New Words for Today:
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Breach (Noun, Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a failure to perform some promised act or obligation 2: an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) 3: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" |
rupture, break, severance, rift |
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Verb |
1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" 2: make an opening or gap in |
transgress, offend, infract |
Economical (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: using the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness; "an economic use of home heating oil"; "a modern economical heating system"; "an economical use of her time" 2: of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; "economic growth"; "aspects of social, political, and economical life" 3: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally" |
economic, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting |
Expanse (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a wide scope; "the sweep of the plains" 2: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area" 3: a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky |
sweep, area |
Convict (Noun, Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison 2: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence |
con, inmate |
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Verb |
1: find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced" |
acquit |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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| 1 | economical | A | stop | 1: | 1 | assimilate | A | antonymous | 1: | |
| 2 | terminate | B | frugal | 2: | 2 | synonymous | B | dissimilate | 2: | |
| 3 | arena | C | disorder | 3: | 3 | agitate | C | acquit | 3: | |
| 4 | devour | D | down | 4: | 4 | convict | D | inferior | 4: | |
| 5 | disarray | E | sphere | 5: | 5 | superior | E | calm | 5: | |
Match Definitions |
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| 1 | avoiding waste | A | convict | 1: |
| 2 | (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | B | bankrupt | 2: |
| 3 | a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison | C | economical | 3: |
| 4 | financially ruined | D | synonymous | 4: |
| 5 | a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | E | territory | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | Across: 4: (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by(8) 5: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence(7) 6: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse(6) 8: reject with contempt(5) Down: 1: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)(8) 2: behave unnaturally or affectedly(7) 3: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic(8) 7: a particular environment or walk of life(5) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
| What are Palindromes? Palindromes are words or phrases which read the same in both directions. E.g. EYE, RACECAR, etc. The word palindrome is derived from the Greek palindromes, meaning running back again (pal = AGAIN + drom/drame = RUN). Some of other good examples of palindromes are: "Do Geese See God?"; "Never Odd or Even"; "Too Bad, I hid a boot" Did you know? - Study of people at work is called "ergonomics." |
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Recent Words Learned: convict, expanse, economical, breach, bankrupt, arena, climax, disarray, distraught, terminate, devour, agitate, ambitious, synonymous, buffet, proficient, assimilate, pretend, surveillance, inventory Answer to Synonyms Matching in worksheet 7: 1:C 2:B 3:A 4:D 5:E Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 7: 1:B 2:D 3:A 4:D 5:C Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 7: 1:C 2:B 3:D 4:0 5:E Answer to Crossword in worksheet 7: Across: 3: superior, 4: scorn, 6: agitate Down: 1: disarray, 2: tropical, 5: devour, 6: arena |
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