Name: ________________
Date: ________________
Caesar’s English EXCEL Vocabulary Lesson 18 Practice
Caesar’s Synonyms: Below are words that are similar to the words
in our list, but are they exactly the same in meaning? Or are they
slightly different? For each word on the list, look up any synonym that
you don’t know. Then, pick one, and carefully explain the difference
between it and the vocabulary word.
apprehension: anxiety, uneasiness, worry, angst, misgiving,
foreboding
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Chosen synonym: ___________________________
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Exact same meaning? Y
N
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Difference between synonym and apprehension:
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superfluous: overflow, over the limit, redundant
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Chosen synonym: ___________________________
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Exact same meaning? Y
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N
Difference between synonym and superfluous:
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tangible: concrete, material, palpable, physical, corporeal
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Chosen synonym: ___________________________
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Exact same meaning? Y
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N
Difference between synonym and tangible:
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lurid: gaudy, flashy, ostentatious, meretricious
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Chosen synonym: ___________________________
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Exact same meaning? Y
N
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Difference between synonym and lurid:
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pervade: saturate, suffuse, flood, imbue, soak
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Chosen synonym: ___________________________
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Exact same meaning? Y
N
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Difference between synonym and pervade:
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Caesar’s Rewrites: The following are sentences from famous
books. In each case, rewrite the sentence into more ordinary words.
Example:
him.”
From Marjorie Rawling’s The Yearling: “A languor crept over
The rewrite: Little by little, he began to feel lazy.
1.) From Jack London’s Call of the Wild: “Sometimes he pursued
the call into the forest, looking for it as though it were a
tangible thing.”
The rewrite: ____________________________________________
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2.) From Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer: “The slow days drifted on, and
each left behind it a slightly lightened weight of
apprehension.”
The rewrite: ____________________________________________
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3.) From Henry David Thoreau’s Walden: “Superfluous wealth can
buy superfluities only.”
The rewrite: ____________________________________________
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4.) From Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage: “His eyes
were fixed in a lurid glare.”
The rewrite: ____________________________________________
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5.) From James M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: “A deathly silence pervaded
the island.”
The rewrite: ____________________________________________
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Caesar’s Antonyms: For each of the words in this lesson, think of a
word that means the opposite (an antonym).
1.) apprehension
antonym: _____________________
2.) superfluous
antonym: _____________________
4.) lurid
antonym: _____________________
3.) tangible
5.) pervade
antonym: _____________________
antonym: _____________________
Are there any words in this list that have no antonyms? _______ Are
there any that it is very difficult to think of an antonym for? ________
________________________________________ Why? _____________
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Caesar’s Favorite Word: Think carefully about each of the words
in this lesson – apprehension, superfluous, tangible, lurid, and
pervade – and predict which of this lesson’s words you will use most
often. Explain why you made this word your choice, and give at least
three examples of situations in which you could use that word.
Word: __________________________
Situation 1: _________________________________________________
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Situation 2: _________________________________________________
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Situation 3: _________________________________________________
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Quiz Review 12/7/15
All vocabulary quizzes will be cumulative (involve words you
learned earlier in the year), so it is essential that you employ
good study habits so that you can move all words into your
long-term memory, rather than just cramming for a quiz and
forgetting them by the end of the next period!
Lesson 18 quiz will include words from lesson 16 and 18:
articulate
express clearly
vex
to irritate
abyss
a bottomless depth
prostrate
lying down
martyr
one who suffers
apprehension fear or understanding
superfluous
extra
tangible
touchable
pervade
spread throughout
lurid
sensational
And it will have the stems from lesson 17:
archy
government
bio
life
chron
time
auto
dec
self
ten
Thompson, Michael; Thompson, Myriam. Caesar's English 1. 2nd ed. Unionville, New York: Royal Fireworks Press, 2011.
173-176. Print.