Middle School - Worksheet #4

 

New Words for Today

 

Pretend (Noun, Verb, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
Verb	1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" 2: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" 3: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"	feign, sham, affect, dissemble
Adjective	1: imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

 

Assimilate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" 2: become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" 3: make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"	absorb, ingest, imbibe	dissimilate

 

Proficient (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"	adept, expert, good, practiced

 

Buffet (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers 2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 3: usually inexpensive bar	counter, sideboard
Verb	1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" 2: strike, beat repeatedly; "The wind buffeted him"	batter, buff

 

Synonymous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same		antonymous

 

Today's Word Challenges

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	pretend	A	practiced	1:		1	assimilate	A	inferior	1:
2	proficient	B	absorb	2:		2	synonymous	B	antonymous	2:
3	assimilate	C	district	3:		3	superior	C	dissimilate	3:
4	territory	D	affect	4:		4		D		4:
5	superior	E	higher-up	5:		5		E		5:

 

Match Definitions
1	close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)	A	surveillance	1:
2	make similar	B	dumbfound	2:
3	the state of something that has been unused and neglected	C	assimilate	3:
4	be a mystery or bewildering to	D	neglect	4:
5	strike, beat repeatedly	E	buffet	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1					2					Across: 4: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic(8) 5: reject with contempt(5) 6: make believe with the intent to deceive(7) Down: 1: usually inexpensive bar(6) 2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected(7) 3: one of greater rank or station or quality(8)
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Interesting things about Engligh Language

What is a "Root Word"? A root word, as its name suggests, is a word or word part from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. The root of the word vocabulary, for example, is "voc", a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in the words advocacy, convocation, evocative, vocal, and vociferous. A root word, as its name suggests, is a word or word part from which other words grow, usually through the addition of prefixes and suffixes. The root of the word vocabulary, for example, is "voc", a Latin root meaning "word" or "name." This root also appears in the words advocacy, convocation, evocative, vocal, and vociferous.

 

Recent Words Learned: synonymous, buffet, proficient, assimilate, pretend, surveillance, inventory, superior, neglect, accumulate, scorn, territory, dumbfound, tropical Answer to Crossword in worksheet :

 

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