SAT, ACT, GRE Vocabulary - Worksheet #15

 

New Words for Today: Efface, Steadfast, Apotheosis, Indignant, Unremitting

 

Efface (Verb)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Verb	1: remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" 2: make inconspicuous; "efface oneself" 3: remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"	obliterate, erase

 

Steadfast (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" 2: firm and dependable especially in loyalty; "a steadfast ally"; "a staunch defender of free speech"; "unswerving devotion"; "unswerving allegiance"	firm, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering

 

Apotheosis (Noun)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Noun	1: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; "He holds the position as world number one player for so long that many regard him as the apotheosis of the game" 2: the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)	ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint

 

Indignant (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory"	incensed, outraged, umbrageous

 

Unremitting (Adjective)

Type	Meaning	Synonyms	Antonyms
Adjective	1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"	ceaseless, constant, incessant, perpetual, unceasing

 

Today's Vocabulary Challenges *** Write answers in the comment box ***

 

Match Synonyms						Match Antonyms
1	profess	A	palliate	1:		1	flora	A	dull	1:
2	mitigate	B	unbendable	2:		2	incisive	B	outsider	2:
3	steadfast	C	obliterate	3:		3	affable	C	scarce	3:
4	efface	D	cordial	4:		4	copious	D	cold	4:
5	affable	E	confess	5:		5	clique	E	fauna	5:

 

Match Definitions
1	brief and to the point; effectively cut short	A	clique	1:
2	based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence	B	exacting	2:
3	greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement	C	hypothetical	3:
4	an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose	D	preeminent	4:
5	severe and unremitting in making demands	E	terse	5:

 

Crossword Challenge
		1					2				Across: 4: severe and unremitting in making demands(8) 5: pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence(6) 7: suitable for cutting or piercing(8) 8: be false to; be dishonest with(6) Down: 1: an act or expression of criticism and censure(6) 2: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of(8) 3: excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion(8) 5: deeply absorbed in thought(7) 6: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5)
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Engligh Language Trivia

"fiasco - is no disco" "Fiasco" comes from Italian meaning "total failure". Look at following sentence(s): The party was a fiasco; the lights went out 10 minutes into the affair, and three people got injured trying to feel their way around in the dark." Did you know? - The study of wealth; political economy is called "chrematistics."

 

Recent Words Learned: unremitting, indignant, apotheosis, steadfast, efface, rebuke, mitigate, equivocate, gratuitous, juxtapose, sacrilege, clique, extrapolate, transitory, criterion, profess, flora, affable, nostalgia, preeminent Answer to Crossword in worksheet 14: Across: 4: clique, 5: monarchy, 6: chasm, 7: exacting Down: 1: flora, 2: penitent, 3: rebuke, 4: cryptic, 5: mitigate