New Words for Today:
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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*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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| 1 | vacate | A | renounce | 1: | 1 | opinion | A | fact | 1: | |
| 2 | opinion | B | friend | 2: | 2 | wonder | B | divest | 2: | |
| 3 | fortunate | C | favored | 3: | 3 | distant | C | close | 3: | |
| 4 | ally | D | remote | 4: | 4 | initial | D | aloof | 4: | |
| 5 | distant | E | view | 5: | 5 | invest | E | last | 5: | |
Match Definitions |
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| 1 | a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact | A | initial | 1: |
| 2 | mark with one's initials | B | invest | 2: |
| 3 | far apart in relevance or relationship | C | distant | 3: |
| 4 | furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors | D | fiction | 4: |
| 5 | relating to or using sight | E | visual | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Across: 5: a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people(7) 6: get tired of something or somebody(7) 8: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage(4) 9: bring up from infancy(6) Down: 1: something that causes feelings of wonder(6) 2: pose a threat to; present a danger to(8) 3: far apart in relevance or relationship(7) 4: make an investment(6) 7: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)(7) |
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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? - Fear/dislike of dogs is called "Cynophobia." |
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Recent Words Learned: opinion, vacate, wonder, fortunate, endanger, cradle, initial, distant, visual, invest, fiction, fatigue, ally Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 3: 1:I 2:D 3:H 4:E 5:A 6:C 7:F 8:G 9:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 3: 1:A 2:C 3:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 3: 1:D 2:B 3:I 4:A 5:G 6:H 7:C 8:E 9:F Answer to Crossword in worksheet 3: Across: 1: fatigue, 3: visual, 5: distant, 7: ally Down: 1: fiction, 2: endanger, 4: invest, 6: initial |
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