Vocabulary: English 9

For each of the following vocabulary words, write down:
a) guessed meaning
b) dictionary definition
c) root word and meaning of the root
d) sentence that shows the meaning of the word

#1

1. deplorable
2. discern
3. frivolous
4. imprudent
5. indolent
6. opaque
7. oppressive
8. palpable
9. precarious
10. scruples

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#2

1. apprehensive
2. contorted
3. derogatory
4. douse
5. morose
6. mottled
7. ominous
8. overtones
9. profound
10. recumbent

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#3

1. acquisition
2. benevolence
3. compelled
4. eccentric
5. melancholy
6. mortification
7. squandered
8. fortitude
9. tyrannical
10. unfathomable

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#4

1. assuaged
2. persecution
3. chattel
4. impotent
5. taciturn
6. unsullied
7. alleged
8. ambled
9. teemed
10. malevolent

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#5

1. conjure
2. chide

3. dank
4. dote
5. feign
6. mar
7. strife
8. vex
9. wanton
10 woe

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#6

1. amend
2. arbitrate
3. inundate
4. martyr
5. pensive
6. prostrate
7. shroud
8. spite
9. valor
10. wane

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#7

1. aloof
2. beguiled
3. din
4.
haste
5. inexorable
6. lament
7. meager
8. obsequious
9. pestilence
10. woo

#8

 

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