SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #29

 

New Words for Today: Extrovert, Ideology, Singular, Deride, Indigenous

 

Extrovert (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings	extravert	introvert
Adjective	1: being concerned with the social and physical environment	extravert

 

Ideology (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation; "The group has caused controversy over its ideology" 2: imaginary or visionary theorization	doctrine, philosophy

 

Singular (Noun, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton		plural
Adjective	1: unusual or striking; "a remarkable sight"; "such poise is singular in one so young" 2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang"; "they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow"; "singular behavior" 3: being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James	remarkable, curious, funny, odd, peculiar, queer, rum, rummy	plural

 

Deride (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"

 

Indigenous (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"	endemic

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	kinetic	A	energizing	1:		1	copious	A	needed	1:
2	extrovert	B	extravert	2:		2	irrevocable	B	revocable	2:
3	frenetic	C	frantic	3:		3	subordinate	C	plural	3:
4	allocate	D	apportion	4:		4	singular	D	dominant	4:
5	vociferous	E	clamant	5:		5	gratuitous	E	scarce	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	resembling a horse	A	myopia	1:
2	a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof	B	tenet	2:
3	(ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred	C	fecund	3:
4	an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority	D	equine	4:
5	capable of producing offspring or vegetation	E	monarchy	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
1						2		3			Across: 1: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to(7) 4: cause to vibrate in a definite pattern(8) 8: (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia(7) 9: beat soundly(7) Down: 2: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected(8) 3: the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle(8) 5: of an obscure nature(7) 6: of or relating to fish(7) 7: cause to lose courage(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

Madonna is a prima donna - what are you saying?!! "Prima Donna" is a Italian phrase meaning "temperamental entertainer". Be on your best behavior around her; she's known to be quite the prima donna. Did you know? - Glassy materials; glassware; study of glassware is called "vitrics."

 

Recent Words Learned: indigenous, deride, singular, ideology, extrovert, sanctimonious, polarize, heterogeneous, belabor, piscine, amorphous, willful, culinary, contiguous, kinetic, assuage, expedite, pervade, pious, disdain Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 28: 1:E 2:B 3:C 4:D 5:A Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 28: 1:E 2:D 3:B 4:A 5:C Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 28: 1:E 2:B 3:A 4:D 5:C Answer to Crossword in worksheet 28: Across: 5: ironic, 6: pervade, 7: exacting Down: 1: oblivion, 2: cryptic, 3: tenet, 4: profess