Moritz * English 9
Vocabulary 1-1
Name: __________________________
Period: _____
Directions: Define the words below. Put the definitions in your own words and write a
sentence that shows the exact meaning of the word. Complete the remaining sections.
Section 1: Connel’s “The Most Dangerous Game”
Use your literature book, page 16, to find the following definitions. Use the first part of
speech, not the “used as.”
1. recede (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
2. disarming (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
3. prolong (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
4. imprudent (
Own Words:
Sentence:
):
5. surmount (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
6. unruffled (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
7. invariably (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
8. diverting (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
9. impulse (
Own Words:
Sentence:
):
10. protrude (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
Section II: Other Classes’
Use the dictionary to define the following words and find the parts of speech.
convert (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
conjecture (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
counterexample (
):
Own Words:
Sentence:
individualism ( n ): belief in the importance of the individual and in the virtues of
self-reliance and personal independence
Own Words:
Sentence:
pardon ( n ): cancellation of earthly punishment still due for a sin that has been
forgiven
Own Words:
Sentence:
Section III: Fill-in the Blank Sentences
Directions: Use the word bank below to find vocabulary word that best fits the
sentence. Write the entire word.
1. ____________________, the dog always circled three times before lying down.
2. He liked playing cards because he thought it was ____________________.
3. He was ____________________ by the cat’s constant meowing and begging for food
– he wasn’t bothered by it.
4. His teachers liked him because he was very ____________________ and could
smooth-talk anybody.
5. I need to ____________________ this measurement from degrees to radians, and also
this one from miles to kilometers.
6. If you avoid doing it, you will just ____________________ your feelings of
anxiousness and worry.
7. John presented a ____________________ to the class that surprised them all because
it was different from what everybody else said.
8. No one really knows how gravity works, it is all ____________________.
9. She decided that she could ____________________ any problem or difficulty that
was thrown her way.
10. She had a(n) ____________________ to go to the store and buy some ice cream.
11. The ancient Greeks believed in personal freedom and ____________________.
12. The decision to skip going to work was very ____________________.
13. The dock does ____________________ far out into the sea, farther than I can see.
14. The priest wanted to grant her a ____________________ even though she didn’t go
to mass that week.
15. The tide will eventually ____________________ and you can find crabs and fish
trapped in tide pools.
Word List
_____ conjecture
_____ convert
_____ counterexample
_____ disarming
_____ diverting
_____ imprudent
_____ impulse
_____ individualism
_____ invariably
_____ pardon
_____ prolong
_____ protrude
_____ recede
_____ surmount
_____ unruffled
Section IV: Matching Synonyms and Antonyms
Word List
_____ conjecture
_____ convert
_____ counterexample
_____ disarming
_____ diverting
_____ imprudent
_____ impulse
_____ individualism
_____ invariably
_____ pardon
_____ prolong
_____ protrude
_____ recede
_____ surmount
_____ unruffled
D. charming
E. guess
F. interesting
G. jut out
H. lengthen
O. unwise
K. increase
L. punish
M. restraint
N. surrender
Synonyms (Same)
A. always
B. argument
C. change
Antonyms (Opposite)
I. annoyed
J. communism