Name: ____________________________
Per: _______ Date: __________________
Vocabulary Week 18
Exercise I
Match the best definition to each of the following words. Use only capital letters.
________ 1.
incessant
________ 2.
incise
________ 3.
inclination
________ 4.
incomprehensible
________ 5.
indelible
________ 6.
indolent
________ 7.
indomitable
________ 8.
indulgent
________ 9.
inevitable
________ 10.
infamous
A. a tendency; a personal preference or liking; a
slope or slant
B. lazy; having no tendency to work
C. to cut into; to carve; to engrave
D. unavoidable or unpreventable; certain to
happen
E. lenient; not strict enough; making allowances
for
F. having a bad reputation; famous for bad
things
G. impossible to understand; obscure
H. unconquerable; unyielding; not easily
overcome
I. continuing or repeating without interruption;
never stopping; ceaseless
J. incapable of being erased or removed;
permanent
Exercise II
Read each sentence below. In each blank space, write a word or phrase that has the same, or almost the same,
meaning as the italicized word. The first sentence is done for you.
1. The incessant _____ceaseless_____ howling of the wind made it impossible for us to sleep.
2. In treating snakebite, quickly incise ______________________ the wound.
3. Kitty always had an inclination ______________________ toward the study of medicine
4. After much study, I still find most ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs incomprehensible _________________.
5. The laundry identifies clothes with indelible ______________________ marks.
6. I couldn’t get any work out of that indolent ______________________ bunch of loafers.
7. Without indomitable ______________________ courage, explorers like Columbus would never have
sailed across the Atlantic.
8. It is easy to be indulgent ______________________ with someone you love.
9. With half the votes counted, it seems inevitable ______________________ that Jose will win the
election.
10. Jay Gould’s shady financial dealings made him infamous ______________________.
Grade 9 Vocabulary
Exercise III
Find the word from the following list that answers each question below. Write this word on the line provided at
the left of each question.
incessant
inclination
indelible
indomitable
inevitable
___________________ 1.
How do you describe the unerasable mark of a ballpoint pen?
___________________ 2.
How do you describe something that you are positive will happen?
___________________ 3.
What kind of noise is continuous?
___________________ 4.
What do you call a preference or liking for a particular profession?
___________________ 5.
What do we call people who refuse to give up?
incise
incomprehensible
indolent
indulgent
infamous
___________________ 6.
How do you describe something that is impossible to understand?
___________________ 7.
Which word describes someone who is lazy?
___________________ 8.
Which word describes someone with an evil reputation?
___________________ 9.
Which word describes a person who is too lenient?
___________________ 10. Which word tells what engravers do?
Exercise IV
Complete each of the following sentences with a word from this week’s vocabulary list.
1. In this small town, it is ______________________ that we will meet again.
2. All night, the sailor on watch heard the ______________________ clanging of the buoy.
3. Our dog is spoiled because we have been too ______________________ with him.
4. The ______________________ of the committee was to veto the bill.
5. The long hot days of August make me feel very ______________________.
6. The play was so subtle that its point was ______________________ to us.
7. No matter what I tried, my opponent appeared to be ______________________.
8. The sculptor will ______________________ a design in the stone.
9. My first sight of the Rockies left an ______________________ impression.
10. “Blackbeard” was the nickname of the ______________________ pirate Edward Teach.
Grade 9 Vocabulary