Name
Word Wealth #3
Word List
1. Perspicacity (n.)- mental penetration, discernment, good judgment-insight/academic
2. Perspicacious (adj.) - quality of being insightful and wise
3. Perspicuity (n.)-articulation, clarity, and eloquence
4. Predilection (n.)- preconceived preference or partiality
5. Prejudice (n.)- an irrational like or dislike (no basis for opinion)
6. Prerogative (n.)- privilege or right
7. Propensity (n.)-natural tendency, bent
8. Penchant (n.)- strong liking or taste for something odd
9. Proclivity (n.)-tendency for something objectionable (swearing)
10. Propriety (n.)- conformity to accepted standards of behavior, etiquette
11. Prostration (n.)- a falling down in worship
12. Invalidism (adj.)-a state of chronic prostration (bedridden)
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Restitution (n.)-restoration or reimbursement
Reparation (n.)-payment for material damage done
Compensation (n.)-payment to cover injuries to another person
Indemnification (n.)-repayment from an insurance company for losses or damage
Reinstatement (n.)-restoration to a post or position from which one has been unjustly removed
Rehabilitation (n.)-restoration of a person to usefulness
Recuperation (n.)-recovery from illness or exhaustion
20. Sagacity (n.)21. Perspicacity (n.)
22. Sagacity (n.)-common sense
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Surfeit (n.)- excess, overindulgence
Suffice (n.)-just enough
Satiate (v.)-to satisfy with enough
Gluttony (n.)-fill disgustingly full
27. Vicissitude (n.)- irregular change, ups and downs (ocean waves)
28. Lambent (adj.)-softly radiant, playing lightly over a surface or subject (sunlight)
29. Latent (adj.) - having hidden or unrevealed ability (unknown)
30. Potential (n.)- the undeveloped or unrealized ability (unknown)
31. Dormant (adj.) - un-awakened or not operative at the moment ability (known)
32. Marital (adj.) - of, or relating to, a marriage (beyond the wedding day)
33. Conjugal (adj.) - harmony between married people
34. Nuptial (adj.) - events or ideas surrounding the actual wedding day
35. Domestic (adj.) - those of a household or of one’s country
36. Partisan (adj.) - one-sided; partial to a party or cause; supporter of an idea or person
37. Partisanship (n.)- the taking of sides
38. Disciple (n.)- a follower or learner, attached to a great leader or teacher
39. Advocate (n.)- a supporter or champion of a cause or idea
40. Patron (n.)- a customer
41. Abettor (n.)- a supporter of a questionable undertaking or charade
42. Votary (n.)- an ardent, passionate supporter of a cause or idea
43. Devotee (n.)- a person deeply attached to a pastime, hobby, or art
44. Recumbent (adj.) - reclining or leaning, inactive
45. Incumbent (adj.) - obligatory duty
46. Salient (adj.) - prominent, obvious, conspicuous, outward projecting angle
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Seditious (adj.) - inciting discontent or rebellion
Treason (n.)- overt action against a government (sharing top secret information with the enemy)
Subversion (n.)- seditious process of making a loyal citizen rebellious
Mutiny (n.)- rebellion on the sea
Anarchy (n.)- no government
Insurrection (n.)-armed uprising or armed rebellion
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Succinct (adj.) - terse, concise, to the point
Ellipsis (n.)- a form of brevity attained by omitting words used to complete a sentence….
Laconic (adj.) - synonym of succinct
Reticent (adj.) - characteristically silent, restrained or reserved in style
Verbose (adj.) - long winded, wordy (antonym of succinct and laconic)
Garrulous (adj.) - talkative, chatty
59. Tangible (adj.) - real, substantial, authentic
60. Palpable (adj.)-synonym of tangible
61. Perceptible (adj.) - just barely seen or sensed
62. Discernable (adj.) - can be seen or sensed more readily than perceptible
63. Appreciable (adj.) - big enough to be recognized, easily seen
64. Manifest (adj.) - a shortcoming or mistake which is immediately clear or evident
65. Tentative (adj.) - provisional, experimental, temporary
Word Wealth #3
Exercises
I.
Opposites-From the list on the right, choose the word which is most nearly the opposite of
each numbered item.
1. Stupidity, obtuseness
2. Long-windedness
3. Finality
4. Recuperation
5. Invariability
6. Unsound judgment
7. Scarcity
8. Nonconformity
9. Upright position
Propriety
Recumbency
Propensity
Surfeit
Tentativeness
Prerogative
Perspicacity
Predilection
Succinctness
Prostration
Sagacity
Vicissitude
10. Lack of fondness or of inclination toward
II.
First Practice Set-Which word from this unit best replaces each italicized and bolded word
or group of words?
1. Sylvia, the daughter of a professor, had a preconceived preference for friends with some mental
penetration.
2. The depressed retiree had a natural tendency for thinking he was near the point of exhaustion.
3. The firm will make reparation to anyone it has wronged, especially those suffering from ups and
downs of an uncertain market.
4. The provisional topic for the discussion was conformity to accepted standards in dress for
business and sport.
5. It is an employer’s privilege to seek potential selling ability wherever it can be found among
employees.
6. The store’s buyers showed sound judgment in avoiding an excess of strictly seasonal stock.
7. The softly radiant twilight fell and breezes fanned the reclining figure of the family’s patriarch.
8. Telex provides substantial examples of concise messages.
9. A conspicuous argument of those engaged in activities inciting to rebellion was that the head of
state had in effect seized wrongfully the premiership.
10. Men and women often take opposite and thus one-sided views on marriage issues.
III.
Second Practice Set-Which word from the list below best replaces each italicized and
bolded word or group of words?
1. The referee had a clear susceptibility beforehand for our type of team but showed no
unreasoned preference in calling fouls.
2. Ada has a strong taste for science fiction and also, unfortunately, a propensity for staying up too
late reading.
3. A demand was made for restoration (to his former position) of the teacher ousted for alleged
irregularity in marital affairs.
4. Brother Juniper was looking for learner-followers who would become dedicated persons of his
faith.
5. Maple trees are temporarily inactive during the winter, but their buds are very readily seen in
the spring.
6. Alexander Hamilton, a strong supporter or champion of federal power, had a strong unrealized
capability as a future President.
7. The present judge says the remuneration is not enough.
8. Dynamiting the bridge was a(n) evident act of sedition.
9. After weeks of recovery, Julie was able to resume her household duties.
10. For its obvious (strongly felt) error of forgetting to put the oil back into the crankcase, the
garage management offered to rebuild the engine by way of paying for the damage.
Word Bank
Subversion
Advocate
Indemnification
Incumbent
Reparation
reinstatement
compensation
palpable
predisposition
disciple
patron
devotee
manifest
penchant
recuperation
rehabilitation
discernible
conjugal
dormant
proclivity
potential
domestic
bias