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WORD POWER

WORD POWER. VOCABULARY For the High School Student HAROLD LEVINE. WORD POWER YEAH!. GROUP 7. 1. ABATE. verb To become less; decrease; diminish; let up Make less; reduce; moderate The water shortage is abating, but it is still a matter of some concern. Abatement Noun Slackening; letup.

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WORD POWER

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

  2. WORD POWER YEAH!

  3. GROUP 7

  4. 1. ABATE • verb • To become less; decrease; diminish; let up • Make less; reduce; moderate • The water shortage is abating, but it is still a matter of some concern. • Abatement • Noun • Slackening; letup

  5. 2. ACCORD • noun • Agreement; understanding • If both sides to the dispute can be brought to the conference table, perhaps they can come to an accord. • Accord • Verb • Agree; correspond

  6. 3. AGGRAVATE • Verb • Make worse; worsen; intensify • If your sunburn itches, don’t scratch; that will only aggravate it.

  7. 4. BELLIGERENT • adjective • Fond of fighting; warlike; combative • Bert still has a tendency to settle his arguments with his fists. When will he learn that it’s childish to be so belligerent?

  8. 5. CONSPICUOUS • Adjective • Noticeable; easily seen; prominent; striking • Among Manhattan’s skyscrapers, the World Trade Center was conspicuous for its superior height.

  9. 6. CRAFT • Noun • Skill; art; trade • The weavers of Oriental rugs are famous for their remarkable craft. • Skill or art in a bas sense; guile • The Greeks took Troy by craft; they used the trick of the wooden horse. • Crafty • Adjective • Sly; cunning

  10. 7. CRAVEN • adjective • Cowardly; dastardly; pusillanimous; gutless • Henry Fleming thought he would be a hero, but as the fighting began he fled from the field in craven fear. • Craven • Noun • Coward; dastard

  11. 8. CURRENCY • noun • Something in circulation as a medium of exchange; money; coin; bank notes • Some New England tribes used beads as currency.

  12. 9. DETER • Verb • Turn aside through fear; discourage; hinder; keep back • The heavy rain did not deter people from coming to the play. Nearly every seat was occupied.

  13. 10. DUPLICATE • noun • One of two things exactly alike; copy; reproduction • If I had had carbon paper, I could have made a duplicate of my history notes for my friend who was absent.

  14. 11. FICTITIOUS • adjective • Made up; imaginary; not real • In JOHNNY TREMAIN, there are fictitious characters like Johnny and Rab, as well as real ones, like Samuel Adams and Paul Revere. • False; pretended; assumed for the purpose of deceiving. • The suspect said she lived at 423 Green Street, but she later admitted it was a fictitious address.

  15. 12. IMMACULATE • adjective • Spotless; without a stain; absolutely clean; unblemished • The curtains were spotless; the tablecloth was immaculate too.

  16. 13. INTERVENE • Verb • Occur between; be between; come between • More than two months intervene between a President’s election and the day he takes office. • Come between to help settle a quarrel; intercede; interfere • Ralph is unhappy that I stepped into the dispute between him and his brother. He did not want me to intervene. • Intervention • Noun • Interference; interposition

  17. 14. MINIATURE • Adjective • Small; tiny • John has a miniature stapler in her knapsack. It takes up very little room.

  18. 15. QUINTET • noun • Group of five • A basketball team, because if has five players, if often call a quintet.

  19. 16. RECONCILE • verb • Cause to be friends again; restore to friendship or harmony • Surprisingly, Alison and Jerry are friends again. I wonder who reconciled them. • Settle; resolve • We are friends again; we have reconciled our differences.

  20. 17. RURAL • adjective • Having to do with the country (as distinguished from the city or town) • Six inches of snow fell in the city and up to fourteen inches in the rural areas upstate.

  21. 18. SECURITY • Noun • Safety; protection • Guests are advised to deposit their valuables in the hotel’s vault for greater security. • Measures taken to assure protection against attack, crime, sabotage, et cetera • Security has been tightened at airports.

  22. 19. STAMINA • Noun • Strength; vigor; endurance • Swimming in English Channel is a feat that requires considerable stamina.

  23. 20.VOLITION • Noun • Act of willing or choosing; will’ choice • Did the employer dismiss him, or did he leave of his own volition?

  24. SENTENCE COMPLETION

  25. DIRECTIONS:Fill each blank with the lesson word that best fits the meaning of the sentence.

  26. Only when the United Nations ***d did the two *** nations agree to stop fighting. • It is almost certain that the bitter rivals would not have reached a(n) *** of their own ***. • Geraldine still lacks the *** to go on a ski trip; her miserable cold has not ***d. • Since the assassination attempt, the *** surrounding the prime minister has been particularly ***.

  27. The two singers should *** their differences; they made much better music together than they now do apart. • The jazz *** has a drummer, a saxophonist, a bassist, a trumpeter, and a pianist. • At auction, the 1856 British Guiana one-penny postage stamp will command a huge price because it has no ***.

  28. The *** of stained glass painting flourished during the thirteenth century. • I fear that my intervention will only *** an already difficult situation. • Residents of the farming county insist that the construction of a large airport will not *** with the *** life they are determined to preserve.

  29. GROUP 7 – VOCABULARY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS • ABATE • ACCORD • AGGRAVATE • BELLIGERENT • CONSPICUOUS • CRAFT • CRAVEN • CURRENCY • DETER • DUPLICATE • FICTITIOUS • IMMACULATE • INTERVENE • MINIATURE • QUINTET • RECONCILE • RURAL • SECURITY • STAMINA • VOLITION

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