Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #6

 

Review of some of the past words
Word	Meaning
ambitious	(adj) 1: having a strong desire for success or achievement 2: requiring full use of your abilities or resources;
agitate	(v) 1: try to stir up public opinion 2: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused;
scorn	(n) 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; 2: open disrespect for a person or thing, (v) 1: look down on with disdain;
pretend	(n) 1: the enactment of a pretense; , (v) 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; , (adj) 1: imagined as in a play;
superior	(n) 1: one of greater rank or station or quality 2: the head of a religious community 3: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals, (adj) 1: of high or superior quality or performance;
synonymous	(adj) 1: (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
inventory	(n) 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock 2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; 3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods, (v) 1: make or include in an itemized record or report;
devour	(v) 1: destroy completely;
proficient	(adj) 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
terminate	(v) 1: bring to an end or halt;
distraught	(adj) 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion;
assimilate	(v) 1: take up mentally;
neglect	(n) 1: lack of attention and due care 2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; 3: willful lack of care and attention, (v) 1: leave undone or leave out;
buffet	(n) 1: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers 2: a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves 3: usually inexpensive bar, (v) 1: strike against forcefully;
tropical	(adj) 1: relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); 3: characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
surveillance	(n) 1: close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)
dumbfound	(v) 1: be a mystery or bewildering to;
territory	(n) 1: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes 2: an area of knowledge or interest;
accumulate	(v) 1: get or gather together;

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	agitate	A	imbibe	1:		1	superior	A	calm	1:
2	inventory	B	compile	2:		2	synonymous	B	calm	2:
3	tropical	C	adept	3:		3	agitate	C	antonymous	3:
4	devour	D	drop	4:		4	assimilate	D	dissimilate	4:
5	assimilate	E	can	5:		5	distraught	E	inferior	5:
6	accumulate	F	armory	6:		6		F		6:
7	proficient	G	consume	7:		7		G		7:
8	terminate	H	foment	8:		8		H		8:
9	neglect	I	tropic	9:		9		I		9:

 

Match Definitions
1	requiring full use of your abilities or resources	A	inventory	1:
2	of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic	B	devour	2:
3	destroy completely	C	ambitious	3:
4	make similar	D	dumbfound	4:
5	a detailed list of all the items in stock	E	terminate	5:
6	deeply agitated especially from emotion	F	distraught	6:
7	(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same	G	synonymous	7:
8	be a mystery or bewildering to	H	assimilate	8:
9	bring to an end or halt	I	tropical	9:

 

Crossword Challenge
1	2		3								Across: 4: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of(7) 5: enjoy avidly(6) Down: 1: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic(8) 2: reject with contempt(5) 3: try to stir up public opinion(7)
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Recent Words Learned: distraught, terminate, devour, agitate, ambitious, synonymous, buffet, proficient, assimilate, pretend, surveillance, inventory, superior, neglect, accumulate, scorn, territory, dumbfound, tropical Answer to Crossword in worksheet 5: Across: 2: superior, 4: scorn, 6: agitate, 7: buffet Down: 1: tropical, 3: pretend, 5: neglect