SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #59

 

Proverbs are short statements of wisdom or advice.
Proverb	Meaning
Rome was not built in a day	It takes time to a job properly; you should not expect to do it quickly
Birds of a feather flock together	People of the same sort are usually found together
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid 100 days of sorrow	Avoid regrets by taking the time to think before speaking or acting angrily
Home is where the heart is	You call home the place where the people you love are
Cleanliness is next to godliness	A clean body is just as important as a pure soul
The best advice is found on the pillow	A good night's sleep may help us find an answer to our problem
Better be alone than in bad company	Be careful in the choice of the people you associate with
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me	One should learn from one's mistakes
Man is as old as he feels himself to be	Your age doesn't matter as long as you are fit and healthy
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know	It's better to deal with someone difficult but familiar than change and risk dealing with somebody worse

 

Some funny, some weird..
Word	Meaning
Smellfungus	A perpetual pessimist
Fard	Face-paint, makeup
Hobbledehoy	An awkward or ill-mannered young boy
Borborygmus	Stomach rumbling
Bowyang	A strap that holds the pants legs in place
Dudgeon	A bad mood, a huff
Hoosegow	A jail or prison

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	irrevocable	A	speak	1:		1	congregate	A	disperse	1:
2	debilitate	B	heterodoxy	2:		2	inane	B	honor	2:
3	address	C	dash	3:		3	gauche	C	leave	3:
4	disdain	D	enfeeble	4:		4	irrevocable	D	thoughtful	4:
5	specious	E	gilded	5:		5	subordinate	E	acute	5:
6	daunt	F	despise	6:		6	espouse	F	compliment	6:
7	infinitesimal	G	irrevokable	7:		7	obtuse	G	dominant	7:
8	heresy	H	sufferer	8:		8	chagrin	H	revocable	8:
9	martyr	I	minute	9:		9	ignominy	I	polite	9:

 

Match Definitions
1	lack of agreement or harmony	A	affable	1:
2	the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	B	strife	2:
3	diffusing warmth and friendliness	C	acute	3:
4	difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge	D	exonerate	4:
5	a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention	E	abstruse	5:
6	pronounce not guilty of criminal charges	F	patent	6:
7	hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists	G	manifest	7:
8	a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane	H	panacea	8:
9	a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation	I	alloy	9:

 

Crossword Challenge
1			2		3						Across: 2: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)(5) 4: severe and unremitting in making demands(8) 5: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(6) 8: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose(8) Down: 1: a mild rebuke or criticism(8) 3: having or revealing supreme mastery or skill(8) 6: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse(7) 7: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits(5) 9: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5)
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Recent Words Learned: debilitate, martyr, imply, revere, alloy, ostentatious, gregarious, epitome, consensus, stipulate, exonerate, despondent, dissonant, circumvent, deference, ignominy, covet, espouse, rudimentary, address Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 58: 1:A 2:E 3:C 4:D 5:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 58: 1:D 2:C 3:B 4:A 5:E Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 58: 1:A 2:E 3:B 4:D 5:C Answer to Crossword in worksheet 58: Across: 5: coalesce, 6: imply, 7: patent, 8: obtuse Down: 1: espouse, 2: heresy, 3: fecund, 4: permeate

 

SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #58

 

New Words for Today: Alloy, Revere, Imply, Martyr, Debilitate

 

Alloy (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper" 2: the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something	metal, admixture
Verb	1: lower in value by increasing the base-metal content 2: make an alloy of	debase

 

Revere (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818) 2: a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side	revers
Verb	1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles" 2: regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of; "Fear God as your father"; "We venerate genius"	idolize, idolise, worship, fear

 

Imply (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: express or state indirectly 2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic 3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage implies that we have to stop taking long showers"	connote, entail, mean

 

Martyr (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: one who suffers for the sake of principle 2: one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion	sufferer
Verb	1: kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" 2: torture and torment like a martyr

 

