SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #21

 

New Words for Today: Implement, Peripatetic, Infinitesimal, Vociferous, Tenet

 

Implement (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end; "The farmer plans to buy a new set of farm implements next year"	equipment, tools
Verb	1: apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure" 2: ensure observance of laws and rules; "implement the rules to everyone" 3: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he implement the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"	enforce, apply

 

Peripatetic (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a person who walks from place to place 2: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
Adjective	1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" 2: traveling especially on foot; "peripatetic country preachers"; "a poor wayfaring stranger"	Aristotelic, wayfaring

 

Infinitesimal (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
Adjective	1: infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"	minute, microscopic

 

Vociferous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"	blatant, clamant

 

Tenet (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof	dogma

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	sanguine	A	confounded	1:		1	benevolent	A	dominant	1:
2	salutary	B	increase	2:		2	copious	B	licit	2:
3	increment	C	good	3:		3	subordinate	C	stingy	3:
4	bemused	D	florid	4:		4	myopia	D	scant	4:
5	extrapolate	E	infer	5:		5	illicit	E	hyperopia	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of	A	tenet	1:
2	instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end	B	equivocate	2:
3	a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof	C	qualitative	3:
4	relating to or involving comparisons based on qualities	D	implement	4:
5	be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information	E	mitigate	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1							2			Across: 3: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose(8) 4: place restrictions on(7) 8: be false to; be dishonest with(6) 9: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5) Down: 1: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health(8) 2: deeply absorbed in thought(7) 5: an act or expression of criticism and censure(6) 6: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof(5) 7: all the plant life in a particular region or period(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

duty bound If you are duty bound to do something, you are required to do it as part of your obligations. "Teachers are duty bound to report a pupil's absence from school" Did you know? - Study of light refraction is called "dioptrics."

 

Recent Words Learned: tenet, vociferous, infinitesimal, peripatetic, implement, hedonism, guile, sanguine, peruse, misappropriate, salutary, hiatus, indifferent, myopia, ironic, allocate, benevolent, permeate, fecund, curtail Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 20: 1:B 2:G 3:F 4:A 5:I 6:H 7:D 8:C 9:E Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 20: 1:B 2:I 3:G 4:F 5:H 6:C 7:E 8:A 9:D Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 20: 1:B 2:0 3:0 4:I 5:E 6:F 7:C 8:0 9:A Answer to Crossword in worksheet 20: Across: 1: myopia, 3: flora, 4: salutary, 6: incisive Down: 2: portent, 4: sanguine, 5: accolade, 6: ironic