Vocabulary List 6

1. Vocabulary List 6 English 9 and World History Vocabulary Book

2. DIRECTIONS • Use this PowerPoint to help you study your vocabulary words. • For the definition section, try to guess the word first THEN click for choices. • After you know the correct answer, ask yourself what part of speech it is. The first slide will prompt you, the others won’t. • Remember, some words have more than one definition/part of speech.

3. To Flood, overflow; to overwhelm by numbers or size • Inundate • Lucrative • Probe • Squander What part of speech is inundate? VERB

4. A large city; the chief city of an area. • Lucrative • Metropolis • Shoddy • Liability NOUN

5. To examine, investigate thoroughly • Innovation • Intricate • Metropolis • Probe VERB

6. a debt; something disadvantageous • Liability • Lucrative • Profuse • Reform NOUN

7. To change to a better state, form, etc.; improve by alteration, substitution, abolition, etc. • Reform • Squander • Intricate • Probe VERB

8. To spend foolishly, misuse • Profuse • Shoddy • Inundate • Squander VERB

9. Bringing in money; profitable • Lucrative • Innovation • Relentless • Profuse ADJECTIVE

10. Complicated; difficult to understand • Liability • Relentless • Shoddy • Intricate ADJECTIVE

11. Of poor quality; characterized by inferior workmanship • Shoddy • Intricate • Inundate • Liability ADJECTIVE

12. Unyielding, harsh, without pity • Profuse • Reform • Relentless • Lucrative ADJECTIVE

13. Very abundant; given or flowing freely • Innovation • Profuse • Intricate • Inundate ADJECTIVE

14. An investigation; a device used to explore or examine • Metropolis • Probe • Profuse • Reform NOUN

15. An improvement, especially in a person’s behavior or in the structure of something • Profuse • Reform • Relentless • Shoddy NOUN

16. WORD BITS • What do the following word bits mean? in- -ate -er re- pro- -polis in- not, release -ate to become, to produce -er one who does something re-back again pro-forward -polis city

17. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander The weaver was making a blanket with a very ___________ pattern. Intricate ADJECTIVE

18. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander I live in a bustling ________ called Cleveland. Metropolis NOUN

19. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander The ___________ of the i-pod made it easier to store and listen to music. Innovation Noun

20. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander The scientist wanted to __________ the brain of the rat in order to understand how the rat thinks. Probe VERB

21. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander The _____________ little girl would not stop begging her mother for candy. Relentless ADJECTIVE

22. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander Mary decided to become a doctor because it is a very _____________ career choice. Lucrative ADJECTIVE

23. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander I am sick of being ___________(d) with political ads! Inundate(d) VERB

24. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander Don’t _________ away your money. Save it for a rainy day! Squander VERB

25. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander The winner of the eating contest ate a __________ amount of food. Profuse ADJECTIVE

26. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander When she was a college student, she lived in a ________ apartment and didn’t have very many pieces of furniture. Shoddy ADJECTIVE

27. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander A limited attention span is his biggest __________ as a student. Liability NOUN

28. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander Laws are often __________(ed) in order to better serve the citizens. Reform(ed) VERB

29. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander The doctor used a __________ to examine the patient’s polyps. Probe NOUN

30. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander Political ___________ is always a controversial process. Reform NOUN

31. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Change, introduction, invention Innovation (NOUN)

32. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Submerge, consumed, swamp Inundate VERB

33. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Complex, detailed, convoluted Intricate ADJECTIVE

34. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Difficulty, Impediment, Drawback Liability NOUN

35. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Large urban center Metropolis NOUN

36. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Explore, scrutinize Probe VERB

37. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Gainful, moneymaking Lucrative ADJECTIVE

38. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Extravagant, bounteous, plenteous Profuse ADJECTIVE

39. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech To correct, improve Reform VERB

40. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Stern, merciless, persistent, unremitting Relentless ADJECTIVE

41. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Flimsy, cheap Shoddy ADJECTIVE

42. Innovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squanderInnovation intricate inundate liability lucrative metropolis probe profuse reform relentless shoddy squander SYNONYMS: Name word AND Part of Speech Misspend, throw away, dissipate Squander VERB END