SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #15

 

New Words for Today: Efface, Steadfast, Apotheosis, Indignant, Unremitting

 

Efface (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" 2: make inconspicuous; "efface oneself" 3: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"	obliterate, erase

 

Steadfast (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" 2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"	firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering

 

Apotheosis (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; "He holds the position as world number one player for so long that many regard him as the apotheosis of the game" 2: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)	ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint

 

Indignant (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"	incensed, outraged, umbrageous

 

Unremitting (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"	ceaseless, constant, incessant, perpetual, unceasing

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	unremitting	A	recoil	1:		1	flora	A	cold	1:
2	portent	B	embarrass	2:		2	affable	B	concentric	2:
3	preeminent	C	leading	3:		3	eccentric	C	licit	3:
4	repercussion	D	unceasing	4:		4	illicit	D	required	4:
5	abash	E	presage	5:		5	gratuitous	E	fauna	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities	A	qualitative	1:
2	harsh or corrosive in tone	B	sacrilege	2:
3	blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character	C	acrid	3:
4	any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting	D	blight	4:
5	having a secret or hidden meaning	E	cryptic	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
			1				2				Across: 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness(7) 3: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of(8) 6: be false to; be dishonest with(6) 7: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5) Down: 2: deeply absorbed in thought(7) 3: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority(8) 4: contrary to or forbidden by law(7) 5: censure severely or angrily(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "agr/i/o" mean? Root word "agr/i/o" comes from Latin, meaning farming. Examples: agriculture - management of the land, agribusiness - making money by utilizing land; agrarian - relating to the management of land Did you know? - Study of teaching is called "pedagogics."

 

Recent Words Learned: unremitting, indignant, apotheosis, steadfast, efface, rebuke, mitigate, equivocate, gratuitous, juxtapose, sacrilege, clique, extrapolate, transitory, criterion, profess, flora, affable, nostalgia, preeminent Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 14: 1:D 2:C 3:E 4:B 5:A Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 14: 1:E 2:B 3:A 4:C 5:D Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 14: 1:B 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:A Answer to Crossword in worksheet 14: Across: 1: mitigate, 4: clique, 5: exacting, 7: inane, 8: terse Down: 1: monarchy, 2: illicit, 3: frenetic, 6: chasm