Vocabulary Review

Parts I-II: Vocabulary (30 points)

Know the definition, how to use it in a sentence, and recognize the meaning in context.  

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3 

Adulterate (v.)

Def.) To make worse through the addition of something

Adroit (adj.)

Def.) Clever or skilled with use of hands/mind

Alienate (v.)

To cause someone to feel othered. 

Augment (v.)

Def.) To make larger

Extol (v.)

Def.) praise enthusiastically. 

Culinary (adj.)

Of or for cooking. 

Deploy (v.)

Def.) To position in a certain place. 

Feasible (adj.)

Able to be done, possible. 

Delete (v.)

To eliminate, erase. 

Opulent (adj.)

Def.) Wealthy, rich, luxurious. 

Jeopardy (n.)

Danger

Demise (n.)

A death, an end of something. 

Verbatim (adj.)

Def.) Written down exactly as it was said, used in the context of a speech

Meticulous (adj.)

Done will care, skill, precision. 

Negligible (adj.)

Something of so little importance it is not worth mentioning

Warily (adj.)

Def.) Done with care, cautiously.

Quintessence (n.)

The purest/ most basic form of something. 

Perpetuate (v.)

To continue/further. 

Unit 4

Unit 5

Ascertain (v.)

To make sure, or become certain, of. 

Benefactor (n.)

A person who gives money for good causes. 

Expunge (v.)

To remove completely. 

Dearth (n.)

A scarcity or lack of something. 

Malevolent (adj.)

showing a wish to do evil to others

Embark (v.)

To set sail. 

Nonchalant (adj.)

Appearing casual or calm. 

Infallible (adj.)

Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Omniscient (adj.)

All knowing. 

Repose (n.) (v.)

(n.) a state of rest or sleep

(v.) to be lying or kept in a particular place 

Scrupulous (Adj.)

Diligent, extremely attentive to detail 

Unfeigned (adj.)

Genuine, not feigned, true. 

Synonyms and Antonyms

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3 

Adulterate (v.)

Synonyms: Poison

Antonyms: Purify

Adroit (adj.)

Synonyms: Skilled

Antonyms: Unskilled

Alienate (v.)

Synonyms: exclude, other

Antonyms: include

Augment (v.)

Synonyms: enlarge

Antonyms: make smaller

Extol (v.)

Synonyms: praise

Antonyms: tear down

Culinary (adj.)

Synonyms: food

Antonyms: not food lol

Deploy (v.)

Synonyms: position

Antonyms: disarrange

Feasible (adj.)

Synonyms: possible

Antonyms: impossible

Delete (v.)

Synonyms: remove, erase

Antonyms: add

Opulent (adj.)

Synonyms: wealthy, luxury

Antonyms: poor

Jeopardy (n.)

Synonyms: danger

Antonyms: safety

Demise (n.)

Synonyms: a death

Antonyms: a birth

Verbatim (adj.)

Synonyms: exact

Antonyms: different than said

Meticulous (adj.)

Synonyms: precise, accurately

Antonyms: clumsy

Negligible (adj.)

Synonyms: unimportant

Antonyms: important

Warily (adj.)

Synonyms: carefully, cautiously

Antonyms: hastily

Quintessence (n.)

Synonyms: essense

Antonyms: outside

Perpetuate (v.)

Synonyms: continue

Antonyms: end

Unit 4

Unit 5

Ascertain (v.)

Synonyms: make certian

Antonyms: become unaware

Benefactor (n.)

Synonyms: philanthropist

Antonyms: elon musk

Expunge (v.)

Synonyms: remove

Antonyms: add

Dearth (n.)

Synonyms: scarcity

Antonyms: surplus

Malevolent (adj.)

Synonyms: evil

Antonyms: benevolent

Embark (v.)

Synonyms: set sail

Antonyms: stay put

Nonchalant (adj.)

Synonyms: casual,calm

Antonyms: wired, nervous

Infallible (adj.)

Synonyms: error free

Antonyms: fallible

Omniscient (adj.)

Synonyms: all knowing

Antonyms: unknowing

Repose (n.) (v.)

Synonyms: rest

Antonyms: activity

Scrupulous (Adj.)

Synonyms: diligent

Antonyms: careless

Unfeigned (adj.)

Synonyms: trued

Antonyms: feigned

Sentences

  • Adulterate

She adulterated the drink with poison.

  • Augment

To ensure a quality viewing experience the student augmented all of the photos on their presentations so all of his classmates could see them.

  • Deploy

On the Washington DC trip they thought it was necessary to deploy a security guard in the hall outside of our hotel rooms to make sure no one snuck out.

  • Opulent

Her opulent lifestyle included weekly manicures and a taste for diamonds.

  • Verbatim

The New York Times released a verbatim article detailing exactly what Joe Biden said in his address to the coal miners of Pennsylvania.

  • Warily

The girl walked warily through the haunted house trying to avoid jumpscares.

  • Adroit

As a surgeon it is very important for me to be adroit not only with my mind but with my hands.

  • Extol

Many of Trumps supporters like to extol him despite the fact that he is a felon.

  • Feasible

After the child asked for a unicorn for christmas the parents knew that it wouldn’t be a feasible gift and they’d have to find something else.

  • Jeopardy

When the flight attends said that “the flight was in jeopardy” I was surprised to not see Alex Trebek and instead a forest getting closer and closer out the window.

  • Meticulous

Doctors must be very meticulous when locating a vain for a shot.

  • Quintessence

The yoga instructor was the quintessence of calm.

  • Alienate

In a school with such little diversity I can only imagine how easy it is to feel alienated by your peers.

  • Culinary

I love eating at my friends house, her father does not play around when it comes to the culinary arts.

  • Delete

She felt cute then but she admitted that she may delete the photo later.

  • Demise

She didn’t know that the rollercoaster would lead to her demise.

  • Negligible

Some think that chapter titles are negligible detail in a book but when done right they can be very clever.

  • Perpetuate

Even the girls friends perpetuated the rumors being spread around her leading the whole school to think that she steps on a dog.

  • Ascertain

I texted my friends to ascertain that we were meeting up at Aldea.

  • Expunge

I love Sarah J. Mass’s books but I wish she would expunge all of the filler in her stories and get to the real plot.

  • Malevolent

The serial killer was very malevolent.

  • Nonchalant

Boys like to pretend that their nonchalant but really they are just as insecure as the girls.

  • Omniscient

My friend must be omniscient because she always knows what I need to hear to make my day better.

  • Scrupulous

When a lawyer is making an argument in court they must be very scrupulous when choosing to say and not say.

  • Benefactor

In light of the California wildfires taylor swift has been a benefactor, donating millions to LA fire relief causes.

  • Dearth

The court could not charge the man with murder due to the dearth of evidence.

  • Embark

Many say that Christopher Columbus discovered north america after embarking from Europe but their were already people living there.

  • Infallible

After getting an A+ on my essay I felt as though I was infallible.

  • Repose

I tried to be quiet around the sleeping baby so as not to ruin her state of repose.

  • Unfeigned

I love laughing with my bestfriends because it is always unfeigned.