Reminder: vocabulary 15 is due next Monday June 4
I am handing grade reports today. Please check them over and see me after class for any questions.
In class today and tomorrow. Thematic essay on The Catcher in the Rye .
Vocabulary 15
definitions
1. amenity
(noun)- that which is pleasant or agreeable; (plural) attractive features or
customs
2. aperture
(noun)- an opening, gap, hole; orifice
3. dissidence
(noun)- a difference of opinion; discontent; disagreement, dissent ,
disaffection
4. epicurean
(adj)- devoted to the pursuit of pleasure; fond of good food, comfort and ease;
with discriminating tastes; (noun) a person with discriminating tastes;
hedonistic, sybaritic, discriminating
5. improvident
(adj.)- not thrifty; failing to plan ahead; prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant
6. iniquity
(noun)- wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act; evil, crime
7. inviolable
(adj.) – sacred; of such a character that it must not be broken, injured or
profaned
8. mutable
(adj)- open to or capable of change; changeable, variable
9. nascent
(adj).)- just beginning to exist or develop; having just come into existence;
budding, incipient, embryonic
10. obeisance
(noun)- a deep bow or other body movement indicating respect or submission;
deference, homage
11. panegyric
(noun) formal or elaborate praise; a tribute; encomium, testimonial
12. pillory
(noun)- a device for publicly punishing offenders; a means for exposing one to
public contempt or ridicule; (verb)- to expose to public contempt or ridicule
13. pittance
(noun)- a woefully meager allowance, wage or portion; modicum, trifle
14. presage
(verb)- to foreshadow or point to a future event; to predict; (noun) a warning
or indication of the future; augur, portend, foretell
15. progeny
(noun)- descendants, offspring. children, followers, disciples
16. promulgate
(verb)- to proclaim; to make known far and wide; announce
17. rectitude
(noun)- uprightness, righteousness, correctness; probity, integrity
18. restive
(adj)- restless, hard to manage, balky; uneasy, fidgety, recalcitrant
19. seraphic
(adj)- angelic, heavenly, celestial, cherubic; cherubic
20. subsist
(verb) to have existence; to remain alive, manage o make a living or maintain
life; to persist or continue; last, sustain, survive
Vocabulary 15
exercise 1 Fill in the blank
with the correct definition.
1. We are
sure that their vow is ______________________________ because their sense of
moral obligation will prevent them from ever breaking it.
2. Conscientious
parents will do everything they can to foster and develop the
_______________________ intellectual curiosity of a small child.
3. Imagine
someone with my _____________________ tastes having to live for a week on that
watery mush!
4. The biography
is a pretty evenhanded appraisal of the man’s strengths and weaknesses, not
just another _________________________ to a great hero.
5. I see no
reason to question the _______________________ of her dealings with us since I
know her to be “as honest as the day is long.”
6. He
inveighs against the sins of society with all the stridency of an Old Testament
prophet castigating the _____________________ of the ungodly.
7. The
wranglers suspected that there were wolves or mountain lions nearby when the herd
suddenly grew nervous and _____________________________.
8. The Bible
tells us that visitors to the court of Solomon, the great Hebrew king,
willingly paid him ______________________________.
9. For many
ancient peoples, the appearance of a comet was a fearful omen that
_______________________ great social upheaval.
10. After a
few days in which everything went my way, I suddenly learned just how
_________________________ Lady Luck can be.
11. Am I to be
____________________________ before the entire student body because I made a
few minor mistakes as a member of the Student Council?
12. The
liberties that we have inherited from our forefathers are a sacred trust that
we must pass on undiminished to our ________________________.
13. Authoritarian
governments often resort to violence and coercion in their efforts to repress
political ___________________________.
14. Our
financial situations are so different that what she considers a mere
_________________ seems a fortune to me.
15. It was the
_________________________ of its natural setting on those rolling hills that
led the architect to dub the estate “Mount Pleasant.”
16. The
President has ____________________________ a policy that commits the nation to
curbing pollution.
17. “I’m
afraid that the child’s _______________ countenance belies the devilry in his heart,”
I observed sadly.
18. The
__________________________ on most cameras can be adjusted to admit more or
less light, as required.
19. Nutritionists
say that most of us could ________________________ on a great deal less food
than we actually consume.
20. Though I’m
by no means ________________________ with my money, I don’t hoard it either.
Vocabulary 15
Exercise 2
1. The
artist painted the children with ________________________ smiles to suggest their
innocence.
2. Peasants
in the nineteenth-century Ireland were able to ______________________ almost
exclusively on potatoes.
3. After the
earthquake, rain and cold came through the ______________________ in the wall
of the damaged house.
