Vocabulary: fodder for brilliant thoughts

1. Vocabulary: fodder for brilliant thoughts English 9 Unit 3

2. She was a strict adherent to the Atkins diet until it wasn’t cool anymore. • adherent • (n.) a follower, supporter; • (adj.) attached, sticking to • marauder (n.) • a raider, plunderer • rift (n.) • a split, break, breach

3. The eminent teacher retired after 35 years. • usurp (v.) • to seize and hold a position by force or without right • eminent (adj.) • famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting • condone (v.) • to pardon or overlook

4. Beg as you may, I will not abridge the vocabulary test. • irate (adj.) • angry • abridge (v.) • to make shorter • obesity (n.) • extreme fatness

5. How wonderful to see your cherubic faces in the morning. • cherubic (adj.) • resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; • sweet and innocent • surmount (v.) • to overcome, rise above

6. There appears to be a rift in their teeth.

7. You can surmount this obstacle and conquer your obesity. • angry • irate (adj.) • to make shorter • abridge (v.) • extreme fatness • obesity (n.)

8. Though he says he’s helping them, the people in that neighborhood consider him a marauder. • (n.) a follower, supporter; • (adj.) attached, sticking to • adherent • a raider, plunderer • marauder (n.) • a split, break, breach • rift (n.)

9. All parents consider their children cherubic – even if only for a moment. • resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; • cherubic (adj.) • to overcome, rise above • surmount (v.)

10. The coup’s leaders usurped the king’s throne. • to seize and hold a position by force or without right • usurp (v.) • famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting • eminent (adj.) • to pardon or overlook • condone (v.)

11. NOT cherubic

12. Cherubic

13. The speech at the funeral was insultingly trite. • trite (adj.) • commonplace; overused, stale • altercation (n.) • an angry argument • pilfer (v.) • to steal in small quantities

14. She expressed her dissent regarding the plan and got fired for it. • dissent • (v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement • exorcise (v.) • to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

15. I terminated grades and students cheered with joy. • semblance (n.) • a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition • terminate (v.) • to bring to an end • pauper (n.) • an extremely poor person

16. I could fabricate sentences all day. • fabricate (v.) • to make, manufacture; to make up, invent • GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING • circuitous (adj.) • roundabout, not direct

17. That purse has the semblance of Mom!

18. He presented the semblance of an intelligent man, but then he spoke. • a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition • semblance (n.) • to bring to an end • terminate (v.) • an extremely poor person • pauper (n.)

19. Stan the man pilfered croutons from the salad bar. • commonplace; overused, stale • trite (adj.) • an angry argument • altercation (n.) • to steal in small quantities • pilfer (v.)

20. She exorcised the problems that plagued her the year before and did wonderfully. • (v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement • dissent • to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive • exorcise (v.)

21. Sometimes I take the circuitous way home. • to make, manufacture; to make up, invent • fabricate (v.) • GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING • roundabout, not direct • circuitous (adj.)

22. When life terminates, pick a pretty cemetery.