New Words for Today:
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Profess (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about; "She professes organic chemistry" 2: confess one's faith in, or allegiance to; "The terrorists professed allegiance to the Muslim faith"; "he professes to be a Communist" 3: admit, make a clean breast of; "She confessed that she had taken the money" |
concede, confess, pretend |
Criterion (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" 2: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community" |
standard, measure, touchstone |
Transitory (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" |
ephemeral, passing, short-lived |
Extrapolate (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating; "the scientists tried to extrapolate the types of microbs that exist" 2: estimate the value of; "they extrapolated the value of the houses in the area" 3: draw from specific cases for more general cases; "based on the cases, it has been extrapolated that more deaths may occur if the virus reaches our shore" |
generalize, infer, interpolate |
Clique (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; "it's fun to hang around your own clique" |
coterie, ingroup |
outsider |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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| 1 | beget | A | passing | 1: | 1 | flora | A | decrement | 1: | |
| 2 | frenetic | B | get | 2: | 2 | eccentric | B | tasty | 2: | |
| 3 | increment | C | frantic | 3: | 3 | affable | C | cold | 3: | |
| 4 | affable | D | growth | 4: | 4 | acrid | D | fauna | 4: | |
| 5 | transitory | E | amiable | 5: | 5 | increment | E | concentric | 5: | |
Match Definitions |
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| 1 | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious | A | profess | 1: |
| 2 | a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | B | malefactor | 2: |
| 3 | longing for something past | C | abash | 3: |
| 4 | practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about | D | flora | 4: |
| 5 | someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime | E | nostalgia | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | Across: 4: a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction(8) 5: suitable for cutting or piercing(8) 7: an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose(6) 8: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious(5) Down: 1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten(8) 2: severe and unremitting in making demands(8) 3: deeply absorbed in thought(7) 6: a living organism lacking the power of locomotion(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 fleshy parts of the body is called "sarcology." |
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Recent Words Learned: clique, extrapolate, transitory, criterion, profess, flora, affable, nostalgia, preeminent, hypothetical, pedestrian, delude, cryptic, terse, frenetic, exacting, malefactor, portent, copious, increment Answer to Crossword in worksheet 11: Across: 1: cryptic, 7: frenetic, 8: blight, 9: terse Down: 2: placate, 3: flora, 4: beget, 5: penitent, 6: affable |
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