Level D, Voc 5B Daily
- Morose – adjective – having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
Synonyms: morbid, doleful; Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, jaunty, buoyant
- Opaque – adjective – not letting light through; not clear or lucid; dense
Synonyms: hazy, cloudy, foggy, murky, dull, obtuse
Antonyms: transparent, clear, bright, perceptive
- Paramount – adjective – chief in importance, above all others
Synonyms: supreme, foremost, primary, dominant
Antonyms: secondary, subordinate
- Prattle – verb- to talk in an aimless, foolish, or simple way; to babble
noun – baby talk; babble
Synonyms: chatter; gibberish, piffle
- Rebut – verb – to offer arguments or evidence that contradicts an assertion; to refute
Synonyms: disprove, confute, shoot holes in
Antonyms: confirm, corroborate, substantiate
- Reprimand – verb- to scold; find fault with noun – a rebuke
Synonyms: reprove, reproach, reproof Antonyms: praise, pat on the back
- Servitude – noun – slavery, forced labor
Synonyms: captivity, bondage, thralldom Antonyms: freedom, liberty
- Slapdash – adjective – careless and hasty
Synonyms: cursory, perfunctory, sloppy, slipshod
Antonyms: painstaking, meticulous, thorough, in-depth
- Stagnant – adjective – not running or flowing; foul from standing still; inactive, sluggish, dull
Synonyms: still, motionless, inert; Antonyms: flowing, running, fresh, sweet
- Succumb – verb – to give way to superior force, yield
Synonyms: submit, die, expire Antonyms: overcome, master, conquer
Name ______
Level D Vocab 5B Cloze
Identify the correct form of the vocabulary word which best fits each sentence.
______1. No matter what make of automobile you have, it is of ______importance that you learn to drive safely before you use it.
______2. After the opposing speakers had both presented their cases, they were allowed time to ____ or refute each other’s arguments.
______3. Mom and Dad said nothing when I failed the examination, but the disappointed looks on their faces hurt more than the most severe ______.
______4. Many people came to the New World after they had been sentenced to terms of penal _____ for crimes they had committed.
______5. In large areas of the huge swamp, stood _____ pools of water covered with unmoving masses of green slime.
______6. “If you spent more time and effort on your essays, they would cease to be such _____ affairs,” my older sister observed.
______7. The doctor warned relatives that if the patient’s condition deteriorated any further, he would _____ to pneumonia.
______8. Her friends call her “Motormouth” because she has a remarkable capacity to _____ on endlessly about the most trivial matters.
______9. If we are going to use this space as a darkroom for photography, we must have a completely ____ covering over the window.
______10. When he was suddenly deprived of everything he valued in life, the poor man became extremely gloomy and ______.
Name ______
Level D Vocab 5B Synonyms/Antonyms
Synonyms: Identify the correct form of the word from this unit which is most nearly the same as the bold words in the given phrase.
______1. Windows which are cloudy with steam and grime
______2.Reproved them for their discourteous behavior
______3. A motionless pond clogged with debris
______4. A moving account of life in captivity
______5. Refused to accept such sloppy work
______6.Expired after a long illness
______7.Chattered about nothing in particular
______8. The foremost authority on the subject
Antonyms: Identify the correct form of the word from this unit which is most nearly opposite the bold words in the given phrase.
______9. A consistently cheerful personality
______10. Will corroborate the testimony of eyewitnesses
Name ______
Level D Vocab 5B Past Word Review
Identify the letter of the bold word which best completes each sentence.
_____ 1.The voters may seem to be easily deceived, but in the long run they cannot be (A. disentangled B. hoodwinked) by self-serving politicians.
_____ 2. His narrow education gave him a (A. biased B. fated) view of cultures different from his own.
_____ 3. His speech and manners were so (A. auspicious B. pompous) and stiff that he cut a somewhat ridiculous figure at our informal little get together.
_____ 4. How can you accuse me of (A. absconding B. reviling) with all your brilliant ideas when you had never had an original thought in your life.
_____ 5. Despite the threats made against his life, the (A. arduous B. intrepid) district attorney was able to obtain a conviction of the corrupt official.
_____ 6. We should begin studying foreign languages at an early age because it is during those years that our minds are most (A. pompous B. pliant) and receptive.
_____ 7. For most retired athletes, the comeback trail is an (A. arduous B. inanimate) one, and few ever get to the end of it.
_____ 8. Instead of recognizing that he caused his own failure, he continues to (A. revile B. hoodwink) all the people who were “unfair” to him.
_____ 9. A great playwright’s characters always seem to come alive; those of a third-rate writer usually remain (A. pliant B. inanimate).
_____ 10. When her eyes suddenly blazed with such fury, I felt that the heat of her glance would all but (A. bias B. incinerate) me.
Matching:
_____ 11. Any agent which causes change A. accomplice
_____ 12. Not able to be correctedB. annihilate
_____ 13. Shameless, impudentC. arbitrary
_____ 14. Active and aggressive in support of a causeD. brazen
_____ 15. A person who takes part in a crimeE. catalyst
_____ 16. To make easier, to assistF. exodus
_____ 17. UnreasonableG. facilitate
_____ 18. HiddenH. incorrigible
_____ 19. A large scale departure or flightI. latent
_____ 20. To destroy completelyJ. militant