	conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry	D	vociferous	4:
5	a person who backs a politician or a team etc.	E	protagonist	5:
6	of the most contemptible kind	F	robust	6:
7	strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity	G	abject	7:
8	a kind of sideboard or buffet used to serve bread and wine before consecration.	H	rudimentary	8:
9	lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike	I	disdain	9:

Crossword Challenge

	1				Across: 5: fuse or cause to grow together(8) 6: record in a ship's manifest(8) 7: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5) 8: most unfortunate or miserable(6) Down: 1: lacking social polish(6) 2: open to being acted upon in a certain way(8) 3: cause to vibrate in a definite pattern(8) 4: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits(5)
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Recent Words Learned: covet, espouse, rudimentary, address, forsake, connoisseur, abhor, querulous, vacillate, manifest, ethereal, theology, sporadic, dogma, protagonist, flagrant, capricious, tangential, didactic, coalesce

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 54: 1:A 2:D 3:B 4:C 5:E
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 54: 1:D 2:B 3:A 4:E 5:C
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 54: 1:C 2:D 3:A 4:E 5:B
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 54: Across: 5: robust, 6: coalesce, 7: inert, 8: exalt Down: 1: covet, 2: enervate, 3: obtuse, 4: permeate

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #20

2021-05-25T07:00:00.002-07:00

Review of some of the past words
Word	Meaning
chaotic	(adj) 1: lacking a visible order or organization 2: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing 3: of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
watchful	(adj) 1: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger;
bankrupt	(n) 1: someone who has insufficient assets to cover their debts, (v) 1: reduce to bankruptcy; , (adj) 1: financially ruined;
accommodate	(v) 1: be agreeable or acceptable to;
summit	(n) 1: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; 3: a meeting of heads of governments, (v) 1: reach the summit of a mountain;
negligent	(adj) 1: characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern;
council	(n) 1: a body serving in an administrative capacity;
arid	(adj) 1: lacking sufficient water or rainfall;
dreadful	(adj) 1: causing fear or dread or terror; 3: very unpleasant
crutch	(n) 1: a wooden or metal staff that fits under the armpit and reaches to the ground; used by disabled person while walking 2: anything that serves as an expedient;
banter	(n) 1: light teasing repartee, (v) 1: be silly or tease one another;
dusky	(adj) 1: lighted by or as if by twilight;
journal	(n) 1: a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations 2: a periodical dedicated to a particular subject; 3: a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
dissolve	(n) 1: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out, (v) 1: cause to go into a solution;
encroach	(v) 1: advance beyond the usual limit 2: impinge or infringe upon;
ashore	(adv) 1: towards the shore from the water;
concern	(n) 1: something that interests you because it is important or affects you; , (v) 1: have to do with or be relevant to;
surveillance	(n) 1: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
batter	(n) 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting 2: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon, (v) 1: strike against forcefully;
climax	(n) 1: the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; 3: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse, (v) 1: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;
articulate	(v) 1: provide with a joint; , (adj) 1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; 2: consisting of segments held together by joints

Today's Vocabulary Challenges
*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level ***

Match Synonyms					Match Antonyms
1	millennium	A	hold	1:	1	concern	A	calm	1:
2	expanse	B	compact	2:	2	assimilate	B	antonymous	2:
3	dissolve	C	twilight	3:	3	agitate	C	vibrant	3:
4	dusky	D	area	4:	4	negligent	D	acquit	4:
5	govern	E	thaw	5:	5	superior	E	approve	5:
6	accommodate	F	clobber	6:	6	dissent	F	aloof	6:
7	succinct	G	millenary	7:	7	convict	G	diligent	7:
8	batter	H	alien	8:	8	arid	H	dissimilate	8:
9	exotic	I	regularise	9:	9	synonymous	I	inferior	9:

