SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #52

 

Proverbs are short statements of wisdom or advice.
Proverb	Meaning
Ignorance is bliss	Possible interpretation: what you do not know causes no worry or sadness
Man can die but once	If death comes now, you will not have to experience it later
Too many cooks spoil the broth	If too many people are involved in something, it will not be done properly
Bad news travels fast	People tend to circulate bad news (accidents, illness, etc.) very quickly
Put all your eggs in one basket	Risk everything by relying on one plan (e.g. by putting all one's money into one business)
Diamonds cut diamonds	Refers to two people equally matched in wit or cunning
To err is human, to forgive divine	It is human nature to make mistakes, therefore one should forgive them
Blood will out	A person's background or education will eventually show
The proof of the pudding is in the eating	The real value of something can be judged only after it has been tried or tested
Constant occupation prevents temptation	When you are busy working, you avoid temptation

 

Some funny, some weird..
Word	Meaning
Snollygoster	A person who can't be trusted
Abibliophobia	The fear of running out of reading material
Hocus-pocus	Deceitful sleight of hand
Anencephalous	Absence of a brain
Skullduggery	Deception or trickery
Maverick	A loner, someone outside the box
Goombah	An older friend who protects you

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	chagrin	A	lordly	1:		1	pervade	A	dislike	1:
2	supercilious	B	happiness	2:		2	enervate	B	antagonist	2:
3	disdain	C	responsive	3:		3	mellifluous	C	continual	3:
4	maxim	D	axiom	4:		4	protagonist	D	static	4:
5	guile	E	ague	5:		5	acute	E	plural	5:
6	amenable	F	scorn	6:		6	affable	F	obtuse	6:
7	acute	G	mortify	7:		7	myopia	G	horrible	7:
8	malinger	H	skulk	8:		8	singular	H	energize	8:
9	felicity	I	craftiness	9:		9	sporadic	I	hyperopia	9:

 

Match Definitions
1	instructive (especially excessively)	A	didactic	1:
2	steadiness of mind under stress	B	amenable	2:
3	characterized by friendship and good will	C	amicable	3:
4	of or containing or dissolved in ether	D	bequest	4:
5	marked by refinement in taste and manners	E	permeate	5:
6	slow and apathetic	F	equanimity	6:
7	readily reacting to suggestions and influences	G	ethereal	7:
8	spread or diffuse through	H	inert	8:
9	(law) a gift of personal property by will	I	genteel	9:

 

Crossword Challenge
1		2									Across: 3: failing to accomplish an intended result(8) 6: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :(6) 7: the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true(8) Down: 1: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible(8) 2: recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances(8) 4: weaken mentally or morally(8) 5: a style of expressing yourself in writing(5)
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Recent Words Learned: ethereal, theology, sporadic, dogma, protagonist, flagrant, capricious, tangential, didactic, coalesce, arcane, insidious, acerbic, parochial, pertinent, fortuitous, congregate, harbinger, robust, myriad Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 51: 1:A 2:B 3:C 4:E 5:D Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 51: 1:B 2:C 3:D 4:E 5:A Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 51: 1:C 2:A 3:B 4:D 5:E Answer to Crossword in worksheet 51: Across: 1: sporadic, 7: genre, 8: mitigate, 9: static Down: 2: polarize, 3: abject, 4: penitent, 5: acute, 6: incense