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)
		4					5		6
7	8
	9

 

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