Match Definitions
1	the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development	A	recess	1:
2	exercise authority over; as of nations	B	summit	2:
3	the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)	C	capital	3:
4	impinge or infringe upon	D	millennium	4:
5	(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting	E	encroach	5:
6	be silly or tease one another	F	banter	6:
7	a particular environment or walk of life	G	arena	7:
8	of primary important	H	batter	8:
9	a state of abeyance or suspended business	I	govern	9:

Crossword Challenge

	1				Across: 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting(6) 2: a meeting of heads of governments(6) 5: of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions(7) 6: strikingly strange or unusual(6) 7: a particular environment or walk of life(5) 8: decide with authority(6) Down: 1: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves(6) 3: impinge or infringe upon(8) 4: causing dejection(6) 5: an anxious feeling(7)
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Recent Words Learned: watchful, articulate, mere, govern, recess, exotic, ashore, dissolve, factor, encroach, succinct, dismal, chaotic, decree, concern, arid, haunt, alibi, casualty, batter

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 19: 1:B 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:A
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 19: 1:A 2:B 3:D 4:C 5:E
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 19: 1:D 2:B 3:A 4:E 5:0
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 19: Across: 1: exotic, 4: edict, 8: journal, 10: haunt Down: 2: casualty, 3: encroach, 5: devour, 6: summit, 7: arid, 9: alibi

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #54

2021-05-25T07:00:00.001-07:00

New Words for Today:
Forsake, Address, Rudimentary, Espouse, Covet

Forsake (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother forsook her children"	abandon, desolate	reclaim

Address (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored 2: the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with 3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"	speech, destination
Verb	1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" 2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees" 3: put an address on (an envelope)	speak, direct, call

Rudimentary (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles" 2: being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans" 3: not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"	fundamental, underlying, vestigial

Espouse (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She espoused the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" 2: take in marriage 3: take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She espoused Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"	adopt, follow, marry, wed, conjoin	leave

Covet (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person); "She covets her sister's house"	wish, long

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1	pejorative	A	dislogistic	1:	1	consecrate	A	energize	1:
2	espouse	B	squeeze	2:	2	flagrant	B	vague	2:
3	coerce	C	pietistic	3:	3	enervate	C	plural	3:
4	sanctimonious	D	conjoin	4:	4	exalt	D	desecrated	4:
5	willful	E	wilful	5:	5	singular	E	sad	5:

Match Definitions
1	based on pretense; deceptively pleasing	A	chasm	1:
2	a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits	B	theology	2:
3	a deep opening in the earth's surface	C	specious	3:
4	a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings	D	extrovert	4:
5	being concerned with the social and physical environment	E	maxim	5:

Crossword Challenge

				1	Across: 5: physically strong(6) 6: fuse or cause to grow together(8) 7: slow and apathetic(5) 8: praise, glorify, or honor(5) Down: 1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)(5) 2: reduce the strength or vitality(8) 3: lacking in insight or discernment; - Jasper Griffin(6) 4: pass through(8)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "tri" mean?
Root word "trans" comes from Latin, meaning "across, beyond, through". Examples: transcontinental - across the continent; transfer - to move from one place to another; transport - to carry something across a space.

Did you know? - Study of worms is called "helminthology."

Recent Words Learned: covet, espouse, rudimentary, address, forsake, connoisseur, abhor, querulous, vacillate, manifest, ethereal, theology, sporadic, dogma, protagonist, flagrant, capricious, tangential, didactic, coalesce

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 53: 1:E 2:C 3:A 4:D 5:A
Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 53: 1:D 2:E 3:C 4:B 5:A
Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 53: 1:E 2:B 3:A 4:C 5:D
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 53: Across: 1: catholic, 4: robust, 7: daunt, 8: cadence Down: 2: abstruse, 3: incense, 5: myriad, 6: gauche

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #53

2021-05-24T07:00:00.001-07:00

New Words for Today:
Manifest, Vacillate, Querulous, Abhor, Connoisseur

Manifest (Noun, Verb, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane
Verb	1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" 2: record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested" 3: reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"	attest, certify, demonstrate, evidence
Adjective	1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"	apparent, evident, patent, plain

