Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #4

 

New Words for Today: Fortunate, Wonder, Vacate, Opinion

 

Fortunate (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: having unexpected good fortune; "a fortunate choice" 2: supremely favored or fortunate; "those kids are the fortunate bunch, they will get the chance to meet with the president" 3: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"	favored, golden, hopeful, rosy

 

Wonder (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising 2: something that causes feelings of wonder; "the wonders of modern science" 3: a state in which you want to learn more about something	admiration, marvel, curiosity	disinterest, aloof
Verb	1: have a wish or desire to know something; "He wondered who had built this beautiful church" 2: place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" 3: be amazed at; "We marvelled at the child's linguistic abilities"	inquire, enquire, question, marvel

 

Vacate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" 2: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight" 3: annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"	resign, renounce, empty, abandon, revoke

 

Opinion (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "what is your opinion on Haiti?" 2: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" 3: 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; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page"	view, feeling, belief, notion, sentiment, persuasion, judgment	fact

 

Today's Vocabulary Challenges *** Write answers in the comment box ***

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	cradle	A	commit	1:		1	distant	A	aloof	1:
2	visual	B	optical	2:		2	wonder	B	close	2:
3	ally	C	persuasion	3:		3	opinion	C	fact	3:
4	opinion	D	birthplace	4:		4	initial	D	end	4:
5	invest	E	friend	5:		5	invest	E	divest	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty	A	wonder	1:
2	place in doubt or express doubtful speculation	B	opinion	2:
3	exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress	C	fatigue	3:
4	able to be seen	D	visual	4:
5	a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact	E	fiction	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1										Across: 2: make an investment(6) 5: a deliberately false or improbable account(7) 6: leave behind empty; move out of(6) 7: mark with one's initials(7) Down: 1: far apart in relevance or relationship(7) 3: have a wish or desire to know something(6) 4: pose a threat to; present a danger to(8) 5: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress(7) 6: relating to or using sight(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

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. Did you know? - Study of bodies and forces in equilibrium is called "statics."

 

Recent Words Learned: opinion, vacate, wonder, fortunate, endanger, cradle, initial, distant, visual, invest, fiction, fatigue, ally