4. Safeguarding
the retirement income of millions of Americans is a(n)
_____________________________ trust of the federal government.
5. The
candidate tried to ________________________ her political opponent by
suggesting that he had ties to organized crime.
6. In
comparison to the overwhelming need for food and medicine, the shipment was a
mere ______________________.
7. The
School Board __________________________ a new approach to education that
emphasized phonics.
8. The chef
took a(n) _____________________________ delight in presenting the most
delicious dishes to his demanding clientele.
9. When I
backpack there are certain basic __________________________ such as clean
sheets and a dry tent, that I find I sometimes miss.
10. The
speaker delivered a ____________________________ in honor of the award-winning
author.
11. The mayor
is a person of unquestionable ________________________; his honesty is
indisputable.
12. The Bill
of Rights guarantees certain civil rights and protections to ourselves and our
__________________________.
13. When the
commanding officer announced that all leave was cancelled, there was widespread
______________________ in the ranks.
14. Some
people are so _______________________________that despite high incomes they
struggle to make ends meet.
15. The
____________________________ horse had not been taken out of the stable for
five days.
16. The
skirmishes at the border _____________________ a war.
17. English
Puritans looked upon the court that surrounded King Charles I as a den of ____________________________.
18. Upon
entering the throne room, each courtier made a respectful
__________________________ before the king and queen.
19. The
____________________________ was placed in the center of town so that everyone
could view the outlaws and their shame.
20. Recent
public opinion polls registered _____________________________opposition to the
proposed tax increases.
Vocabulary 15
exercise 3
Synonyms
1. tried to survive in a desert
_______________________________
2. dark clouds portending rain
_______________________________
3. the angelic tones of the choir
______________________________
4. challenged the integrity of the judge
_____________________________
5. a hedonistic display of luxury
_____________________________
6. stuffed the orifice with old newspapers
______________________________
7. showed a budding interest in politics
_____________________________
8. paid respect to those who came before her _____________________________
9. the pleasantness of a quiet garden
_____________________________
10. sacrosanct principle of equality
_____________________________
11. will be punished for their crimes
______________________________
12. repaid a mere modicum of what is owed
______________________________
13. announced by the public health authorities
______________________________
14. fidgety after the caffeine
_______________________________
15. a fickle disposition _______________________________
Antonyms
16. insulted the king’s ancestors
______________________________
17. always praises those in authority ______________________________
18. gave a long diatribe on the military
______________________________
19. widespread political agreement ______________________________
20. a thrifty manager
______________________________
Vocabulary 15
exercise 4
1. Religious
(obeisance / dissidence) was one of the motives that led many people to leave
their homes and found colonies in North America.
2. Writers
often regard their works as their (dissidence / progeny) in much the same way
as other people regard their pets as family members.
3. The
resounding victory we scored at the polls is an eloquent tribute to the
(rectitude / dissidence) of her approach as campaign manager.
4. As the
speaker’s remarks became more inflammatory, the crowd grew more sullen and
(nascent / restive).
5. The novel
centers on a(n) (improvident / seraphic) young man who squanders his
inheritance on riotous living and dies in the poorhouse.
6. I realize
the official made a serous mistake, but that is no reason to (pillory /subsist)
him so unmercifully in the press.
7. We would
like to believe that the intensifying fear of ecological catastrophe (subsists
/ presages) an era of environmental harmony in the near future.
8. The cost
of living has risen so sharply that a salary that was adequate a decade ago is
now no more than a mere (panegyric / pittance.)
9. The new
“gourmet” deli features delicacies that are bound to delight even the most
exacting of (epicurean / nascent) palates.
10. No matter
how well defended, no boundary is (inviolable / restive) unless the people on
either side of it respect each other.
11. “Angelica”
is indeed an apt name for one whose (mutable / seraphic) beauty is complemented
by such sweetness of temper and gentleness of spirit.
12. One cannot
expect a(n) (epicurean /nascent) democracy to go through its early years
without experiencing serious growing pains.
13. Recently,
the Principal (promulgated / presaged) a new dress code that abolished some of
the unnecessary strictness of the old rules.
14. Liberty
(subsists / presages) only so long as people have the intelligence to know
their rights and the courage to defend them.
15. There was
a loophole in the law, and through this (aperture / obeisance) the defendant
escaped the legal consequences of his crime.
16. Instead of
being so concerned with the (iniquities / apertures) of others, they would do
well to concentrate on correcting their own shortcomings.
17. The study
of government shows us that many political institutions thought to be
unchanging are in fact highly (inviolable / mutable).
18. Specific
customs vary widely in different lands, but the basic (affectations /
amenities) of civilized living are much the same everywhere.
19. Like so
many others of his generation, he paid unquestioning (iniquity / obeisance) to
the accepted symbols of material success.
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