SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #27

 

Review of some of the past words
Word	Meaning
expedite	(v) 1: speed up the progress of; facilitate;
saccharine	(adj) 1: overly sweet
apotheosis	(n) 1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; 2: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
colloquial	(adj) 1: characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation;
criterion	(n) 1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;
oblivion	(n) 1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten 2: total forgetfulness;
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
copious	(adj) 1: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse);
transitory	(adj) 1: lasting a very short time;
benevolent	(adj) 1: intending or showing kindness;
daunt	(v) 1: cause to lose courage;
sacrilege	(n) 1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character;
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;
clique	(n) 1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose;
tenet	(n) 1: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
squander	(v) 1: spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
monarchy	(n) 1: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority
juxtapose	(v) 1: place side by side;
hypothetical	(n) 1: a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; , (adj) 1: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
bereaved	(n) 1: a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved; , (adj) 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation;
kinetic	(adj) 1: relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; - H.O.Taylor
affinity	(n) 1: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship;
irrevocable	(adj) 1: incapable of being retracted or revoked; - Shakespeare
indignant	(adj) 1: angered at something unjust or wrong;

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	mitigate	A	costless	1:		1	gratuitous	A	dominant	1:
2	willful	B	Aristotelic	2:		2	affable	B	static	2:
3	portentous	C	extenuate	3:		3	flora	C	revocable	3:
4	gratuitous	D	stiff	4:		4	colloquial	D	scant	4:
5	steadfast	E	dogma	5:		5	pervade	E	standard	5:
6	peripatetic	F	walker	6:		6	subordinate	F	fauna	6:
7	subordinate	G	low-level	7:		7	copious	G	cold	7:
8	pedestrian	H	pompous	8:		8	eccentric	H	needed	8:
9	tenet	I	intentional	9:		9	irrevocable	I	concentric	9:

 

Match Definitions
1	make inconspicuous	A	squander	1:
2	a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof	B	efface	2:
3	severe and unremitting in making demands	C	tenet	3:
4	lasting a very short time	D	misappropriate	4:
5	spread or diffuse through	E	exacting	5:
6	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use	F	allocate	6:
7	distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose	G	accolade	7:
8	spend extravagantly	H	transitory	8:
9	a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction	I	permeate	9:

 

Crossword Challenge
1		2				3					Across: 5: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity(5) 6: of or relating to or used in cooking(8) 7: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)(8) Down: 1: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred(6) 2: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose(8) 3: spend thoughtlessly; throw away(8) 4: place restrictions on(7)
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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 26: 1:B 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:A Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 26: 1:D 2:A 3:C 4:E 5:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 26: 1:B 2:0 3:D 4:E 5:C Answer to Crossword in worksheet 26: Across: 5: frenetic, 7: efface, 8: anecdote Down: 1: ironic, 2: expedite, 3: penitent, 4: permeate, 6: guile