WICHITA FALLS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
VOCABULARY 2004-05
ELEVENTH GRADE WORD LIST
Objective:
• Instruction will focus on SAT words grouped by central ideas and
synonyms
• Students will add words to recognition and usage vocabulary
Resource:
• Vocabulary for the College Bound Student and Smith & Dewar’s
SAT/PSAT Test Prep Materials disk
Instructions:
• Academic students will select 3-5 words from the 10 word list
• Pre-AP or Pre-IB students will select 5-10 words from the 10 word
list
• When working with synonym lists, students will select a word & one
of its synonyms, which means the total number of words will be
doubled
• Teacher will provide instructional activities for all 10 words
• Activities (matching/ fill in the blank/ mnemonics/ cartoons/sentences/etc.)
may be scored for daily grades
• Major vocabulary assessments not necessary, but may be included at the
teacher’s discretion. Assessment of vocabulary development should be
incorporated into composition evaluation and student ability to comprehend
reading selections.
1st Six Weeks
Words Grouped by Central Ideas
Aug. 16-Aug. 20 (VCBS pp. 84-85)
Sea words
Bow
Brine
Doldrums
Flotsam
Jetsam
Jettison
Leeward
Marine/mariner
Starboard
Aug. 30-Sept. 10(VCBS pp. 92-93)
Reasoning words
Analogy
Arbitrary/arbitrate
Axiomatic/axiom Crux
Bias
Deduce
Bigoted/bigotry
Dilemma
Cogitate
Dogmatic
Criterion
Eclectic
Aug. 23-27 (VCBS pp. 85-86)
Cleanliness/Uncleanliness words
Carrion
Contaminate
Dross
Expurgate
Immaculate
Offal
Purge
Slatternly
Sloven
Sordid
Squalid/squalor
Sully
Sept. 13-Sept. 17(VCBS pp. 93-94)
Reasoning words, continued
Fallacious/fallible
Heterodox/orthodox
Hypothetical
Indubitable
Paradoxical
Plausible
Preposterous
Rational/rationalize
Sophistry
Specious
Speculate
Tenable
Sept. 20-Sept. 24 (VCBS p. 95)
Shape words
Amorphous
Concave
Contour
Distort
Malleable
Rotund
Sinuous
Symmetrical/symmetry
2nd Six Weeks
Words Grouped by Central Ideas
Sept. 27-Oct. 6 (VCBS p. 96)
Importance/Unimportance
& Modesty words
Grave
Nugatory
Paltry
Paramount
Relevant
Coy
Demure
Diffident
Modest/modesty
Staid
Oct. 7-Oct. 15 (VCBS p. 25)
Vanity words
Brazen
Egoism
Ostentatious
Overweening
Pert
Vain/vainglorious/vanity
Words from from Smith & Dewar’s
Section…Student
must
Synonym
select word & one of its synonyms
Oct. 18-27 S& D
Abase (corrupt, demean)
Abate(diminish,dwindle,wane)
Abet(foment,incite, instigate)
Abolish(annul,eradicate)
Abridge(abbreviate, curtail)
Abstruse(intricate, knotty)
Acquiesce(accede,assent)
Acrid(caustic, scathing)
Adamant(obstinate,inflexible)
Adaptable(malleable, pliant)
Oct. 25-29
Adherent(disciple, partisan)
Adroit(adept, deft, clever)
Affable(cordial,genial,)
Aloof(detached, indifferent)
Ambiguous(cryptic, enigmatic)
Amenable (docile, obedient)
Animosity (antagonism,enmity)
Annulment(abrogation,invalidation)
Antiquated(archaic, obsolete)
Apathy(stoicism,stolidness)
3rd Six Weeks
Nov. 1-Nov. 5
Aplomb(assurance, poise)
Appease (pacify, mollify)
Apprise (acquaint, notify)
Ardent (fervent, zealous)
Ascetic (austere, severe)
Assiduous(industrious, diligent)
Assuage (mitigate, alleviate)
Astute (shrewd, sagacious)
Audacity (gall, temerity)
Auspicious(favorable, propitious)
Nov. 15-Nov.19
Calamity(catastrophe, cataclysm)
Capitulate (Submit, succumb)
Capricious(fickle, mercurial)
Carping (censorious, critical)
Celerity (alacrity, quickness)
Censure ( denounce, condemn)
Chary (wary, cautious)
Chaste (pure, modest, decent)
Chasten(admonish, rebuke, chide)
Chimera (fantasy, vision)
Nov. 8-Nov.
