SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #46

 

New Words for Today: Acquiesce, Equanimity, Consecrate, Amenable, Provisional, Pejorative

 

Acquiesce (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: to agree or express agreement; "The Maestro acquiesced to the request for an encore"	assent, accede

 

Equanimity (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: steadiness of mind under stress; "he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity"	composure, calm

 

Consecrate (Verb, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was consecrated in the Church" 2: give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; ; "consecrate one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church" 3: dedicate to a deity by a vow; "She consecrated herself to the work of God"	ordain, ordinate, order, give	desecrate
Adjective	1: solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high purpose; "a consecrated chapel dedicated to the dead of World War II"	dedicated	desecrated

 

Amenable (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion" 2: readily reacting to suggestions and influences; "an amenable student" 3: open to being acted upon in a certain way; "an amenable hospitalization should not result in untimely death"; "the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment"	responsive, tractable

 

Provisional (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"	tentative

 

Pejorative (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: expressing disapproval; "pejorative terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"	dislogistic

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	mellifluous	A	animus	1:		1	mellifluous	A	polite	1:
2	equivocate	B	palter	2:		2	amorphous	B	horrible	2:
3	animosity	C	reprieve	3:		3	gauche	C	dislike	3:
4	hiatus	D	apportion	4:		4	obtuse	D	acute	4:
5	allocate	E	dulcet	5:		5	affable	E	formed	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	the close of a musical section	A	provisional	1:
2	relating to or arranged according to temporal order	B	insinuate	2:
3	appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use	C	cadence	3:
4	under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon	D	chronological	4:
5	to find ways to benefit (oneself) in a subtle manner	E	misappropriate	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
		1							2		Across: 4: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge(8) 5: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health(8) 6: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(6) 8: the quality of being crafty(5) Down: 1: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill(8) 2: pass through(8) 3: provide physical relief, as from pain(7) 7: of or belonging to the family Equidae(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What does Root word "meta" mean? Root word "meta" comes from Greek, meaning "change, after, beyond, between". Examples: metaphysics - study of nature and reality; metamorphosis - a complete change of form; metastasis - the transmission of disease to other parts of the body. Did you know? - Study of the moon is called "selenology."

 

Recent Words Learned: pejorative, provisional, amenable, consecrate, equanimity, acquiesce, supercilious, deprecate, incense, genteel, docile, bequest, bastion, patent, impetuous, indiscrete, indulgent, cadence, abject, petulant Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 45: 1:G 2:C 3:A 4:F 5:H 6:E 7:D 8:I 9:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 45: 1:E 2:F 3:C 4:H 5:G 6:D 7:A 8:I 9:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 45: 1:H 2:F 3:E 4:I 5:C 6:G 7:B 8:D 9:A Answer to Crossword in worksheet 45: Across: 1: heresy, 4: exacting, 8: sordid Down: 2: sanguine, 3: disdain, 5: genre, 6: profess, 7: strife