Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #7

 

New Words for Today: Timid, Ancient, Chamber, Rural

 

Timid (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: people who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"	cautious	brave
Adjective	1: showing fear and lack of confidence 2: lacking self-confidence; "stood in the doorway diffident and abashed"; "problems that call for bold not timid responses"; "a very unsure young man" 3: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"	diffident, shy, unsure, faint	bold

 

Ancient (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a very old person; "That 90-year-old man is already considered an ancient" 2: a person who lived in ancient times	old, vintage	new, young
Adjective	1: belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece" 2: very old; "an ancient mariner"	antiques	new, young, fresh, future

 

Chamber (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a natural or artificial enclosed space 2: an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart were healthy" 3: a room where a judge transacts business; "The judge called both attorneys to his chamber"	bedroom
Verb	1: place in a chamber; "The farmer decided to chamber the strange travellers in his barn"

 

Rural (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural people"; "large rural households"; "unpaved rural roads"; "an economy that is basically rural" 2: relating to rural areas; "rural electrification"; "rural free delivery (RFD)"	remote	urban

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	fortunate	A	drink	1:		1	wonder	A	urban	1:
2	opinion	B	pity	2:		2	opinion	B	fact	2:
3	wonder	C	golden	3:		3	rural	C	close	3:
4	pledge	D	admiration	4:		4	distant	D	disinterest	4:
5	compassion	E	belief	5:		5	timid	E	bold	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people	A	wonder	1:
2	supremely favored or fortunate	B	pledge	2:
3	propose a toast to	C	cradle	3:
4	have a wish or desire to know something	D	fortunate	4:
5	hold gently and carefully	E	opinion	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
1	2					3					Across: 1: a titled peer of the realm(5) 4: occurring at the beginning(7) 6: give qualities or abilities to(6) 8: a friendly nation(4) Down: 2: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people(7) 3: place in a chamber(7) 5: relating to or using sight(6) 7: lacking conviction or boldness or courage(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What is a "Suffix"? A suffix is a letter or a group of letters attached to the end of a word to form a new word or to alter the grammatical function of the original word. For example, the verb read can be made into the noun "reader" by adding the suffix -er; read can be made the adjective "readable" by adding the suffix -able. Did you know? - The idiom "pillar of salt" means to have a stroke, or to become paralyzed and dead.

 

Recent Words Learned: rural, chamber, ancient, timid, blunder, compassion, Noble, pledge, opinion, vacate, wonder, fortunate, endanger, cradle, initial, distant, visual, invest, fiction, fatigue Answer to Crossword in worksheet 6: Across: 5: initial, 7: distant, 8: invest, 9: cradle Down: 1: blunder, 2: ally, 3: endanger, 4: vacate, 6: fiction