English III CP Vocabulary List
Semester One
Find part of speech, etymology (prefix, root, suffix) and etymological meaning, a brief
definition, and a synonym and an antonym for each word. Use a good dictionary (with
etymology), a thesaurus, and any other vocabulary aide. Then, write a sentence that
demonstrates your ability to use the word accurately. The sentence must include a
contextual clue so that I know you understand the word meaning. You may change the word
usage (tense or part of speech) for clarity.
Homework:
1. Due dates are subject to change, depending on circumstances. Keep an eye on the assignment
board and listen to announcements for any changes.
2. Homework will be collected every Monday and homework points will be assigned for
completed, quality work (20 points). Homework must be completed on the form provided.
Feel free to duplicate the form on your own computer or copy the form according to your
needs. If any sentence is similar to another student’s, it will be considered a violation of the
ethics policy and will result in an ethics violation and a zero on the assignment.
3. Lessons will be reviewed before each quiz (Fridays). If you are absent on the review day,
expect to take the quiz on the scheduled date.
Lesson 1;
abhor, abominable, banal, chide, comprise, contrivance, covet, diabolic, execration, haughty,
omnipotent, ostracize, profane, prowess, succor, sundry
Lesson 2:
ascribe, anathema, conjure, ethereal, fidelity, induce, insinuate, lethargic, obdurate, pristine,
prodigious, reprehensible, sacrament, somnolent, stigma, tremulous
Lesson 3:
absolve, assimilate, benediction, blasphemous, chastise, communion, consecrate, dogmatic,
fallible, infidel, insipid, parsimony, prostrate, secular, sycophant, veracity
Lesson 4:
admonish, affinity, beguile, corroborate, credulity, divine, doxology, exculpate, iniquity, languid,
mollify, plausible, prescient, rectify, venerable, vindictive
Lesson 5:
abate, ablution, adversity, arduous, consolation, deify, dotage, eradicate, facilitate, impious,
insidious, mendicant, rectitude, solace, supplicant, unkempt
Lesson 6:
amiable, arbitrary, dilapidation, hoary, malleable, natty, nostalgia, obsequious, placid, precipitate,
reiterate, reverie, scruples, sepulchral, shroud, torpor
Lesson 7:
abeyance, anomalous, cadaverous, discern, doughty, equivocal, feign, obeisance, palpable,
pervade, prolixity, seraph, sojourn, specious, tenuous, vagary
English III CP Vocabulary List
Semester One
Lesson 8:
antipathy, averse, balm, blithe, censer, craven, iniquity, manifest, ostentatious, pensive,
pertinacity, resolute, respite, sagacious, temporal, volition
Lesson 9:
admonish, alacrity, erudite, ferocity, gaunt, indubitably, inherent, perpetual, portend, posterity,
semblance, sublime, superfluous, tacit, ubiquitous, vehemently
Lesson 10:
derision, efface, effectual, encumbrance, ethereal, imparted, impervious, impetuous, incessantly,
penitent, pertinent, predominating, occult, supernumerary, sylvan, tumultuous
Lesson 11:
capricious, clandestine, diaphanous, dichotomy, disheveled, ingenuous, inordinate, gossamer,
gregarious, imbibe, lugubrious, profuse, sardonic, stupor, vernacular, waif
Lesson 12:
accolade, benevolence, commensurate, dubious, extemporize, gesticulate, intrinsic, libation,
pragmatic, provincial, rapscallions, solicitous, sporadic, transient, victuals, vociferous,
Lesson 13:
abdicate, affable, assuage, bequeath, cajole, celerity, comely, debauchery, dissuade, imbue,
ineffable, pungent, remonstrate, solidarity, subterfuge, tenacious
Lesson 14:
apathetic, asunder, bereave, careen, censure, circumlocution, connive, demean, flagrant,
ingratiate, motley, obstreperous, pedantic, pretentious, querulous, ramification