SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #26

 

New Words for Today: Assuage, Kinetic, Contiguous, Culinary, Willful

 

Assuage (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" 2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" 3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"	pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease

 

Kinetic (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; "kinetic energy" 2: characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime" 3: supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor	energizing, energising

 

Contiguous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" 2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" 3: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities"	immediate, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, neighboring

 

Culinary (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: of or relating to or used in cooking; "The college offers culinary classes during summer"

 

Willful (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience" 2: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition	intentional, wilful

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	squander	A	abutting	1:		1	copious	A	formal	1:
2	affinity	B	waste	2:		2	colloquial	B	outsider	2:
3	placate	C	lenify	3:		3	benevolent	C	stingy	3:
4	peripatetic	D	Aristotelic	4:		4	myopia	D	scarce	4:
5	contiguous	E	kinship	5:		5	clique	E	hyperopia	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use	A	implement	1:
2	apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design	B	misappropriate	2:
3	showing no care or concern in attitude or action	C	infinitesimal	3:
4	infinitely or immeasurably small	D	saccharine	4:
5	overly sweet	E	indifferent	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
				1	2		3				Across: 5: excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion(8) 7: remove completely from recognition or memory(6) 8: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)(8) Down: 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking(6) 2: speed up the progress of; facilitate(8) 3: feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds(8) 4: spread or diffuse through(8) 6: the quality of being crafty(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "dict" mean? Root word "dict" comes from Latin, meaning speak. Examples: contradict - to express the opposite of; prediction - a statement foretelling the future; dictate - to speak out loud for another person to write down. Did you know? - Hippophobia is the fear of horses.

 

Recent Words Learned: willful, culinary, contiguous, kinetic, assuage, expedite, pervade, pious, disdain, bereaved, anecdote, portentous, affinity, felicity, colloquial, panacea, saccharine, relinquish, virtuoso, squander Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 25: 1:E 2:A 3:D 4:C 5:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 25: 1:D 2:E 3:C 4:A 5:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 25: 1:D 2:B 3:E 4:C 5:A Answer to Crossword in worksheet 25: Across: 1: bereaved, 5: pervade, 6: felicity Down: 2: expedite, 3: anecdote, 4: curtail, 5: pious