English Study Guide For Vocab

Front 1

Skimp

Back 1

to save sparingly
Sentence: If I had a party I don't like to skimp on food.

Front 2

rummage

Back 2

to search through
Sentence: A cat likes to rummage through the garbage.

Front 3

Earmark

Back 3

To set aside for a special purpose.
Sentence: I earmark two-hundred dollars for my hockey stick.

Front 4

Intensive

Back 4

Great effort
Sentence: Hockey is an intensive sport.

Front 5

Data

Back 5

A lot of information
Sentence: There is a lot of data in math.

Front 6

Exalt

Back 6

Honor and high in rank
Sentence: On memorial day we exalt our hero's.

Front 7

Lag

Back 7

Very Slow, fell behind
Sentence: The children lagged on the hike.

Front 8

Trait

Back 8

Characteristics, Distinguish features
Sentence: My trait is my arched foot.

Front 9

Beacon

Back 9

Light, signal
Sentence: On the water they have beacons to guide the ships.

Front 10

Chasten

Back 10

to punish or discipline
Sentence: If my brother does not listen my dad will chasten him.

Front 11

Tally

Back 11

to keep score
Sentence: On hockey we would tally the score.

Front 12

Cope

Back 12

to get along
Sentence: In finals I learned o cope with the stress with finals.

Front 13

Sleuth

Back 13

Investigator, detecter

Front 14

Inevitable

Back 14

Something that will happen
Sentence: It is inevitable that all living thing will die.

Front 15

Compact

Back 15

Closely packed together
Sentence: All my cloths are compacted into my duffle bag.

Front 16

Strident

Back 16

Harsh, unpleasant sound.
Sentence: The bands strident sound made my ears hurt.

Front 17

Misapprehension

Back 17

A wrong idea mis understanding
Sentence: The children were on a misapprehension that all of the lunches are free.

Front 18

Surge

Back 18

powerful rush
Sentence: At the end of a hockey game the hockey team was on a surge.

Front 19

Allegiance

Back 19

Loyalty
Sentence: New immigrants swear allegiance to america.

Front 20

Stupefy

Back 20

To make dull or stupid or groggy
Sentence: The vet stupefy the wild dog with the tranquilizer.

Front 21

Responsive

Back 21

Replying answering
Sentence: The coach is responsive for answering all of my questions.

Front 22

Uncouth

Back 22

Not pleasant to look at
Sentence: The little kid was picking his nose and it was very uncouth.

Front 23

Pantomime

Back 23

A story or play without words
Sentence: The play that was done in pantomime was very funny.

Front 24

Burly

Back 24

big and strong
Sentence: When I went to the gym I saw a bunch of burly men.

Front 25

Alias

Back 25

assumed name, especially to hide one's identity.
Sentence:Allias Jj, real name is Jacob Jon.

Front 26

Valiant

Back 26

Possessive or acting with boldness
Sentence: Ethan was a valiant knight.

Front 27

Ambiguous

Back 27

Not clear
Sentence:My friends hand writing is ambiguous.

Front 28

Append

Back 28

attach, add to something
Sentence: When I appended the papers, I stapled my finger, on accident.

Front 29

Sanctuary

Back 29

a sacred or holly place
Sentence: Last friday I went to the Sanctuary.

Front 30

Affirm

Back 30

To state to be true, to confirm
Sentence: I affirmed to my teacher if page 65 was our homework.

Front 31

amalgamate

Back 31

To unite
Sentence: When I went to the doctor he amalgamated my tooth back together.

Front 32

Far- fetched

Back 32

excuse, imposible
Sentence: Yesterday my friend said a far-fetched story.

Front 33

confiscate

Back 33

to take something,
Sentence: In school they confiscated my phone.

Front 34

epic

Back 34

a long narrow poem
Sentence: A few years a go my dad made an epic poem.

Front 35

Replenish

Back 35

to fill again,
Sentence: The plane has to replenish all of the food supplies.

Front 36

rend

Back 36

to tare into pieces, to
Sentence: The jury rended the victim's tactics.

Front 37

Stealthy

Back 37

done in a way so nobody can observe.
Sentence: When I went to the gas station the robber took stealthy looks at everyone at the store.

Front 38

incalculable

Back 38

To great to be counted.
Sentence: Some numbers are incalculable.

Front 39

Berserk

Back 39

Violently engaged
Sentence: A berserk gunman terrified the cashier in the bank.

Front 40

Celestial

Back 40

Having to do with the sky
Sentence: The sun is the biggest celestial body that I know of.

Front 41

empower

Back 41

to give power or authority
Sentence: My mom had to sign a lot of document to be empower of me.

Front 42

enumerate

Back 42

to count or name one by one
Sentence: Theses books enumerated all of the televised programs.

Front 43

prosecute

Back 43

to bring to a trial or court
Sentence: Th robber was not prosecuted because he stole all of the money.

Front 44

audition

Back 44

a trial, to preform
Sentence: I wanted to audition for the lead role in the movie The Hunger Games.