New Words for Today:
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Hyperbole (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: extravagant exaggeration; "to say that his debt is as huge as the Everest is a hyperbole" |
Reprisal (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime |
Obtuse (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: of an angle; between 90 and 180 degrees 2: of a leaf shape; rounded at the apex 3: lacking in insight or discernment; "too obtuse to grasp the implications of his behavior"; "a purblind oligarchy that flatly refused to see that history was condemning it to the dustbin"- Jasper Griffin |
purblind, dense, dim, dull |
acute |
Genre (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a kind of literary or artistic work 2: a style of expressing yourself in writing 3: an expressive style of music |
Gauche (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche" |
graceless, unpolished |
graceful, polite |
Preclude (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" 2: make impossible, especially beforehand |
prevent, forestall, foreclose |
Soporific (Noun, Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a drug that induces sleep |
hypnotic |
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Adjective |
1: sleep inducing 2: inducing mental lethargy; "a narcotic speech" |
somniferous |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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| 1 | irrevocable | A | vegetation | 1: | 1 | flora | A | static | 1: | |
| 2 | expedite | B | presage | 2: | 2 | clique | B | outsider | 2: | |
| 3 | flora | C | irrevokable | 3: | 3 | myopia | C | fauna | 3: | |
| 4 | exacting | D | fastidious | 4: | 4 | affable | D | hyperopia | 4: | |
| 5 | portent | E | hasten | 5: | 5 | pervade | E | cold | 5: | |
Match Definitions |
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| 1 | lacking social polish | A | equine | 1: |
| 2 | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | B | benevolent | 2: |
| 3 | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity | C | indifferent | 3: |
| 4 | marked by a lack of interest | D | gauche | 4: |
| 5 | resembling a horse | E | ascendancy | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | Across: 3: (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred(6) 6: infectious; having the ability to cause disease(8) 7: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists(7) 8: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)(8) Down: 1: a blood-red color(8) 2: the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle(8) 4: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something(6) 5: look down on with disdain(7) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
| What does Root word "pop" mean? Root word "pop" comes from Latin, meaning people. Examples: popular - appealing to a lot of people; population - all of the people who live in a particular area; populist - a supporter of the rights of people. Did you know? - More English words begin with the letter "s" than with any other letter. |
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Recent Words Learned: soporific, preclude, gauche, genre, obtuse, reprisal, hyperbole, ascendancy, virulent, sordid, usurp, indigenous, deride, singular, ideology, extrovert, sanctimonious, polarize, heterogeneous, belabor Answer to Crossword in worksheet 31: Across: 4: polarize, 5: disdain, 6: guile, 7: efface Down: 1: affinity, 2: deride, 3: anecdote, 4: piscine |
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