English 10
Mrs. Miguel
2013­2014
VOCABULARY
Every two weeks you will have a vocabulary quiz—ten new words each quiz. For
a classwork grade, you must:
1) Define each word
2) Provide an antonym
3) Provide a synonym
4) Provide a part of speech
5) Use it in a grammatically correct sentence that clearly shows the meaning of
the word.
I use Dictionary.com when I need to look up words. I also use Thesaurus.com
for antonyms & synonyms. If there is more than one definition, please use the first
one, unless I have already specified a part of speech. If there is no antonym or
synonym for a word, then write N/A in the box—you will not be penalized for a
missing word if one doesn’t exist.
This assignment is due on quiz day. It is your responsibility to look up the
words, study and complete the assignment. All assignments must be completed in
chart form with sentences written neatly below (See back); any assignment not
handed in in chart form will automatically lose 20 points from their overall
grade.
The words for the entire year are here – I will give you due dates as we move through
the year. Please do not lose this list! If you do, it is your responsibility to get it—either
a new copy from the classroom, or from online on my blog.
Word
1) pretty
Part of
Speech
Adj.
Definition
Pleasing or
attractive to the eye
Synonym
Antonym
beautiful
ugly
Sentences
1) My sister is the prettiest one in the family; everyone thinks she should be a model.
(You may use any form of the word in your sentences).
VOCAB 1
1) abdicate
5) elocution
9) patron
2) biennial
6) invidious
10) somnolent
3) cabal
7) increment
4) emolument
8) plebian
VOCAB 2
1) salutary
5) inanimate
9) gratuitous
2) sedentary
3) votary
6) cryptic
7) decorum
10) nemesis
4) fortuitous
8) essence
2) mundane
6) sagacity
10) accost
3) protégé
7) truism
4) proponent
8) unprecedented
2) chicanery
6) frivolous
10) saline
3) demure
7) pseudonym
4) acrimonious
8) proscribe
2) voluminous
6) derogatory
10) elude
3) inculcate
7) archives
4) ingenuous
8) allay
2) empirical
6) adjudge
10) subservient
3) incompatible
7) opulent
4) humdrum
8) perfidious
2) virulent
6) insular
10) cognizant
3) salient
7) ethereal
4) platitude
8) eschew
VOCAB 3
1) loquacious
5) reactionary
9) volatile
VOCAB 4
1) cavil
5) inane
9) retroactive
VOCAB 5
1) rostrum
5) credible
9) calumny
VOCAB 6
1) emissary
5) accede
9) residual
VOCAB 7
1) vituperate
5) parasitic
9) credulous
VOCAB 8
1) adjure
5) denizen
9) laity
2) cataclysm
6) febrile
10) perspicuity
3) cosmic
7) lampoon
4) conversant
8) modicum
2) repartee
6) vernacular
10) abscond
3) repugnance
7) vociferous
4) schism
8) temerity
2) bucolic
6) discursive
10) predilection
3) ascetic
7) immutable
4) chimerical
8) omniscient
2) proletarian
6) strident
10) mentor
3) raillery
7) tenuous
4) purport
8) venal
2) elite
6) heresy
10) paternal
3) notoriety
7) pauper
4) contemptuous
8) posthumous
2) indomitable
6) malleable
10) verbatim
3) melodramatic
7) succumb
4) visage
8) whimsical
2) judicious
6) portly
10) loathe
3) mystic
7) pompous
4) ecstatic
8) plausible
VOCAB 9
1) quiescent
5) scurrilous
9) tenure
VOCAB 10
1) abeyance
5) desiccate
9) nefarious
VOCAB 11
1) prescience
5) specious
9) fortitude
VOCAB 12
1) condescend
5) antiquity
9) prophetic
VOCAB 13
1) amiable
5) grimace
9) ineffectual
VOCAB 14
1) callous
5) encumber
9) lament
VOCAB 15
1) atrocious
5) wan
9) fabricate
2) repress
6) aesthetic
10) mediocre
3) insipid
7) qualm
4) prolific
8) zealous
2) stringent
6) implacable
10) pretext
3) militant
7) wane
4) encompass
8) wreak
2) juncture
6) apex
10) delectable
3) appease
7) ravage
4) edifice
8) defunct
2) erratic
6) sadistic
10) ornate
3) astute
7) meticulous
4) purge
8) clemency
2) commodious
6) cajole
10) rampant
3) extricate
7) ethnology
4) menial
8) impair
2) harbinger
6) incorrigible
10) subversion
3) maim
7) profuse
4) promulgate
8) demagogue
VOCAB 16
1) innate
5) transcend
9) besiege
VOCAB 17
1) archaic
5) ossify
9) bourgeois
VOCAB 18
1) zenith
5) insolence
9) timorous
VOCAB 19
1) anarchy
5) pestilence
9) nadir
VOCAB 20
1) cadaverous
5) consign
9) exhiliration