Name Date Period. English 10 Honors Vocabulary Lesson 4

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1 Name Date Period English 10 Honors Vocabulary Lesson 4 Part I: Each of the following sentences correctly uses a vocabulary word. In each sentence, make a guess as to what the word means based on the context of the sentence. Underline the words in the sentence that help you guess what the word means. 1. The sharp crack of the rifle shot reverberated through the hills. 2. Am I to infer from what you just said that you were not present at the scene of the accident? 3. This jacket is made of a material so resilient that it sheds wrinkles and keeps its shape even when one has worn it for days. 4. He is really insufferable when he gets into one of those querulous moods in which nothing in the world pleases him. 5. If you happen to have an affable seatmate on a long airplane flight, you may find yourself talking more freely about personal matters than you would under other circumstances. 6. Sleazy dives full of disreputable and dangerous-looking characters have given the waterfront areas of many cities a bad reputation. 7. As my opponent cited facts and figures without once referring to notes, I became aware of how erudite she was. 8. He used his admittedly remarkable talents only to aggrandize himself, not to benefit the society that has been so kind to him.

2 9. I m not going to repudiate the ideas and standards by which I have guided my life just because they have become unpopular. 10. The commitment you have made is irrevocable without the consent of the other party to the agreement. 11. For all practical purposes the British Parliament was the archetype of the various representative assemblies that now exist in the world. 12. When father lost his job, we held a family council to plan how we would retrench on household expenses. 13. Because of her propensity for gossiping, we tried not to let her learn anything about our personal affairs. 14. Since our efforts to remonstrate with the factory managers about pollution of the lake have been ineffective, we are not considering legal action. 15. The program he suggested was so barren of guiding ideas and specific proposals that I felt justified in referring to it as amorphous. 16. He tried in vain to guess what surprise he might expect next from that inscrutable power, Lady Luck. 17. Perhaps she had less native ability than some of her classmates, but her powers of concentration and sedulous study program enabled her to finish first in the class.

3 18. On his combat uniform he wore absolutely no insignia of rank, but he was surrounded with an unmistakable aura of authority. 19. Under the latest regulations, any shipment of arms to those countries is illegal and may be seized as contraband. 20. The drops of dew sparkled like diamonds on the gossamer threads of the spider web. Part II: Now that you have a better understanding of the meaning of your vocabulary words, write each word next to its corresponding definition and write the part of speech. Vocabulary Word Part of Speech Definition to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify incapable of being understood an original model after which similar things are patterned; a perfect or typical example scholarly; learned to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to shapeless, without definite form of no particular type or character a very thin, light cloth that which surrounds (as in atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality illegal traffic, smuggled goods thin or flimsy in texture; cheap, shoddy, or inferior in quality or character incapable of being changed or called back persistent; showing industry and determination to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

4 to cut down, reduce in scope and cost able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly to re-echo, resound; to be repeatedly reflected peevish, complaining, fretful to disown, reject, or deny the validity of a natural inclination or bent toward Part III: Synonyms. Write the vocabulary word that has a similar meaning to the group of words listed. 1. filmy, airy, feathery 2. springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy 3. to curtail, reduce, economize 4. to re-echo, resound, boom, thunder, rumble 5. a model, prototype; epitome 6. assiduous, tireless, indefatigable 7. to reason against, expostulate 8. irreversible, unrecallable 9. to disavow, disown, reject 10. peevish, petulant, touchy and cranky 11. genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial 12. an atmosphere, ambience, air, quality 13. profoundly learned, scholarly 14. to increase, augment, amplify, enhance 15. impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic 16. shapeless, formless, nebulous 17. to gather, surmise, presume 18. inferior, cheesy, tawdry 19. illegal, illicit, bootleg, unlawful 20. a natural bent, proclivity

5 Name Date Period English 10H Vocabulary 4 Quiz Part I Write down the word that is called out, and then circle the correct part of speech. 1. N V ADJ ADV 2. N V ADJ ADV 3. N V ADJ ADV 4. N V ADJ ADV 5. N V ADJ ADV 6. N V ADJ ADV 7. N V ADJ ADV 8. N V ADJ ADV 9. N V ADJ ADV 10. N V ADJ ADV 11. N V ADJ ADV 12. N V ADJ ADV 13. N V ADJ ADV 14. N V ADJ ADV 15. N V ADJ ADV 16. N V ADJ ADV 17. N V ADJ ADV 18. N V ADJ ADV 19. N V ADJ ADV 20. N V ADJ ADV

6 Part II Fill in the correct vocabulary word to complete the sentence. 1. To limit the free expression of unpopular ideas is to the basic spirit of the Bill of Rights. 2. Realizing that the cut in my allowance obliged me to, I put myself on a rigorous diet of only one banana split a day. 3. The pitiful derelict s only protection against the elements was a cheap overcoat made out of some kind of material that wouldn t keep the cold out in a heatwave. 4. What we really resent is not sensible criticism but nagging that is petty, capricious and. 5. Throughout his career, the man has emphasized the of wealth and power at the expense of other values. 6. What a pleasure to talk about old times with so a companion! 7. I tried to make some sense out of the strange orders he had given us, but his plan and purpose remained utterly. 8. Lucy finally completed her term paper, in which she quoted from more than a hundred sources. 9. The musical composition, with no melodic pattern and no well-defined structure of development, seemed to my ear. 10. Am I to from your statement that there would be no point in further negotiations? 11. On the Sabbath, the entire village is immersed in an of religious devotion that is difficult to convey to outsiders. 12. Since he seems to have no moral standards whatsoever, it would probably be futile to with him about his outrageous behavior. 13. Our determination never to yield to force or the threat of force is firm and. 14. In his conservative gray business suit, he looked for all the world like of a Wall Street executive. 15. I think that nothing in Shakespeare is lighter or more delightful than the wit and fancy of A Midsummer Night s Dream.

7 Part II: Use the remaining five vocabulary words in a compound, complex sentence

Vocabulary Study Guide

Vocabulary Study Guide Week #1 1. adept adj skilled at 2. adroit adj skillful, adept 3. articulate adj well-spoken, ability to speak well 4. berate v yell at, scold 5. conciliatory adj always giving in,