Avarice (greed, cupidity)
Aversion (loathing, reluctance)
Baleful(sinister, destructive)
Banal (inane, insipid)
Beguile (delude, deceive)
Blithe (jovial, cheerful)
Boisterous (clamorous, rowdy)
Bombastic (pompous, ranting)
Bovine (cow-like…sluggish, indolent)
Brittle (fragile, frail)
Nov. 22-Dec. 3
Clandestine (covert, furtive)
Coalesce(amalgamate, commingle)
Compress (condense, contract)
Consecrate (devote, dedicate)
Conspicuous (obvious, prominent)
Contaminant (pollutant)
Contempt(despicableness, disdain)
Contentious(belligerent,pugnacious)
Contrite (remorseful, penitent)
Convoke (convene, muster)
Dec. 6-Dec. 10
No new words
Cumulative Semester
Review & Assessment
4th Six Weeks
Jan. 4-Jan. 12
Copious (ample, abundant)
Corroboration(confirmation,verification)
Cumbersome (unwieldy, ponderous)
Cupidity (greed, avarice)
Dawdle (dally, loiter, procrastinate)
Dearth (paucity, scarcity)
Debilitate (sap, enfeeble)
Decadent (decaying, degenerated)
Declaim (harangue, rant)
Deference (homage, reverence)
Jan. 24-Jan. 28
Distend (expand, inflate)
Distinguished (eminent, illustrious)
Docile (amenable, tractable)
Dogmatic (dictatorial, doctrinaire)
Ecstasy ( rapture)
Elicit (evoke, extort)
Elucidate (explicate, expound)
Embellish (decorate, garnish)
Endemic (indigenous, native)
Entreaty (appeal, plea)
Jan.13-Jan.21
Defraud (swindle, cozen)
Deft (adroit, dexterous)
Demur (hesitate, delay)
Denigrate (defame, malign, slander)
Despicable (contemptible)
Despoil (devastate, pillage)
Destitution (penury, indigence)
Diffidence (bashfulness, reserve)
Disdain (insolent, arrogant, haughty)
Disparage (degrade, belittle,
Jan. 31-Feb. 4
Ephemeral (fleeting, transient)
Epicure (connoisseur, gourmand)
Equivocate (prevaricate, mislead, lie)
Estrange (alienate, separate)
Eulogy (tribute, panegyric)
Exacting (burdensome, oppressive)
Exculpate (absolve, acquit)
Extrinsic (alien, extraneous)
Fatuous (asinine, silly)
Fecund (fertile, fruitful)
deprecate)
Feb. 7-Feb. 11
No new words
Review prior words
5th Six Weeks
Feb. 15-Feb. 25
No new words
TAKS Week
March 14-March 18
No new words
Spring Break
Feb. 28-March 4
Feint (ruse, trick)
Fervid (passionate, ardent)
Fetid (musty, putrid, rank)
Garrulous (voluble, talkative)
Gaunt (emaciated, rawboned)
Germane (pertinent, apropos)
Grandiose (magnificent, majestic)
Grisly (gruesome, lurid, macabre)
Hackneyed (trite, banal)
Harbingers (heralds, forerunners)
March 21-April 1
Jocular (facetious, jesting)
Labyrinthine (maze-like, convoluted)
Laconic (concise, terse, pithy)
Languid (lethargic, listless)
Limpid (transparent, translucent)
Lucid (perspicuous)
Lurid (grisly, gruesome, macabre)
Maladroit (gauche, clumsy, inept)
Malleable ( pliant, tractable)
Meticulous (scrupulous, punctilious)
March 7- March 11
Illustrious (distinguished, renowned)
Impecunious (destitute, indigent)
Imperious (domineering, preemptory)
Impertinent (insolent, intrusive)
Incessant (constant, perpetual)
Indignation (fury, ire, rage)
Ineptness (gauche, maladroit)
Inert (idle, passive, sluggish)
Ingenuity (adroitness, deftness)
Intractable (headstrong,
April 4-April 8
Morose (sullen, glum, surly)
Muse (ponder, meditate)
Nefarious (villainous, degenerate)
Obsequious (servile, slavish)
Ominous (fateful, threatening)
Ostentatious (showy, pretentious)
Palpable (tangible, noticeable)
Parody (caricature, travesty)
Partisan (disciple, adherent)
Paucity ( dearth, scarcity)
recalcitrant, stubborn)
6th Six Weeks
April 11-15
Penchant (inclination, proclivity,
propensity)
Placid (serene, tranquil)
Poignant (piercing-to the senses, piquant)
Precursor (harbinger, herald)
Prevarication (equivocation, lie)
Proclivity (penchant, propensity,
inclination)
Propensity (inclination, penchant,
proclivity)
Pugnacious (belligerent, bellicose)
Punctilious (meticulous, scrupulous)
Quixotic (fanciful, visionary)
April 18-April 22
Raucous (boisterous, strident)
Recant (revoke, renounce)
Repugnant (abhorrent, disgusting)
Resplendent (sublime, superb)
Reticence (reserve, taciturnity)
Revere (adore, venerate, worship)
Ribald (profane, humorously vulgar)
Savory (palatable, tasty)
Skulk (lurk, slink, sneak)
Sporadic (infrequent, rare)
April 27-May 6
Supplication (entreaty,
beseechment)
Sycophant (leech, toady,
brownnoser)
Taciturn (reserved, reticent)
Tawdry (garish, gaudy,
meretricious)
Tranquil (placid, serene)
Translucence (transparency,
limpidity)
Trite (hackneyed, overused)
Urbane (suave, diplomatic)
Virtuous (righteous, ethical)
Whim (caprice, vagary)
May 9-May 20
No new words
Semester Review
& Assessment