Name __________________________________________________ 11/16/15
Spelling/Vocabulary
Directions: Walk around the room and read each page hanging on the wall. The underlined word is a
spelling word (PLEASE SPELL THE WORD CORRECTLY WHEN YOU COPY IT DOWN IN THE
CORRESPONDING BOX). Using context clues, try to determine a definition for each word. Then,
explain how the context helped you determine the meaning. Test will be on MONDAY, NOVEMBER
23.
Word
1. Manipulated
Part of Speech:
Verb (past tense)
Definition
To handle or control
typically in a skillful
manner (physically
manipulate); to
influence cleverly or
unfairly (psychologically
Context Used
Synonyms and Sentence
Syn:
Maneuvered, altered,
shaped, wheeled,
managed, handled,
changed, employed,
played, influenced
manipulate)
2. Authorization
The act of allowing,
approving, or
authorizing
Part of Speech:
Noun
3. Distinct
Part of Speech:
Adjective
4. Familiarizing
Part of Speech:
Verb (present
particple; –ing)
5. Descended
Part of Speech:
Recognizably different
in nature from
something else of a
similar type;
something that is
distinguishable by the
sense; something that
stands out
Give (someone)
knowledge or
understanding of
something; to make
better known or more
easily grasped; to get
to know something
better
To move or fall
downward
Sent: I manipulated my
brother into stealing my
mother’s ring. (shame
on you!)
Syn: permission, power,
allowance, dispensation,
consent
Sent: The CRU never
gave Paelen the
authorization to leave.
Syn: visible, discreet,
recognizable, obvious,
specific, particular,
apparent, separate, clear
Sent: I smell a distinct
odor in my last period
class after the boys have
been in gym class.
Syn: accustoming,
adjusting, adapting,
enlightening,
naturalizing, formalizing,
acquainting, learning
Sent: I was familiarizing
Sent: The kitten was
familiarizing herself with
the house after they
brought her home for
the first time.
Syn: declined, dived,
touched down, dropped,
plummeted, lowered,
stooped, cascaded,
plunged, dipped, waned,
Verb (past tense)
6. Pried
Pry
To interfere; to pull or
to move or to open
with force
Part of Speech:
Verb (past tense)
Word
7. Contentment
Definition
A state of happiness
and satisfaction
Part of Speech:
Noun
8. Treacherous
Guilty of or involving
betrayal or deception;
dangerous and unsafe
Part of Speech:
Adjective
9. Campaign
Part of Speech:
Noun
10. Progressed
An organized course
or operation of action
to achieve a particular
goal
To move forward or
onward toward a
destination or goal
Part of Speech:
Verb (past tense)
11. Horrendous
Extremely unpleasant,
horrifying, or terrible
PRIDE
PRY – PRESENT
TENSE
PRIED – PAST
TENSE
Context Used
Sent: Pegasus
descended from the sky.
old.
Syn: meddled, busted,
poked, bugged,
wrenched, intruded,
separated, extorted,
disengaged, divided,
hoisted, broke, tugged,
opened, jimmied,
busbodied, levered
Sent: Paelen pried the
door open.
Synonyms and Sentence
Syn:, delight, content,
clarity, gratification,
fulfillment, serenity,
satisfaction, pleasure,
peace, complacency,
delight,
Sent: I was filled with
contentment after I got
an A on my test.
Syn: unreliable,
unfaithful, disloyal,
unsafe, traitorous,
untrustworthy,
backstabbing, trickery,
deceitful, chancy,
misleading, menacing,
hazardous, dangerous,
timid, fearful
Sent: The crying of the
baby was treacherous.
Syn: cause, crusade,
expedition, movement,
operation, drive, quest
Sent: We started a
campaign to become
class president.
Syn: advanced,
developed, proceeded,
continued, succession,
gained, moved ahead,
lunged
Sent: As the night
progressed, Emily’s leg
got worse.
Syn: disastrous,
frightful, horrifying,
dreadful, terrible,
dangerous, awful, dire,
atrocious, ghastly,
unpleasant, horrid,
fearful, beastly, extreme,
wicked, gruesome
Part of Speech:
Adjective
12. Tersely
Sent: On the news this
morning was a story
about a horrendous car
crash.
Syn: briefly, brusquely,
concisely, shortly,
abruptly, curtly
Sparing in the use of
words; abruptly;
using few words
Part of Speech:
Adverb
13. Twinge
A sudden, sharp pain;
a mental or emotional
pang
Part of Speech:
Noun
14. Resenting
Part of Speech:
Verb (present
participle, -ing)
To feel bitterness or
indignation at
circumstance, action,
or person
She looked into his
beautiful face and felt
a rising twinge of
jealousy.
Noun or verb?
Sent: I tersely spoke to
my mother when I was
upset with her.
Syn: pain, ache, stitch,
hurt, distress, sting,
throb, spasm, pang, bite,
misery, gripe, twitch,
cramp
Sent: I felt a twinge in
my neck when I woke up
this morning; I must
have slept on it wrong.
Syn: envying, grudging,
disliking, begrudging,
offending, insulting,
aggrieving, objecting,
amissing,
Sent: Paelen was
resenting Agent J for not
releasing him to go find
Pegasus.: