Vocab Study Chart List 2

Front 1

ACCLIMATE

Back 1

verb

To get accustomed to

It is difficult to acclimate to this new school.

Front 2

ASSIDUOUS

Back 2

adjective

Showing great care and perseverance

Though I was assiduous and worked day and night to finish assembling this nuclear reactor, don’t turn it on until I’m, oh, say 27 kilometers from the blast zone.

Front 3

DEARTH

Back 3

noun

A scarcity or lack of something

Lately, there has been a dearth of job opportunities in the job market.

Front 4

DUPE

Back 4

verb

To trick; deceive; delude

Always duped by her brother’s practical jokes, Gretchen once again found herself smeared with meat sauce and trapped in the tiger cage.

Front 5

ESOTERIC

Back 5

adjective

Understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge; belonging to the select few

Quincy sought the esoteric knowledge held by the Girl Scouts, but wearing the uniform and hocking cookies did nothing to bring their ancient secrets to light.

Front 6

HARBINGER

Back 6

noun

A person or thing that announces or signals the approach of something or someone; anything that shadows a future event

Just as the robin is a harbinger of the coming spring, so does that horrible mothball odor foretell the arrival of Grandma.

Front 7

LIONIZE

Back 7

verb

To give a lot of public attention and approval to

With the first publication of his poems, Robert Burnes gained immediate fame and was lionized by Edinburgh society.

Front 8

PUGNACIOUS

Back 8

adjective

Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

Pugnacious Paul, as you might expect, was involved in another schoolyard brawl.

Front 9

SAGACIOUS

Back 9

adjective

Having keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise; clever

To the surprise of his parents and teachers, the sagacious boy was able to read War & Peace in its entirety at the young age of 6.

Front 10

SUPERCILIOUS

Back 10

adjective

Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

Supercilious Sally refused to mingle with any of her classmates because she thought she was too superior.