Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #12

 

New Words for Today: Picturesque, Bare, Adequate, Dreary, Debris

 

Picturesque (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: suggesting or suitable for a picture; pretty as a picture; "a picturesque village" 2: strikingly expressive; "a picturesque description of the rainforest"		hideous

 

Bare (Verb, Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: lay bare by revealing; "bare your breasts"; "bare your feelings" 2: make public; "She aired her opinions on welfare" 3: make a clearance; "denude a forest"	publicize, air, denude	hide
Adjective	1: completely unclothed; "bare bodies"; "a nude model" 2: lacking in amplitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet" 3: not having a protective covering; "unsheathed cables"; "a bare blade"	barren, naked, nude	covered

 

Adequate (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job" 2: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food" 3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"	suffice, enough, passable, decent, tolerable

 

Dreary (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dreary days of the war"; "a week of rainy dreary weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" 2: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her dreary personality"; "life here was dreary compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner parties"	blue, dark, depressing, dingy, dismal, dispiriting	lively

 

Debris (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	dust

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	omit	A	exclude	1:		1	opinion	A	lively	1:
2	petrify	B	marvel	2:		2	Pack	B	fact	2:
3	adapt	C	ossify	3:		3	picturesque	C	single	3:
4	wonder	D	toughness	4:		4	timid	D	hideous	4:
5	stamina	E	adjust	5:		5	dreary	E	brave	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	an act that has disastrous consequences	A	amaze	1:
2	the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up	B	debris	2:
3	be a mystery or bewildering to	C	sleigh	3:
4	having unexpected good fortune	D	fortunate	4:
5	ride (on) a sled	E	disaster	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1		2			3					Across: 1: compress into a wad(4) 4: people who are fearful and cautious(8) 7: make a clearance(4) 9: propose a toast to(6) Down: 2: free of trouble and worry and care(8) 3: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune(8) 5: leave undone or leave out(4) 6: ride (on) a sled(6) 8: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are "Homophones"? Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. Some examples of Homophones are: Cent/Sent, won/one, allowed/aloud, bare/bear, capital/capitol, two/too, discreet/discrete. Can you find more? Did you know? - Study of the hands is called "chirology."

 

Recent Words Learned: debris, dreary, adequate, bare, picturesque, petrify, omit, amaze, gasp, disaster, adapt, negotiate, Pack, bear, stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:A 2:D 3:C 4:E 5:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:C 2:A 3:E 4:B 5:D Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 11: 1:B 2:0 3:A 4:E 5:D Answer to Crossword in worksheet 11: Across: 4: distant, 7: opinion, 8: carefree, 9: rural Down: 1: stamina, 2: gasp, 3: disaster, 5: blunder, 6: wonder

 

Elementary Vocabulary - Worksheet #11

 

New Words for Today: Disaster, Gasp, Amaze, Omit, Petrify

 

Disaster (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune; "lack of funds has resulted in a disaster for our school system"; "his policies were a disaster" 2: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" 3: an act that has disastrous consequences	catastrophe, calamity, tragedy, cataclysm

 

Gasp (Noun, Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted"	pant
Verb	1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, gasping for air"	pant, puff

 

Amaze (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!" 2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"	astonish, astound, perplex

 

Omit (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" 2: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"	exclude, except, neglect, pretermit

 

Petrify (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking" 2: change into stone; "the wood petrified with time" 3: make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "slogans petrify our thinking"; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"	lapidify, rigidify, ossify