Vacillate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" 2: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"	hover, vibrate, oscillate, fluctuate

Querulous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: habitually complaining; "a whining child"	fretful

Abhor (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: find repugnant; "I loathe that man"; "She abhors cats"	loathe

Connoisseur (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: an expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts; "He is the world renown connoisseur of antique china"

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1	amicable	A	incensed	1:	1	obtuse	A	disbelief	1:
2	abhor	B	cense	2:	2	amorphous	B	desecrate	2:
3	incense	C	loathe	3:	3	singular	C	plural	3:
4	genteel	D	civilized	4:	4	consecrate	D	acute	4:
5	indignant	E	friendly	5:	5	credence	E	structured	5:

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1	to work at or to absurd length	A	usurp	1:
2	difficult to describe	B	elusive	2:
3	cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of	C	belabor	3:
4	uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing	D	chagrin	4:
5	take the place of	E	unremitting	5:

Crossword Challenge

		1	2		3	Across: 1: of or relating to or supporting Catholicism(8) 4: physically strong(6) 7: cause to lose courage(5) 8: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse(7) Down: 2: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge(8) 3: perfume especially with a censer(7) 5: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand(6) 6: lacking social polish(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "derm/a" mean?
Root word "derm/a" comes from Greek, meaning skin. Examples: "dermatologist - a doctor for the skin; pachyderm - a class of animals with very thick skin (elephant, rhinoceros); dermatitis - inflammation of the skin" mean?

Did you know? - A nanosecond is one billionth of a second.

Recent Words Learned: connoisseur, abhor, querulous, vacillate, manifest, ethereal, theology, sporadic, dogma, protagonist, flagrant, capricious, tangential, didactic, coalesce, arcane, insidious, acerbic, parochial, pertinent

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 52: 1:G 2:A 3:F 4:D 5:I 6:C 7:E 8:H 9:B
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Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 52: 1:0 2:G 3:C 4:0 5:H 6:B 7:D 8:F 9:E
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 52: Across: 3: abortive, 6: coerce, 7: credence Down: 1: flagrant, 2: sporadic, 4: enervate, 5: genre

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #52

2021-05-22T07:00:00.003-07:00

Proverbs are short statements of wisdom or advice.
Proverb	Meaning
Ignorance is bliss	Possible interpretation: what you do not know causes no worry or sadness
Man can die but once	If death comes now, you will not have to experience it later
Too many cooks spoil the broth	If too many people are involved in something, it will not be done properly
Bad news travels fast	People tend to circulate bad news (accidents, illness, etc.) very quickly
Put all your eggs in one basket	Risk everything by relying on one plan (e.g. by putting all one's money into one business)
Diamonds cut diamonds	Refers to two people equally matched in wit or cunning
To err is human, to forgive divine	It is human nature to make mistakes, therefore one should forgive them
Blood will out	A person's background or education will eventually show
The proof of the pudding is in the eating	The real value of something can be judged only after it has been tried or tested
Constant occupation prevents temptation	When you are busy working, you avoid temptation

Some funny, some weird..
Word	Meaning
Snollygoster	A person who can't be trusted
Abibliophobia	The fear of running out of reading material
Hocus-pocus	Deceitful sleight of hand
Anencephalous	Absence of a brain
Skullduggery	Deception or trickery
Maverick	A loner, someone outside the box
Goombah	An older friend who protects you

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1	chagrin	A	lordly	1:	1	pervade	A	dislike	1:
2	supercilious	B	happiness	2:	2	enervate	B	antagonist	2:
3	disdain	C	responsive	3:	3	mellifluous	C	continual	3:
4	maxim	D	axiom	4:	4	protagonist	D	static	4:
5	guile	E	ague	5:	5	acute	E	plural	5:
6	amenable	F	scorn	6:	6	affable	F	obtuse	6:
7	acute	G	mortify	7:	7	myopia	G	horrible	7:
8	malinger	H	skulk	8:	8	singular	H	energize	8:
9	felicity	I	craftiness	9:	9	sporadic	I	hyperopia	9:

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1	instructive (especially excessively)	A	didactic	1:
2	steadiness of mind under stress	B	amenable	2:
3	characterized by friendship and good will	C	amicable	3:
4	of or containing or dissolved in ether	D	bequest	4:
5	marked by refinement in taste and manners	E	permeate	5:
6	slow and apathetic	F	equanimity	6:
7	readily reacting to suggestions and influences	G	ethereal	7:
8	spread or diffuse through	H	inert	8:
9	(law) a gift of personal property by will	I	genteel	9:

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1	2				Across: 3: failing to accomplish an intended result(8) 6: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(6) 7: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true(8) Down: 1: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible(8) 2: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances(8) 4: weaken mentally or morally(8) 5: a style of expressing yourself in writing(5)

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Recent Words Learned: ethereal, theology, sporadic, dogma, protagonist, flagrant, capricious, tangential, didactic, coalesce, arcane, insidious, acerbic, parochial, pertinent, fortuitous, congregate, harbinger, robust, myriad

Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 51: 1:A 2:B 3:C 4:E 5:D
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Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 51: 1:C 2:A 3:B 4:D 5:E
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 51: Across: 1: sporadic, 7: genre, 8: mitigate, 9: static Down: 2: polarize, 3: abject, 4: penitent, 5: acute, 6: incense

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #19

2021-05-22T07:00:00.002-07:00

New Words for Today:
Govern, Mere, Articulate, Watchful

Govern (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate" 2: direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct" 3: exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"	regulate, regularize, regularise, order, rule

Mere (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a small pond of standing water
Adjective	1: being nothing more than specified; "a mere child" 2: apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage of time was enough"; "the simple truth"	bare, simple

Articulate (Verb, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: provide with a joint; "the carpenter jointed two pieces of wood" 2: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" 3: speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"	joint, formulate, word, phrase, pronounce
Adjective	1: expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings" 2: consisting of segments held together by joints

Watchful (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler in tow" 2: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"	argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful, insomniac, sleepless

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1	mere	A	sham	1:	1	arid	A	fertile	1:
2	devour	B	simple	2:	2	convict	B	acquit	2:
3	succinct	C	compact	3:	3	concern	C	agree	3:
4	dissolve	D	thaw	4:	4	dissent	D	aloof	4:
5	pretend	E	consume	5:	5	agitate	E	calm	5:

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1	cause to go into a solution	A	accommodate	1:
2	put into a recess	B	recess	2:
3	an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)	C	dissolve	3:
4	be agreeable or acceptable to	D	encroach	4:
5	advance beyond the usual limit	E	breach	5:

Crossword Challenge

			1				2	Across: 1: strikingly strange or unusual(6) 4: a formal or authoritative proclamation(5) 8: a periodical dedicated to a particular subject(7) 10: haunt like a ghost; pursue(5) Down: 2: an accident that causes someone to die(8) 3: impinge or infringe upon(8) 5: enjoy avidly(6) 6: reach the summit of a mountain(6) 7: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless(4) 9: exonerate by means of an alibi(5)

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draw the line
If you decide to draw the line, you determine when an activity or situation becomes unacceptable. "When a person's private life is concerned, the media should know where to draw the line"

Did you know? - Study of immunity to disease is called "immunopathology."

Recent Words Learned: watchful, articulate, mere, govern, recess, exotic, ashore, dissolve, factor, encroach, succinct, dismal, chaotic, decree, concern, arid, haunt, alibi, casualty, batter

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Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 18: 1:B 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:A
Answer to Crossword in worksheet 18: Across: 4: concern, 5: dissolve, 6: batter Down: 1: succinct, 2: banter, 3: neglect, 5: dismal

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Picturesque, Bare, Adequate, Dreary, Debris

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