Vocabulary Unit 5
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Word
1
penance
Part of
Speech
n.
2
covetous
adj.
3
bestow
v.
4
sullenly
adv.
5
misanthropic
adj.
6
beguiled
v.
7
sordid
adj.
8
odious
adj.
9
baleful
adj.
10
plaintive
adj.
Prefix: postRoots: anthrop
luc, lumin
Suffix: -ful
Definition
Sentence
Synonym
An act of self-abasement,
mortification, or devotion
performed to show sorrow
or repentance for sin.
marked by inordinate
desire for wealth or
possessions for another’s
possessions
to convey as a gift, to give
“ ‘That is no light part of my penance,’ pursued the
ghost” (15).
atonement
reward
“Scrooge…a covetous old sinner” (2).
greedy
generous
“no beggars implored him to bestow a
trifle” (2).
“The waterlog being left in solitude, its
overflowings sullenly congealed…” (7).
“…And turned to misanthropic ice” (7).
give
withdraw
grimly
cheerfully
cynical
philanthropic
“And having read all the newspapers, and
beguiled the rest of the time with a
banker’s book” (8).
Please spare me the sordid details of the
scandal. (27)
Michael’s crime was so odious, even his
family couldn’t forgive him. (41)
The bully shot Tim a baleful look when the
teacher intervened. (41)
Her plaintive song played during the
slideshow moved me to tears. (41)
deceived
be honest
sleazy
pleasant
hateful
likeable
implies a silent ill-humor,
surly, sulky
marked by hatred of
contempt for mankind
to leady by deception
morally ignoble or base;
vile, dirty, filthy
deserving or causing
hatred; hateful; detestable
full of menacing or
malignant influences;
expressing sorrow or
melancholy; mournful
after
human, man, people
light
full of
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Antonym
threatening benevolent
sad
joyful