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	compassion	A	pity	1:		1	timid	A	fresh	1:
2	fortunate	B	remote	2:		2	ancient	B	fact	2:
3	wonder	C	curiosity	3:		3	advantage	C	brave	3:
4	amaze	D	hopeful	4:		4	opinion	D	urban	4:
5	rural	E	astound	5:		5	rural	E	drawback	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	a person who lived in ancient times	A	visual	1:
2	able to be seen	B	vacate	2:
3	leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily	C	ancient	3:
4	an event resulting in great loss and misfortune	D	gasp	4:
5	a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open	E	disaster	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
			1	2				3			Across: 4: or coming from or going to a distance(7) 7: a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof(7) 8: free of trouble and worry and care(8) 9: relating to rural areas(5) Down: 1: enduring strength and energy(7) 2: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open(4) 3: an act that has disastrous consequences(8) 5: utter impulsively(7) 6: have a wish or desire to know something(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are "Pangrams"? Pangrams are sentences that use every letter of the alphabet. The best known Pangram is: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" is another one. If each letter of the alphabet occurs once and only once, that pangram is called perfect pangram. Here is an example: "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx" Did you know? - Science of rainfall is called "hyetology."

 

Recent Words Learned: petrify, omit, amaze, gasp, disaster, adapt, negotiate, Pack, bear, stamina, sleigh, cautious, carefree, advantage, rural, chamber, ancient, timid, blunder, compassion Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:H 2:D 3:C 4:B 5:F 6:I 7:E 8:G 9:A Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 10: 1:F 2:I 3:B 4:C 5:D 6:G 7:A 8:E 9:H Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 10: 1:F 2:A 3:B 4:G 5:H 6:E 7:0 8:C 9:D Answer to Crossword in worksheet 10: Across: 1: Pack, 5: stamina, 7: timid, 8: blunder, 9: rural Down: 2: chamber, 3: cradle, 4: cautious, 6: Noble

 

Middle School Vocabulary - Worksheet #12

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New Words for Today: Dreadful, Millennium, Electrify, Accommodate

 

Dreadful (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse" 2: exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" 3: very unpleasant	awful, dire, direful, dread, dreaded, fearful, fearsome, frightening

 

Millennium (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: a span of 1000 years 2: (New Testament) in Revelations it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness 3: the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)	millenary

 

Electrify (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us" 2: charge (a conductor) with electricity 3: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"	wire

 

Accommodate (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: be agreeable or acceptable to; "Hope all the preparation has been able to accomodate your needs" 2: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Improvise our native cuisine to accommodate the available food resources of the new country" 3: provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"	suit, fit, adapt, hold, admit

 

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

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	banter	A	adapt	1:		1	agitate	A	diligent	1:
2	journal	B	daybook	2:		2	assimilate	B	dissimilate	2:
3	accommodate	C	majuscule	3:		3	convict	C	antonymous	3:
4	capital	D	kid	4:		4	negligent	D	acquit	4:
5	edict	E	decree	5:		5	synonymous	E	calm	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	close observation of a person or group (usually by the police)	A	electrify	1:
2	a particular environment or walk of life	B	despicable	2:
3	morally reprehensible	C	surveillance	3:
4	a formal or authoritative proclamation	D	edict	4:
5	equip for use with electricity	E	arena	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
	1		2								Across: 2: a body serving in an administrative capacity(7) 3: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)(8) 7: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(7) 8: eat immoderately(6) Down: 1: express opposition through action or words(7) 2: uppercase(7) 3: very unpleasant(8) 4: a formal or authoritative proclamation(5) 5: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)(6) 6: light teasing repartee(6)
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Engligh Language Trivia

What are "Homophones"? Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. Some examples of Homophones are: Cent/Sent, won/one, allowed/aloud, bare/bear, capital/capitol, two/too, discreet/discrete. Can you find more? Did you know? - Study of leprosy is called "leprology."

 

Recent Words Learned: accommodate, electrify, millennium, dreadful, edict, banter, dissent, capital, journal, despicable, council, dusky, negligent, convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:D 2:C 3:A 4:E 5:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 11: 1:E 2:D 3:C 4:B 5:A Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 11: 1:A 2:0 3:B 4:E 5:D Answer to Crossword in worksheet 11: Across: 3: convict, 4: expanse, 7: edict, 8: banter, 9: dissent Down: 1: superior, 2: council, 5: pretend, 6: buffet