Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #5

 

New Words for Today: Pledge, Noble, Compassion, Blunder

 

Pledge (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a deposit of personal property as security for a debt; "his saxophone was in pledge" 2: someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group 3: a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event	toast, assurance
Verb	1: promise solemnly and formally; "I pledge that I will honor my wife" 2: pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals; "I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station" 3: propose a toast to; "Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"	plight, subscribe, toast, drink, salute

 

Noble (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a titled peer of the realm	Lord
Adjective	1: impressive in appearance; "a noble mansion"; "a noble residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" 2: of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" 3: having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character; "a noble spirit"; "noble deeds"	baronial, imposing, stately	lowborn

 

Compassion (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering; "have a compassion for the quake victims" 2: the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it; "His deep compassion for the AIDS patients made him contribute half of his estate to the centre"	pity

 

Blunder (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: an embarrassing mistake	blooper
Verb	1: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" 2: make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door" 3: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"	sin, boob, goof, fumble

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	pledge	A	subscribe	1:		1	opinion	A	last	1:
2	fortunate	B	pity	2:		2	wonder	B	aloof	2:
3	compassion	C	golden	3:		3	invest	C	divest	3:
4	endanger	D	imposing	4:		4	distant	D	close	4:
5	Noble	E	menace	5:		5	initial	E	fact	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	presaging good fortune	A	endanger	1:
2	put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position	B	compassion	2:
3	a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact	C	fortunate	3:
4	the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)	D	initial	4:
5	a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering	E	fiction	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
1			2					3			Across: 1: have a wish or desire to know something(6) 4: a deliberately false or improbable account(7) 8: make one's way clumsily or blindly(7) 9: give qualities or abilities to(6) Down: 2: far apart in relevance or relationship(7) 3: pose a threat to; present a danger to(8) 5: a titled peer of the realm(5) 6: a deposit of personal property as security for a debt(6) 7: birth of a person(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What is a "Prefix"? A prefix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning. For example, the word prefix itself begins with a prefix--pre-, which generally means "before". Did you know? - Study of sediment is called "sedimentology."

 

Recent Words Learned: blunder, compassion, Noble, pledge, opinion, vacate, wonder, fortunate, endanger, cradle, initial, distant, visual, invest, fiction, fatigue, ally Answer to Crossword in worksheet 4: Across: 3: invest, 5: fatigue, 6: ally, 7: cradle Down: 1: wonder, 2: visual, 3: initial, 4: endanger