Unit 4 Vocabulary
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DUE: __________________
TEST on _______________
Name: ________________________________
Date: _____________________ Per: _______
**Use your Vocabulary definitions to help you answer the questions below.
SYNONYMS – Choose the word from this unit that is MOST NEARLY the SAME in meaning as each of the following
groups of words. Write the word on the lines below.
1.______________________________to worship, adore, revere
2.______________________________to overturn, unseat, upset, tumble
3.______________________________a repeal, cancellation, withdrawal
4.______________________________insignificant, minor, piddling
5.______________________________a sorry state of affairs; to pledge
6.______________________________conflict, struggle, discord, turmoil
7.______________________________to abandon, maroon; a fiber, thread
8.______________________________to regret, feel sorry for
9.______________________________to wreck, destroy, leave in ruins, desolate
10._____________________________cheers, bravos, hurrahs
11._____________________________to study; to glance at, skim; a survey
12._____________________________a daydream, fantasy, meditation
13._____________________________thanklessness, ungratefulness
14._____________________________to throw doubt on, disparage
15._____________________________to create, produce, beget; cause
16._____________________________slippery, wily; puzzling, baffling
17._____________________________a human; fleeting; fatal, extreme
18._____________________________to think, judge; to consider, regard
19._____________________________a souvenir, reminder, memento
20._____________________________to clear of blame, exonerate; dismiss
ANTONYMS - Choose the word from this unit that is MOST NEARLY the OPPPOSITE in meaning to each of the following groups of
words. Write the word on the lines below.
1.______________________________thankfullness, gratefulness, recognition
2.______________________________undying, everlasting, eternal, divine; a god
3.______________________________to confirm, corroborate, bolster
4.______________________________easy to catch, hold, or understand
5.______________________________to convict, declare guilty
6.______________________________to remain upright; to establish, set up
7.______________________________peace, calm, harmony, agreement
8.______________________________to have no regrets, rejoice over
9.______________________________to despise, scorn, disdain, detest
10._____________________________important, major, significant, weighty
11._____________________________to develop, improve
12._____________________________booing, jeering, the cold shoulder
13._____________________________a ratification, confirmation
14._____________________________to end, terminate, extinguish, stifle
15._____________________________to rescue, save, come to the aid of
Choosing the Right Word – Circle the boldface word that more satisfactorily completes each of the following sentences.
1. What an (ovation, reverie) he received when he trotted back to the bench after scoring the winning touchdown!
2. I knew that she was wrapped up in herself, but I never dreamed that even she could be guilty of such (discredit, ingratitude).
3. Father often says that he has never stopped (repenting, devastating) the decision he made many years ago to give up the study of
medicine.
4. While the actors were busy rehearsing, the manager ran away with all the money and left them (stranded, plighted) in a strange
town.
5. Our business is barely managing to pay its bills; one bad break will be enough to (acquit, topple) it into bankruptcy.
6. Imagine his (plight, ovation) – penniless, unemployed, and with a large family to support!
7. By reelecting him to Congress, the court of public opinion has forever (generated, acquitted) him of the charges of neglecting his
duties.
8. Many diseases that have disappeared in the United States continue to (devastate, idolize) countries in other parts of the world.
9 .Once order had been restored, the leaders of the opposition called for the (revocation, plight) of martial law.
10. After so many years of (strife, strand)- in business, politics, and the family –he wants only to retire to the peace and quiet of his
ranch.
Completing the Sentence – Choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
11. We will never allow vicious rumors to _____________________________ racial hatred in our school!
12. At times we all a(n) ______________________________ about “what might have been,” but before long we must
return to “the way things are.”
13. Our supervisor ____________________________ the newspaper each morning for items that may serve as leads for
the sales force.
14. At times it is quite natural to feel afraid, and it is certainly no ____________________________ to anyone to admit
it.
15. In Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who is the character who speaks the line, “Lord, what fools these
________________________________ be”?
16. Since you are the only one of us who has had experience with this kind of problem, we shall do whatever you
_________________________________ necessary.
17. In my composition, I tried to give a definition of “humor,” but I found the idea too ___________________________
to pin down.
18. A special edition of poems by the noted writer was presented as a ______________________________ to all
attended her 80th birthday party.
19. We should respect our national leaders, but we should not _______________________________ them and assume
that they can do no wrong.
20. Are we going to allow _____________________________________ quarrels to destroy a friendship that has been
built up for so many years?