SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #26

 

New Words for Today: Assuage, Kinetic, Contiguous, Culinary, Willful

 

Assuage (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" 2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" 3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"	pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease

 

Kinetic (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; "kinetic energy" 2: characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime" 3: supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor	energizing, energising

 

Contiguous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" 2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" 3: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"	immediate, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, neighboring

 

Culinary (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: of or relating to or used in cooking; "The college offers culinary classes during summer"

 

Willful (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience" 2: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition	intentional, wilful

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	guile	A	craftiness	1:		1	colloquial	A	scarce	1:
2	disdain	B	minute	2:		2	clique	B	cold	2:
3	pious	C	devout	3:		3	affable	C	formal	3:
4	equivocate	D	patronage	4:		4	gratuitous	D	outsider	4:
5	infinitesimal	E	prevaricate	5:		5	copious	E	needed	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	the quality of being crafty	A	criterion	1:
2	place restrictions on	B	hedonism	2:
3	the ideal in terms of which something can be judged	C	guile	3:
4	the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle	D	curtail	4:
5	blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character	E	sacrilege	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
1		2	3						4		Across: 2: confidently optimistic and cheerful(8) 5: censure severely or angrily(6) 7: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose(8) 8: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception(5) Down: 1: of or relating to or used in cooking(8) 3: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)(8) 4: process fast and efficiently(8) 6: be false to; be dishonest with(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

I am "en route" for a "vis-a-vis" mtg. -- Gee French words are crazy! "vis-a-vis" means "face-to-face, in relation to". They sat vis-a-vis across the table. His role vis-a-vis the recent match was that of a game-changer. Did you know? - Fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians is called "Herpetophobia."

 

Recent Words Learned: willful, culinary, contiguous, kinetic, assuage, expedite, pervade, pious, disdain, bereaved, anecdote, portentous, affinity, felicity, colloquial, panacea, saccharine, relinquish, virtuoso, squander Answer to Crossword in worksheet 25: Across: 5: panacea, 6: equine, 7: anecdote, 8: flora Down: 1: myopia, 2: efface, 3: allocate, 4: squander