Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #11

 

New Words for Today: Capital, Dissent, Banter, Edict

 

Capital (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: assets available for use in the production of further assets 2: wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value 3: a seat of government	uppercase, majuscule, Washington
Adjective	1: first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea" 2: of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat" 3: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"	great, majuscule

 

Dissent (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; "he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion" 2: a difference of opinion; "It is alright to have a dissent in opinion on an issue" 3: the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent	protest, objection	agreement
Verb	1: withhold assent; "Several Republicans dissented" 2: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country" 3: be of different opinions; "I beg to dissent!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"	protest, resist, disagree, differ	assent, agree, approve

 

Banter (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: light teasing repartee	raillery
Verb	1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just bantered around"	kid, chaff

 

Edict (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a formal or authoritative proclamation; "The religious council issue an edict to solve the matter" 2: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the dilapidated caused no trouble out there"	decree, fiat, order, rescript

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	bankrupt	A	swarthy	1:		1	convict	A	antonymous	1:
2	climax	B	area	2:		2	dissent	B	dissimilate	2:
3	dusky	C	orgasm	3:		3	agitate	C	calm	3:
4	assimilate	D	ruin	4:		4	assimilate	D	agreement	4:
5	expanse	E	imbibe	5:		5	synonymous	E	acquit	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	light teasing repartee	A	banter	1:
2	first-rate	B	synonymous	2:
3	(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same	C	capital	3:
4	naturally having skin of a dark color	D	journal	4:
5	a periodical dedicated to a particular subject	E	dusky	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
1				2							Across: 3: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison(7) 4: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary(7) 7: a formal or authoritative proclamation(5) 8: be silly or tease one another(6) 9: a difference of opinion(7) Down: 1: of high or superior quality or performance(8) 2: a body serving in an administrative capacity(7) 5: imagined as in a play(7) 6: strike against forcefully(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are "Pangrams"? Pangrams are sentences that use every letter of the alphabet. The best known Pangram is: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" is another one. If each letter of the alphabet occurs once and only once, that pangram is called perfect pangram. Here is an example: "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx" Did you know? - The atomic symbol for iron is Fe (the original name for iron was Ferric).

 

Recent Words Learned: edict, banter, dissent, capital, journal, despicable, council, dusky, negligent, convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax, disarray, distraught, terminate, devour Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:I 2:D 3:F 4:E 5:A 6:G 7:B 8:H 9:C Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:B 2:B 3:E 4:G 5:C 6:A 7:F Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 10: 1:B 2:E 3:0 4:D 5:A 6:C 7:H 8:I 9:F Answer to Crossword in worksheet 10: Across: 4: devour, 5: bankrupt, 6: arena, 7: dusky Down: 1: tropical, 2: scorn, 3: breach, 4: disarray