English Vocabulary Ch. 5-10

Front 1

benevolent
she is a very benevolent person.

Back 1

kind, well wishing, charitable

Hint 1

Synonym for Charitable

Front 2

charitable

Are you being charitable in giving money to the poor, or are you just doing it?

Back 2

generous in giving money or other help to the needy

Hint 2

Synonym for benevolent

Front 3

methodical

Her teacher used very methodical curriculum inclass.

Back 3

proceeding in a regular order

Hint 3

Antonym for chaotic

Front 4

chaotic
When the sub left to go to the bathroom, there was total chaos.

Back 4

confusion, total disorder

Hint 4

Antonym for methodical

Front 5

Contingency

What is the contingency of that statement?

Back 5

something that may happen
possible

Hint 5

Syn. for serendipity

Front 6

serendipity

She was full of serendipity.

Back 6

fate, luck, destiny

Hint 6

Syn. for contingency

Front 7

frugal
Dont be so frugal, you have 20 dollars left!

Back 7

thrifty, prudent, careful

Hint 7

Ant. of extravagant

Front 8

extravagant
The colors on your wall are extravagant!

Back 8

beyond what is reasonable, flamboyant

Hint 8

Ant. of frugal

Front 9

Congenial

She is a very hospitable and congenial person!

Back 9

good-natured, hospitable, pleasant

Front 10

compatible

Back 10

harmonizing, congruent, fitting, well-matched

Hint 10

What a compatible person to be with, she agrees with everything i say!

Front 11

docile

Back 11

quiet, passive, meek, tame, obedient

Hint 11

The kitten was docile and quiet.

Front 12

aggressive

Back 12

violent, hostile, destructive,

Hint 12

That dog is so aggressive that he is a danger to himself.

Front 13

travail

Back 13

effort, toil, labor, struggle

Hint 13

The servants were travailing in the fields of corn.

Front 14

labor

Back 14

work, toil, effort

Hint 14

The slaves labored in the hot sun.

Front 15

swoon

Back 15

to faint, blackout

Hint 15

She needed to learn how to swoon on stage.

Front 16

revive

Back 16

restart, refresh, restore, to breathe life into

Hint 16

After she revived the little boy, she gave him some cake and milk.

Front 17

felicitous

Back 17

lucky, fortunate, timely, happy

Hint 17

He was so felicitous as he ran around the yard playing tag

Front 18

melancholy

Back 18

feeling or causing someone sadness, misreble

Hint 18

Why are you so melancholy? Did something happen at school?

Front 19

entreat

Back 19

to beg someone for something, often repeatedly

Hint 19

I entreat you! Give me something to eat

Front 20

beseech

Back 20

to ask earnestly or to beg someone to do something

Hint 20

I beseech you! Give me a cup of water!

Front 21

obvious

Back 21

clear, understandable, easy to see

Hint 21

The answer to the question was so obvious that she knew she had gotten it right.

Front 22

ambiguous

Back 22

having more than one meaning, causing uncertainty

Hint 22

That sentence is ambiguous, look at it again more closely.

Front 23

sumptous

Back 23

lavish, plush, extravagent, expensive

Hint 23

Her bed was sumptous and covered in pillows.

Front 24

lavish

Back 24

suptous, plush, rich, abundent

Hint 24

The food was to lavish for her to eat, compared to the rough country meals she was accustomed to.

Front 25

collate

Why do you need to collate those buttons?

Back 25

putting pages in order, to compare information

Front 26

sort

You may sort out the good peaches from the bad ones.

Back 26

to categorize poeple or things, to put things in sequence

Front 27

ancestor

My ancestors were Indians!

Back 27

somebody form whom someone is directly decended from

Front 28

descendent

I am a descendent of Adam.

Back 28

somebody related to an ancestor

Front 29

surmise

What is your surmise about the corn? Is is ripe enough yet?

Back 29

to make a guess about something

Front 30

geuss

My guess is that the corn that is yellow is ready to be husked.

Back 30

to predict or to propose something

Front 31

terminate

Do not terminate the ants.

Back 31

to finish someone or something

Front 32

initiate

Why don't you initiate a club?

Back 32

to make something start

Front 33

superfluous
That food was superfluous.

Back 33

extra, unnecessary, uneeded

Front 34

redundant

His redundant remark lost him his job.

Back 34

superfluous, uneeded, dismissed from work

Front 35

svelte
the small girl sat beneath the svelte tree.

Back 35

graceful or slender in figure or contour, slim

Front 36

corpulent
Her grandmother was somewhat corpulent.

Back 36

fat, plump, obese, somewhat overweight

Front 37

compulsory
Is buckling your seatbelt compulsory?

Back 37

necessary, required by law or an authority

Front 38

mandatory
It is mandatory that you finish your homework on time.

Back 38

needing to be done, followed, or complied with

Front 39

neutral
Eddis was a very neutral country in the war between Sollis and Attolia.

Back 39

taking no sides in a war, contest, or other competion

Front 40

partial
Why are the dishes only partialy done?

Back 40

not complete or total

Front 41

impulsive

Back 41

inclined to act on sudden impulse without forethought

Front 42

impetuous

Back 42

characterized by sudden energy, action, or emotion

Front 43

swelter

Back 43

to suffer from great heat

Front 44

freeze

Back 44

to suffer from great cold

Front 45

transient

Back 45

passing away quickly, of short duration

Front 46

permanent

Back 46

enduring or lasting

Front 47

building

Back 47

a structure or edifice

Front 48

edifice

Back 48

a large or imposing building or stucture