#LEVEL C, UNIT 8A VOCABULARY PRACTICE (due date: Friday, January 27)

LEVEL C, UNIT 8A VOCABULARY PRACTICE
- Every answer will be found on the definitions page, so use the resource as a guide. -

DEFINITIONS
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that matches the definition provided. (10 points)
          *You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
          *Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.

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to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

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a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

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to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

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clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck

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thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

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to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line

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going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant

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self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

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a very close friend, chum, buddy

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to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

PARTS OF SPEECH
DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the part of speech for each vocabulary word provided. (10 points)
          *If there is more than one part of speech, select multiple options.
          *If a secondary part of speech is not listed below (ex. participial), it does not need to be included.

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abut

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attire

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crony

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divergent

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gaunt

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nullify

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plummet

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rankle

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scavenger

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stoical

SYNONYMS
DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the SAME as the vocabulary word provided. (9 points)
          *You may only select one option for your answer.

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nullify

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scavenger

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gaunt

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attire

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plummet

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stoical

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rankle

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divergent

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abut

ANTONYMS
DIRECTIONS:
1. Select the word that means the OPPOSITE of the vocabulary word provided. (7 points)
          *You may only select one option for your answer.

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gaunt

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nullify

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stoical

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plummet

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divergent

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crony

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rankle

COMPLETING THE SENTENCES
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence provided. (10 points)
          *You may only put one word in each box for your answer.
          *Each vocabulary word will only be used one time.
          *Look to see if the word requires a suffix to be added (example: -ed, -s, -es, -ing).

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The outrageous _____ some singers wear when they perform is quite different from what they wear offstage.

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The Supreme Court can _____ a local, state, or federal law by declaring that the law is unconstitutional.

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All our old _____ came to the high school reunion; it was wonderful to see our pals together again.

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It was not the loss itself that _____ us; it was the fact that we lost by only two points to our biggest rivals.

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Crabs are called "the vacuum cleaners of the sea" because they are _____ who gobble up all sorts of things that fall to the bottom.

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After a month at sea in a raft, the sailor was so _____ that he looked like a skeleton.

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The quarterback was injured during the game, but he was _____ about his injury during interviews with reporters.

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Large timbers _____ damaged exterior walls to provide enough support to keep them from collapsing before they are rebuilt.

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The stream trickled down the mountain, growing wide and fast-moving before it split into _____ rivers that flowed in different directions.

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LEVEL C, UNIT 8A VOCABULARY PRACTICE

DEFINITIONS

to cause anger, irritation, or bitterness (with the suggestion that the pain grows worse with time)

a person who collects or removes usable items from waste materials; an animal that feeds on refuse or dead bodies

to join at one end or be next to; to support, prop up

clothes, apparel, garb; to dress, adorn, or bedeck

thin and bony, starved looking; bare, barren

to plunge straight down; a weight fastened to a line

going in different directions; different from each other; departing from convention, deviant

self-controlled, not showing feeling in response to pleasure or pain

a very close friend, chum, buddy

to make of no value or consequence, cancel, wipe out

PARTS OF SPEECH

abut

attire

crony

divergent

gaunt

nullify

plummet

rankle

scavenger

stoical

SYNONYMS

nullify

scavenger

gaunt

attire

plummet

stoical

rankle

divergent

abut

ANTONYMS

gaunt

nullify

stoical

plummet

divergent

crony

rankle

COMPLETING THE SENTENCES

The outrageous _____ some singers wear when they perform is quite different from what they wear offstage.

The Supreme Court can _____ a local, state, or federal law by declaring that the law is unconstitutional.

All our old _____ came to the high school reunion; it was wonderful to see our pals together again.

It was not the loss itself that _____ us; it was the fact that we lost by only two points to our biggest rivals.

Crabs are called "the vacuum cleaners of the sea" because they are _____ who gobble up all sorts of things that fall to the bottom.

After a month at sea in a raft, the sailor was so _____ that he looked like a skeleton.

The quarterback was injured during the game, but he was _____ about his injury during interviews with reporters.

Large timbers _____ damaged exterior walls to provide enough support to keep them from collapsing before they are rebuilt.

The stream trickled down the mountain, growing wide and fast-moving before it split into _____ rivers that flowed in different directions.

Even builders of spaceships use a simple tool called a _____ , a piece of lead attached to a line, to determine perpendicularity.