Search Vocabulary – Schreiner



Search Vocabulary – Schreiner

Book D, Unit # 4

Word List

1. abscond – (v) to run off and hide

2. access – (n) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v) to get at, obtain

3. anarchy – (n) a lack of government and law, confusion

4. arduous – (adj) hard to do, requiring much effort

5. auspicious – (adj) favorable; fortunate

6. biased – (adj) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced

7. daunt – (v) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage

8. disentangle – (v) to free from tangles or complications

9. fated – (adj) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

10. hoodwink – (v) to mislead by a trick, deceive

11. inanimate – (adj) not having life; without energy or spirit

12. incinerate – (v) to burn to ashes

13. intrepid – (adj) very brave, fearless, unshakable

14. larceny – (n) theft

15. pliant – (adj) bending readily, easily influenced

16. pompous – (adj) overly self-important in speech or manner; excessively stately or ceremonious

17. precipice – (n) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster

18. rectify – (v) to make right, correct

19. reprieve – (n) a temporary relief or delay; (v) to grant a postponement

20. revile – (v) to attack with words, call bad names

Vocabulary Assignment Book D, Unit # 4

Filling in the Blanks

Choose the word from this unit that best completes each of the following sentences.

1. No matter how much protective legislation we pass, there will probably always be gullible consumers for swindlers to __________________.

2. The magnetic tape had gotten so badly entwined in the machinery that I had a hard time ____________________ it.

3. One of the most controversial figures of his time, the former President was revered by some and ______________ by others.

4. The guardrail was reinforced to prevent cars from skidding over the edge of the _______________ and falling into the abyss below.

5. For someone who believes in astrology, what is ______________ to happen to a person is determined by the stars.

6. As soon as I discovered that the project was being mismanaged, I tried my best to _______________ the situation.

7. Since I did not feel well prepared, the three-day postponement of final exams was a most welcome _________________.

8. Her extraordinary faith in her own abilities enabled her to overcome many obstacles that would have ________________ someone less confident.

9. Though somewhat massively built, the gymnast’s body was as supple and ___________ as a ballerina’s.

10. Without the slightest hesitation, the ______________ firefighters entered the flaming building to rescue the children trapped on the second floor.

11. Though many people firmly believe that life forms exist somewhere in outer space, everything that our astronauts have so far encountered has been decidedly.

12. The youths who had “borrowed” the car for joyriding were caught by the police and charged with ________________.

13. The overly ornate style of many 19th-century writers seems rather forced and __________ to us today.

14. The treasurer who had _____________ with the company’s funds was quickly captured by alert federal agents.

15. It isn’t logical to infer that the referee is ______________ against State U. just because he makes a few calls against the team.

16. This master key will give you ______________ to any of the rooms in the building.

17. With no government around to restore order, the small country remained in a state of __________________ for weeks after the revolution.

18. Since everything had gone so smoothly, we felt that the campaign to elect Ellen captain was off to a(n) __________________ beginning.

19. Since I’m only an average linguist, mastering the irregular verbs in French was one of the most _______________ tasks I have ever undertaken.

20. The steak I’d accidentally left in the broiler too long wasn’t just overdone; it was positively __________________.

21. In order to __________________ the information I needed for my report, I had the computer call up the “Accounts Payable” file.

Synonyms

Choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as each of the following groups of expressions.

1. promising, encouraging, propitious __________________________1

2. pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic __________________________2

3. to postpone, to delay; a stay, respite __________________________3

4. prejudiced, unfair, partial, bigoted __________________________4

5. to deceive, dupe, put one over on __________________________5

6. supple, flexible, elastic, plastic __________________________6

7. to intimidate, dismay, cow, discourage __________________________7

8. doomed, destined, preordained __________________________8

9. to bolt, make off, skip town __________________________9

10. a cliff, crag, bluff, promontory; a brink, ledge _________________________10

11. to unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl _________________________11

12. to correct, remedy, set right _________________________12

13. lifeless, dead; inert, spiritless _________________________13

14. hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing _________________________14

15. inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce _________________________15

16. chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium _________________________16

17. to burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes _________________________17

18. stealing, robbery, theft, burglary _________________________18

19. entry, admittance, entree _________________________19

20. valiant, courageous, audacious, daring _________________________20

Antonyms

Choose the word that is most nearly the opposite in meaning as each of the following groups of expressions.

1. timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous __________________________1

2. to praise, acclaim; to revere, idolize __________________________2

3. accidental, fortuitous, chance, random __________________________3

4. to tangle up, ensnarl, snag __________________________4

5. to mess up, botch, bungle __________________________5

6. to encourage, embolden , reassure __________________________6

7. total exclusion from something __________________________7

8. to proceed as scheduled __________________________8

9. easy, simple, effortless __________________________9

10. law and order, peace and quiet _________________________10

11. ill-omened, ominous, sinister _________________________11

12. fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just _________________________12

13. rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone _________________________13

14. living, alive; energetic, lively, sprightly _________________________14

15. unpretentious, unaffected; plain _________________________15

16. an abyss, chasm, gorge _________________________16

17. to undeceive, disabuse, “clue in” _________________________17

Choosing the Right Word

Encircle the boldface word that most satisfactorily completes each of the following sentences.

1. The team of accountants spent hours trying to locate and then to (rectify, incinerate) the error I had so carelessly made.

2. We should begin studying foreign languages at an early age because it is during those years that our minds are most (fated, pliant) and receptive.

3. I feared that this latest misfortune would drive him over the (precipice, access) and into a depression from which he would not recover.

4. Instead of recognizing that he caused his own failure, he continues to (revile, hoodwink) all the people who were “unfair” to him.

5. Anyone who takes the writings of other people and presents them as his or her own is guilty of literary (anarchy, larceny).

6. When her eyes suddenly blazed with such fury, I felt that the heat of her glance would all but (bias, incinerate) me.

7. Only by admitting your fault and trying to make up for it can you obtain a(n) (access, reprieve) from the pangs of conscience.

8. Despite the threats made against his life, the (arduous, intrepid) district attorney was able to obtain a conviction of the corrupt officials.

9. Although the hero and the heroine were parted by circumstance, I knew that they were (intrepid, fated) to meet again before the last commercial.

10. Like farmers separating the wheat from the chaff, the members of a jury must (disentangle, daunt) the truth from the evidence presented to them.

11. A great playwright’s characters always seem to come alive; those of a third-rate hack stubbornly remain (pliant, inanimate).

12. Far from being “useless,” mathematics will give you (reprieve, access) to many fields of scientific study.

13. For most retired boxers, the comeback trail is an (arduous, auspicious) one that few ever get to the end of.

14. Though the dangers and uncertainties of a westward passage to the Orient cowed many a brave sailor, they did not (rectify, daunt) Columbus.

15. How can you accuse me of (absconding, reprieving) with all your brilliant ideas when you have never had an original thought in your life!

16. His speech and manners were so (auspicious, pompous) and stiff that he cut a somewhat ridiculous figure at our informal little get-together.

17. The voters may seem to be easily deceived, but in the long run they cannot be (disentangled, hoodwinked) by self-serving politicians.

18. Spring, with its ever-renewing promise of life, is for me the most (arduous, auspicious) of seasons.

19. His narrow education gave him a (fated, biased) view of cultures different from his own.

20. There is a vast difference between democracy, under which everyone has duties and privileges, and (larceny, anarchy) under which no one has.

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