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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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