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WORD POWER. VOCABULARY For the High School Student HAROLD LEVINE. WORD POWER YEAH!. GROUP 8. 1. ALTERNATIVE. Noun Choice; one of two or more things offered for choice Other or remaining choice
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WORD POWER VOCABULARY For the High School Student HAROLD LEVINE
1. ALTERNATIVE • Noun • Choice; one of two or more things offered for choice • Other or remaining choice • If given the choice of making either an oral or a written report, I would pick the second alternative.
2. BEVERAGE • Noun • Drink; liquid for drinking • Orange juice is a healthful beverage.
3. BLUNDER • noun • Mistake or error caused by stupidity or carelessness • Have you ever committed the blunder of mailing a letter without a postage stamp?
4. CONTROVERSY • noun • Dispute; quarrel; debate; strife • The Republicans and the Democrats have been engaged in a controversy over which party is responsible for the increased taxes.
CONTROVERSIAL • adjective • Arousing controversy; contentious; disputations
5. CUSTODY • Noun • Care; safekeeping; guardianship • The treasurer has custody of our club’s financial records.
6. DIMINUTIVE • adjective • Below average size; small; tiny • To an observer in an airplane high over the city, even the largest buildings seem diminutive.
7. DISPEL • verb • Drive away by scattering; scatter; disperse • The two officers were commended for their skill in dispelling the move and preventing violence.
8. DORMANT • adjective • Inactive as if asleep; sleeping; quiet; sluggish; resting • In early spring, new buds begin to appear on trees and shrubs that have been dormant all winter.
9. EXCLUSIVELY • adverb • Solely; without sharing with others; undividedly • Mrs. Lopez had bought the encyclopedia for all of her children, but the oldest behaved as if it were exclusively his.
EXCLUSIVE • Adjective • Sole; single; unshared
10. EXEMPT • adjective • Freed or released from a duty, liability, or rule to which others are subject. • A certain portion of each person’s income is legally exempt from taxations. • EXEMPTION • Noun • Immunity; impunity
11. IMPERIL • Verb • Endanger; jeopardize • The fishing vessel was imperiled by high winds, but it managed to reach port safely.
12. LINEAGE • noun • Descent (in a direct line from a common ancestor); ancestry; family; extraction • A study of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s lineage shows that he was descended from a Dutch ancestor who settled in America about 1638.
13. MAJOR • adjective • Greater; larger; more important; principal • When the major companies in an industry raise prices, the smaller ones usually follow suit.
14. OBJECTIVE • noun • Aim or end (of an action); goal • Our fund has already raised $650; its objective is $1000.
OBJECTIVE • adjective • Involving facts, rather than personal feelings or opinions. • College admission committees consider two kinds of date: subjective evidence, such as letters of recommendation; and objective evidence, such as your scores on college-entrance tests.
15. OPINIONATED • adjective • Unduly attached to one’s own opinion; obstinate; stubborn • If you keep arguing that you are right, in the face of overwhelming objective evidence that you are wrong, you are opinionated.
16. PRESENTLY • adverb • In a little time; shortly; soon; before long • We don’t have to wait long for our bus. It will be here presently.
17. PROCRASTINATE • verb • Put things off; delay; postpone; defer; dawdle • When a book is due, return it to the library promptly. Otherwise you will be fined 10 cents for every day you procrastinate.
18.PRODIGIOUS • adjective • Extraordinary in size, quantity, or extent; vast; enormous; huge; amazing • The average American city requires a prodigious amount of fresh milk daily.
PRODIGY • Noun • Something extraordinary; wonder; phenomenon
19.PROTRACT • verb • Draw out; lengthen in time; prolong; extend • The visitors had planned to stay for a few hours only, but they were persuaded to protract their visit.
20. RETAIN • verb • Keep; continue to have, hold, or use • The department store is closing down it restaurant but retaining its lunch counter.
RETENTIVE • adjective • Having the power to retain or remember; tenacious • Dora has a retentive memory.
DIRECTIONS:COPY sentences.Fill each blank (asterisked***) with the lesson word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.20 points each correct answer.
When Reuben learned Friday that the library would close for the weekend, he realized what a(n) *** it was to have ***d with his research paper. • We must stop quarreling. If this committee spends another hour in ***, it will be unable to achieve its ***. • To *** the worker’s apprehensions of losing their jobs, the new employer promised to *** all of them.
Most of the time, Pam has to share a swimming lane with others, but today she had one *** for herself. • Though many of the secondary roads are impassable, the *** highways have all been plowed. • Replacing the old bridge will cost a(n) *** amount of money, but there is no practical ***.
Neither side is inclined to *** the dispute much longer; a settlement is expected ***. • In the days of special privilege, individuals of royal *** were generally *** from taxation. • We stopped for a(n) *** to quench our thirst. • When the parents are at work, the children are in the *** of their grandparents.
GROUP 8 • Alternative • Beverage • Blunder • Controversy • Controversial • Custody • Diminutive • Dispel • Dormant • Exclusively • Exclusive • Exempt • Exemption • Imperil • Lineage • Major • Objective (n) (adj) • Opinionated • Presently • Procrastinate • Prodigious • Prodigy • Protract • Retain • Retentive
