VOCABULARY LESSON 1

10th Grade

Vocabulary Synonyms or Picture Cue

Definition
1 The reporter was fired when she
divulged information from a classified Reveal, tell
document.

2 Michael refused to abet the criminal’s

escape by hiding him in the basement. Assist, support,
encourage

3 The defending troops fought with ardor Passion, zeal,

because the enemy would not be taking fervor, eagerness,
any prisoners. intensity

4 Because of the professor’s dogmatic

approach, the students were afraid to
ask questions. Opinionated,
arogant, stubỏn,
emphatic,
asertive

5 My mom wanted to be an accountant,

but I found the classes boring and
insipid.
Tasteless, dull,
weak
6 Laquisha’s proclivity to history led her to Propensity, a
write a book on the founders of her natural learning,
home town. penchant,
tendence,
preference

7 The professor felt that the extraneous

paragraph in the essay detracted from Irrelevant, not,
the more important information. essential,
immaterial,
unnecessary

8 Markell preferred basketball, but his Biased, bitter,

father coerced him into playing football. distorted, cynical,
bigoted

9 Donovan had a jaundiced view of Iraq

after losing his wife in the Civil War.
Blocked,
obstructed,
stopped, clogged

10 A large mass of clay occluded the water Careful, diligent,

pipe, causing a dangerous rise in scrupulous
pressure.

11 With meticulous care, he crafted a

miniature dollhouse for his daughter
Audacity,
recklessness,
nerve, boldness,
presumption
12 I couldn’t believe that Kyle had the
temerity to bungee jump over a lake full Mechanically,
of alligators. automatically,
mindlessly

13 Kristen memorized the piano sonata

through rote; by practicing the song Attribute, assign,
over and over until she could play it credit
perfectly

14 The carpenter ascribed the rotten

floorboards to a leaky roof. Sociable, social,
affable, genial,
cordial

15 Just before he was diagnosed with Careful, diligent,

clinical depression, Raji went from being scrupulous.
gregarious to being antisocial.