Review of some of the past words | |
Word | Meaning |
guile | (n) 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception 2: the quality of being crafty 3: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |
fecund | (adj) 1: capable of producing offspring or vegetation 2: intellectually productive; |
qualitative | (adj) 1: involving distinctions based on qualities; 2: relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities |
acrid | (adj) 1: strong and sharp; |
blight | (n) 1: a state or condition being blighted 2: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting, (v) 1: cause to suffer a blight; |
delude | (v) 1: be false to; be dishonest with |
salutary | (adj) 1: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; |
rebuke | (n) 1: an act or expression of criticism and censure; , (v) 1: censure severely or angrily; |
curtail | (v) 1: place restrictions on; |
flora | (n) 1: all the plant life in a particular region or period; 2: a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
allocate | (v) 1: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; |
unremitting | (adj) 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; |
profess | (v) 1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; |
sacrilege | (n) 1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; |
repercussion | (n) 1: a remote or indirect consequence of some action; 2: a movement back from an impact |
hiatus | (n) 1: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something 2: a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) 3: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
indifferent | (adj) 1: marked by a lack of interest; |
hedonism | (n) 1: the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle 2: an ethical system that evaluates the pursuit of pleasure as the highest good |
steadfast | (adj) 1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; |
extrapolate | (v) 1: gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating; |
indignant | (adj) 1: angered at something unjust or wrong; |
myopia | (n) 1: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred |
clique | (n) 1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; |
oblivion | (n) 1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten 2: total forgetfulness; |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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1 | eccentric | A | fertile | 1: | 1 | illicit | A | dominant | 1: | |
2 | indifferent | B | bizarre | 2: | 2 | myopia | B | licit | 2: | |
3 | oblivion | C | beneficial | 3: | 3 | affable | C | dull | 3: | |
4 | fecund | D | coterie | 4: | 4 | bemused | D | outsider | 4: | |
5 | efface | E | free | 5: | 5 | eccentric | E | fauna | 5: | |
6 | extrapolate | F | limbo | 6: | 6 | incisive | F | relaxed | 6: | |
7 | clique | G | apathetic | 7: | 7 | flora | G | dislike | 7: | |
8 | salutary | H | generalize | 8: | 8 | subordinate | H | concentric | 8: | |
9 | gratuitous | I | erase | 9: | 9 | clique | I | hyperopia | 9: |
Match Definitions |
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1 | practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about | A | placate | 1: |
2 | cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | B | illicit | 2: |
3 | deeply absorbed in thought | C | benefactor | 3: |
4 | contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention | D | juxtapose | 4: |
5 | not having a common center; not concentric | E | eccentric | 5: |
6 | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | F | guile | 6: |
7 | a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help) | G | bemused | 7: |
8 | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred | H | myopia | 8: |
9 | place side by side | I | profess | 9: |
Crossword Challenge | |||||||||||
1 | 2 | Across: 1: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred(6) 3: all the plant life in a particular region or period(5) 4: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health(8) 6: suitable for cutting or piercing(8) Down: 2: a sign of something about to happen(7) 4: confidently optimistic and cheerful(8) 5: a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction(8) 6: humorously sarcastic or mocking(6) |
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Recent Words Learned: hedonism, guile, sanguine, peruse, misappropriate, salutary, hiatus, indifferent, myopia, ironic, allocate, benevolent, permeate, fecund, curtail, equine, unremitting, indignant, apotheosis, steadfast Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 19: 1:A 2:D 3:E 4:C 5:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 19: 1:C 2:E 3:A 4:B 5:D Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 19: 1:D 2:B 3:A 4:E 5:C Answer to Crossword in worksheet 19: Across: 5: curtail, 6: mitigate, 7: benign Down: 1: hedonism, 2: flora, 3: incisive, 4: blight |
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