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WORD POWER

WORD POWER. VOCABULARY For the High School Student HAROLD LEVINE. GROUP 5. 1. CAPSIZE. Verb Overturn; upset When Sam’s canoe capsized , I swam over to help him turn it right side up. 2.CONTEND. Verb Compete; vie; take part in a contest; fight; struggle

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WORD POWER

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  1. WORD POWER VOCABULARY For the High School Student HAROLD LEVINE

  2. GROUP 5

  3. 1. CAPSIZE • Verb • Overturn; upset • When Sam’s canoe capsized, I swam over to help him turn it right side up.

  4. 2.CONTEND • Verb • Compete; vie; take part in a contest; fight; struggle • Every spring some baseball writers try to predict which two teams will contend in the next World Series. • Argue; maintain as true; assert • Don’t argue with the umpire. If she says you are out, it’s no use contending you are safe. • CONTENTIOUS • Adjective • Quarrelsome; belligerent

  5. 3.DECEASE • Noun • Death; demise • Shortly after President Kennedy’s decease, Vice President Johnson was sworn in as the new Chief Executive.

  6. 4.DIN • Noun • Loud noise; uproar; clamor; racket • I couldn’t hear what you were saying because the jet plane that was passing made such a din.

  7. 5.DISTINGUISH • Verb • Tell apart; differentiate; recognize • The twins are so alike that it is hard to distinguish one from the other.

  8. 6.DIVULGE • Verb • Make known; reveal; disclose • Yesterday our teacher read us a composition without divulging the name of the writer.

  9. 7.DROUGHT • Noun • Long period of dry weather; lack of rain; dryness • While some regions are suffering from drought, others are experiencing heavy rains and floods

  10. 8.FAMISH • Verb • Starve; suffer from extreme hunger; make extremely hungry. • The missing hikers were famished when we found them; they had not eaten for more than twelve hours.

  11. 9.ILLUMINATE • Verb • Light up; lighten; brighten • The bright morning sun illuminated the room; there was no need for the lights to be on.

  12. 10. INAUDIBLE • Adjective • Incapable of being heard; not audible • The only part of your answer I could hear was the first word; the rest was inaudible.

  13. 11.INCENSE • Verb • Make extremely angry; enrage; madden; infuriate • Some of the members were so incensed by the way Ruth opened the meeting that they walked right out.

  14. 12.INUNDATE • Verb • Flood; swamp; deluge • The rainstorm inundated a number of streets in low-lying areas.

  15. 13.JEOPARDY • Noun • Danger; peril • If you are late for the employment interview, your chance of getting the job will be in serious jeopardy. • JEOPARDIZE • Verb • Endanger; imperil

  16. 14.MAGNIFY • Verb • Cause to be or look larger; enlarge; amplify; exaggerate • The bacteria shown in your textbook have been greatly magnified; their actual size is considerably smaller.

  17. 15.MUNICIPAL • Adjective • Of a city or town • “Your mother works for the city? How interesting! My father is also a municipal employee.”

  18. 16.PUNCTURE • Verb • Make a hole with a pointed object; pierce; perforate • Our neighbor swept a nail off his curb, and later it punctured one of his own tires.

  19. 17.RUMMAGE • Verb • Search thoroughly by turning over all the contents; ransack • Someone must have rummaged my desk; everything in it is in disorder.

  20. 18.SIMULTANEOUSLY • Adverb • At the same time; concurrently; together • The twins began school simultaneously, but they did not graduate at the same time.

  21. 19.SUBSEQUENTLY • Adverb • Later; afterward; next • When I first saw the dress, it was $49.95; subsequently it was reduced to $29.95; now it is on sale for $19.95.

  22. 20.SURVIVE • Verb • Live longer than; outlive; outlast • After landing at Plymouth, the Pilgrims suffered greatly; about half of them failed to survive the first winter.

  23. 21.TRAVERSE • Verb • Pass across, over, or through; cross • The Trans-Siberian Railroad, completed in1905, traverses the Asian continent.

  24. 22.VELOCITY • Noun • Speed; swiftness; celerity; rapidity • Do you know that light travels at a velocity of 186,000 miles a second?

  25. SENTENCE COMPLETION

  26. If that beached whale is to ***, we must get him back into the water. • At its maximum ***, the express train can *** the entire state in less than two hours. • Though she has a strong voice, her words were almost ***d by the *** of the chanting crowd. • While Sal ***d the attic, I *** searched the basement, but we failed to find the old comic books.

  27. After the boat ***d, we had to *** with the strong current as we swam shoreward. • The *** employees were ***d when the Mayor refused to raise their salaries. • The doctor’s *** put the health of the community in *** because no other physician was willing to practice in that remote area.

  28. I know the Bakers well, but in their Halloween costumes I could not *** them from the other guests. • Driving is difficult on a moonless night when there are no street lights to *** the road. • The candidate attempted to *** his achievements, but his exaggeration were ***d by the reporter’s sharp questioning.

  29. CAPSIZE • CONTEND • DECEASE • DIN • DISTINGUISH • DIVULGE • DROUGHT • FAMISH • ILLUMINATE • INAUDIBLE • INCENSE • SUBSEQUENTLY • SURVIVE • TRAVERSE • VELOCITY • INUNDATE • JEOPARDY • MAGNIFY • MUNICIPAL • PUNCTURE • RUMMAGE • SIMULTANEOUSLY

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