WORD POWER
VOCABULARY
For the
High School
Student
HAROLD LEVINE
WORD POWER
YEAH!
GROUP 8
1. ALTERNATIVE
 Noun
 Choice; one of two or
more things offered
for choice
 Other or remaining
choice
 If given the choice of
making either an oral
or a written report, I
would pick the second
alternative.
2. BEVERAGE
 Noun
 Drink; liquid for
drinking
 Orange juice is a
healthful beverage.
3. BLUNDER
 noun
 Mistake or error
caused by
stupidity or
carelessness
 Have you ever
committed the
blunder of mailing
a letter without a
postage stamp?
4. CONTROVERSY
 noun
 Dispute; quarrel;
debate; strife
 The Republicans
and the Democrats
have been engaged
in a controversy
over which party is
responsible for the
increased taxes.
CONTROVERSIAL
adjective
Arousing
controversy;
contentious;
disputations
5. CUSTODY
Noun
Care; safekeeping;
guardianship
The treasurer has
custody of our
club’s financial
records.
6. DIMINUTIVE
 adjective
 Below average size;
small; tiny
 To an observer in an
airplane high over the
city, even the largest
buildings seem
diminutive.
7. DISPEL
 verb
 Drive away by
scattering; scatter;
disperse
 The two officers
were commended
for their skill in
dispelling the move
and preventing
violence.
8. DORMANT
 adjective
 Inactive as if
asleep; sleeping;
quiet; sluggish;
resting
 In early spring, new
buds begin to
appear on trees and
shrubs that have
been dormant all
winter.
9.
EXCLUSIVELY
 adverb
 Solely; without
sharing with others;
undividedly
 Mrs. Lopez had
bought the
encyclopedia for all
of her children, but
the oldest behaved
as if it were
exclusively his.
EXCLUSIVE
 Adjective
 Sole; single; unshared
10. EXEMPT
 adjective
 Freed or released
from a duty, liability,
or rule to which
others are subject.
 A certain portion of
each person’s
income is legally
exempt from
taxations.
 EXEMPTION
 Noun
11. IMPERIL
 Verb
 Endanger;
jeopardize
 The fishing vessel
was imperiled by
high winds, but it
managed to reach
port safely.
12. LINEAGE
 noun
 Descent (in a direct
line from a common
ancestor); ancestry;
family; extraction
 A study of Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s lineage
shows that he was
descended from a
Dutch ancestor who
settled in America
about 1638.
13. MAJOR
adjective
Greater; larger;
more important;
principal
When the major
companies in an
industry raise
prices, the
smaller ones
usually follow
suit.
14. OBJECTIVE
 noun
 Aim or end (of an
action); goal
 Our fund has already
raised $650; its
objective is $1000.
OBJECTIVE
 adjective
 Involving facts, rather
than personal feelings or
opinions.
 College admission
committees consider
two kinds of date:
subjective evidence,
such as letters of
recommendation; and
objective evidence, such
as your scores on
college-entrance tests.
15.
OPINIONATED
 adjective
 Unduly attached to
one’s own opinion;
obstinate; stubborn
 If you keep arguing
that you are right, in
the face of
overwhelming
objective evidence
that you are wrong,
you are opinionated.
16. PRESENTLY
adverb
In a little time;
shortly; soon;
before long
 We don’t have to
wait long for our
bus. It will be here
presently.
17.
PROCRASTINATE
 verb
 Put things off; delay;
postpone; defer;
dawdle
 When a book is due,
return it to the
library promptly.
Otherwise you will
be fined 10 cents for
every day you
procrastinate.
18.PRODIGIOUS
 adjective
 Extraordinary in
size, quantity, or
extent; vast;
enormous; huge;
amazing
 The average
American city
requires a
prodigious amount
of fresh milk daily.
PRODIGY
 Noun
 Something
extraordinary;
wonder;
phenomenon
19.PROTRACT
 verb
 Draw out; lengthen
in time; prolong;
extend
 The visitors had
planned to stay for a
few hours only, but
they were
persuaded to
protract their visit.
20. RETAIN
 verb
 Keep; continue to
have, hold, or use
 The department
store is closing
down it restaurant
but retaining its
lunch counter.
RETENTIVE
 adjective
 Having the power to
retain or remember;
tenacious
 Dora has a retentive
memory.
SENTENCE
COMPLETION
DIRECTIONS:
COPY sentences.
Fill each blank
(asterisked***) with
the lesson word that
best fits the
meaning of the
sentence.
20 points each
correct answer.
1. When Reuben learned
Friday that the library
would close for the
weekend, he realized
what a(n) *** it was to
have ***d with his
research paper.
2. We must stop quarreling.
If this committee spends
another hour in ***, it will
be unable to achieve its
***.
3. To *** the worker’s
apprehensions of losing
their jobs, the new
employer promised to ***
all of them.
4. Most of the time, Pam
has to share a
swimming lane with
others, but today she
had one *** for herself.
5. Though many of the
secondary roads are
impassable, the ***
highways have all
been plowed.
6. Replacing the old
bridge will cost a(n)
*** amount of money,
but there is no
practical ***.
7. Neither side is inclined
to *** the dispute
much longer; a
settlement is
expected ***.
8. In the days of special
privilege, individuals
of royal *** were
generally *** from
taxation.
9. We stopped for a(n)
*** to quench our
thirst.
10.When the parents are
at work, the children
are in the *** of their
grandparents.
GROUP 8
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13.
Alternative
Beverage
Blunder
Controversy
Controversial
Custody
Diminutive
Dispel
Dormant
Exclusively
Exclusive
Exempt
Exemption
14. Imperil
15. Lineage
16. Major
17. Objective (n)
18.
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23.
24.
25.
(adj)
Opinionated
Presently
Procrastinate
Prodigious
Prodigy
Protract
Retain
Retentive
FINALS GRADE CONFIGURATION
PERCENT Descriptions
20
Progress
Report
30
Periodic
Assessment
30
Projects (Skits)
20
Empower3000
Essays et cetera
100
STUDENT
PERCENT
ALMARAZ
42
ARAGON
70
ARANA
55
BANDA
3
BARRAGAN
61
BELTRAN
24
BLAKE
30
CASTANEDA
0
CELIO
64
CISNEROS
36
CORONA
24
CRUZ CRUZ
39
CRUZ EYMY
27
DIAZ
61
DUNAWAY
61
GUERRERO
58
GUTIERREZ
64
GUZMAN
70
HICHOS
21
HURTADO
0
LOPEZ
15
LUNA
45
STUDENT
PERCENT
MALDONADO
30
MARTINEZ
39
MEDINA
48
MENA
24
MONTIEL
0
MORALES IVAN
0
MORALES JUAN
0
OCHOA
42
OLMOS
39
PAXTOR
39
ROSAS
15
SALAS
0
TRUJILLO
45
VASQUEZ
58
ZARAGOZA
70
ZELAYA
42