Debilitate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"	enfeeble

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	relinquish	A	surrender	1:		1	amicable	A	frail	1:
2	parochial	B	waste	2:		2	flagrant	B	compliment	2:
3	misapprehension	C	mistake	3:		3	chagrin	C	vague	3:
4	enervate	D	faze	4:		4	robust	D	hostile	4:
5	squander	E	insular	5:		5	consecrate	E	desecrate	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	a large indefinite number	A	myriad	1:
2	of heaven or the spirit	B	contiguous	2:
3	give a guarantee or promise of	C	ethereal	3:
4	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch	D	forsake	4:
5	connecting without a break; within a common boundary	E	stipulate	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1						2				Across: 5: mix together different elements(8) 6: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic(5) 7: grant rights to; grant a patent for(6) 8: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex(6) Down: 1: take in marriage(7) 2: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion(6) 3: intellectually productive(6) 4: spread or diffuse through(8)
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Engligh Language Trivia

hit the nail on the head When you hit the nail on the head, you are absolutely right about something or have guessed the exact nature of a problem or situation. "You hit the nail on the head when you said Mark had money problems. He's lost his job" Did you know? - Study of alloying and treating metals is called "metallurgy."

 

Recent Words Learned: debilitate, martyr, imply, revere, alloy, ostentatious, gregarious, epitome, consensus, stipulate, exonerate, despondent, dissonant, circumvent, deference, ignominy, covet, espouse, rudimentary, address Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 57: 1:A 2:C 3:B 4:D 5:E Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 57: 1:B 2:A 3:C 4:D 5:E Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 57: 1:B 2:A 3:D 4:C 5:E Answer to Crossword in worksheet 57: Across: 1: maudlin, 2: maxim, 6: abject, 7: reprisal Down: 1: malinger, 3: ideology, 4: patent, 5: coerce

 

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #21

 

New Words for Today: Encounter, Convoy, Resist, Deteriorate, Defiled

 

Encounter (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a minor short-term fight 2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" 3: a casual meeting with a person of thing	brush, clash, skirmish
Verb	1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" 2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" 3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"	meet, see, find, happen, chance

 

Convoy (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a procession of land vehicles traveling together 2: a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships 3: the act of escorting while in transit
Verb	1: escort in transit; "the trucks convoyed the cars across the battle zone"; "the warships convoyed the merchant ships across the Pacific"

 

Resist (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" 2: stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something 3: express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"	defy, refuse, withstand	surrender

 

Deteriorate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated" 2: grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"	devolve, drop, degenerate	recuperate

 

Defiled (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: morally blemished; stained or impure 2: having the purity corrupted; made unclean; "the defiled Temple"	maculate

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	millennium	A	worry	1:		1	synonymous	A	calm	1:
2	summit	B	frugal	2:		2	resist	B	surrender	2:
3	economical	C	excuse	3:		3	assimilate	C	dissimilate	3:
4	alibi	D	peak	4:		4	dissent	D	antonymous	4:
5	concern	E	millenary	5:		5	distraught	E	agreement	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	cause to be agitated, excited, or roused	A	dusky	1:
2	deeply agitated especially from emotion	B	agitate	2:
3	light teasing repartee	C	exotic	3:
4	strikingly strange or unusual	D	banter	4:
5	naturally having skin of a dark color	E	distraught	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1		2								Across: 4: imagined as in a play(7) 6: exercise authority over; as of nations(6) 7: a body serving in an administrative capacity(7) 8: an abstract part of something(6) Down: 1: impinge or infringe upon(8) 2: strikingly strange or unusual(6) 3: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary(7) 5: be of different opinions(7)
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Engligh Language Trivia

"My report said - "status quo". Does it mean I repeat grade 4?" "Status quo" comes from Latin meaning "the existing state of things". The point of having her elected was for the reigning party to perpetuate the status quo. Did you know? - "Rhythm" and "syzygy" are the longest English words without vowels.

 

Recent Words Learned: defiled, deteriorate, resist, convoy, encounter, watchful, articulate, mere, govern, recess, exotic, ashore, dissolve, factor, encroach, succinct, dismal, chaotic, decree, concern Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 20: 1:G 2:D 3:E 4:C 5:I 6:A 7:B 8:F 9:H Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 20: 1:F 2:H 3:A 4:G 5:I 6:E 7:D 8:C 9:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 20: 1:I 2:A 3:H 4:0 5:D 6:F 7:G 8:0 9:B Answer to Crossword in worksheet 20: Across: 1: batter, 2: summit, 5: chaotic, 6: exotic, 7: arena, 8: decree Down: 1: buffet, 3: encroach, 4: dismal, 5: concern