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VOCAB LESSON 3

VOCAB LESSON 3. DIRECTIONS: Complete the vocab chart to feed your brain new words. ADVERSARY. Def : (noun) an enemy, opponent Syn : antagonist, rival, foe Ant: friend, ally, supporter, confederate Sent: For a fight to be fair, the adversaries should be in the same weight class. ALIENATE.

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VOCAB LESSON 3

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  1. VOCAB LESSON 3 DIRECTIONS: Complete the vocab chart to feed your brain new words

  2. ADVERSARY • Def: (noun) an enemy, opponent • Syn: antagonist, rival, foe • Ant: friend, ally, supporter, confederate • Sent: For a fight to be fair, the adversaries should be in the same weight class.

  3. ALIENATE • Def: (verb) to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey • Syn: separate, drive apart, estrange • Ant: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile • Sent: After her best friend alienated her, she decided to befriend new people who were more loyal.

  4. ARTIFICE • Def: (noun) a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery • Syn: ruse, stratagem, contrivance • Sent: Her plan to have her sister take the driving test in her place didn’t require much artifice, as the twins were identical. • HINT: Sounds like “artificial.”

  5. COERCE • Def: (verb) to compel, force • Syn: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain • Ant: persuade, cajole • Sent: Sally’s older brother tried to coerce her into giving up her candy, but after three hours of trick-or-treating in the cold, she wouldn’t be cajoled out of a single Jolly Rancher.

  6. CRAVEN • Def: (adjective) cowardly; (noun) coward • Syn: fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous • Ant: brave, courageous, valiant • Sent: Only the most craven scoundrels abuse animals.

  7. CULINARY • Def: (adjective) of or related to cooking or the kitchen • Sent: Despite pressure from her parents to go to a big university, she chose to follow her dream by attending a small culinary school in the French countryside.

  8. DELETE • Def: (verb) to erase, wipe out, cut out • Syn: remove, cancel, expunge • Ant: insert, add, retain, include • Sent: We couldn’t wait till our favorite movie came out on DVD so we could finally see the deleted scenes.

  9. DEMISE • Def: (noun) a death, especially of a person in a lofty position • Syn: decease, passing away • Ant: birth, beginning, commencement • The DVD player quickly led to the demise of the VCR, but it too is becoming obsolete because of digital downloads.

  10. EXHILARATE • Def: (verb) to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to • Syn: stimulate, excited, gladden • Ant: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit • Sent: While Grandpa’s stories weren’t exactly exhilarating, we usually humored him.

  11. FALLOW • Def 1: (adjective) plowed, but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow • Def 2: (noun) land left unseeded • Def 3: (verb) to plow, but not seed • Syn: unproductive, inert, dormant • Ant: productive, fertile, prolific • Sent: After a fallow period of vacation, we realized it was time to use our brains for more than just watching tv.

  12. HARASS • Def: (verb) to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks • Syn: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer • Sent: Harassment and bullying have not disappeared—they have just gone digital.

  13. INCLEMENT • Def: (adjective) stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action • Syn: blustery, tempestuous, implacable • Ant: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil • Sent: Due to the hazardous road conditions caused by inclement weather, we will have to cancel the baseball game.

  14. MUSE • Def 1: (verb) to think about in a dreamy way; to ponder • Def 2: (noun) guiding spirit or inspiration • Syn: meditate, contemplate, daydream • Sent: After musing over her report card, she decided it was time to start putting forth more effort on her homework.

  15. NEGLIGIBLE • Def: (adjective) so unimportant that it can be disregarded • Syn: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant • Ant: significant, crucial, momentous • Sent: Because up till now the Food and Drug Administration considered less than a half a gram of trans-fat to be negligible, companies could label their foods as trans-fat-free, even if they have a half a gram per serving.

  16. PERPETUATE • Def: (verb) to make permanent or long lasting • Syn: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely • Ant: discontinue, abolish, abandon • Sent: Although the kids loved the cartoon, Dad felt that it perpetuated negative images of parents.

  17. PRECEDENT • Def: (noun) an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action • Syn: guide, tradition, model • Sent: Three people were ticketing for jaywalking on the main road to set a precedent encouraging people to use the crosswalk.

  18. PUNITIVE • Def: (adjective) inflicting or aiming at punishment • Syn: penalizing, retaliatory • Sent: The only punitive measure taken against the celebrity was a requirement to serve one hundred hours of community service.

  19. REDRESS • Def 1: (verb) to set right, remedy • Def 2: (noun) relief from wrong or injury • Syn: rectify, correct, mitigate • Sent: People who lost their homes in the hurricane last year have received little redress by way of government aid.

  20. SOJOURN • Def 1: (noun) a temporary stay • Def 2: (verb) to stay for a time • Syn: visit, stopover, brief stay • Sent: Any trip to California would not be complete without a sojourn in San Francisco.

  21. URBANE • Def: (adjective) refined in manner or style, suave • Syn: elegant • Ant: crude, uncouth, boorish

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