SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #20

 

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
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
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