Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 4

Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit 4

Unit 4, Set A

bolster

• verb

• to support, give a boost to

• Synonyms: reinforce or validate

• Antonyms: weaken, impair, undermine

deplore

• verb

• to feel or express regret or disapproval

• Synonyms: lament, bemoan, bewail

• Antonyms: approve, commend, extol

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for bolster?

• approve

• commend

• reinforce

• undermine

frivolous

• adjective

• of little importance, not worthy of serious attention

• Synonyms: silly, foolish, inane, petty

• Antonyms: serious, important, significant

obsess

• verb

• to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

• Synonyms: preoccupy

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Multiple Choice

Which sentence uses deplore correctly?

• Most teachers deplore unnecessary staff meetings that run long.

• Most teachers deplore students who study.

oust

• verb

• to remove, drive out of a position or place

• Synonyms: expel, eject

• Antonyms: admit, welcome

porous

• adjective

• full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or water

• Synonyms: leaky, permeable

• Antonyms: airtight, impermeable

Multiple Choice

Which word is an antonym of frivolous?

• silly

• foolish

• serious

prone

• adjective

• laying facedown; inclined, likely

• Synonyms: prostrate, liable

• antonyms: standing upright, unlikely

qualm

• noun

• a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

• Synonyms: regret, second thought, scruple

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for prone?

• prostrate

• upright

residue

• remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

• Synonyms: remnant, remains, leavings

staid

• adjective

• serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

• Synonyms: sedate, sober, prim

• Antonyms: gaudy, jaunty, unconventional

Multiple Choice

Which word is a synonym for qualm?

• leaky

• regret

• idea

Take a break and complete the Set A exercises

• Using Context

• Choosing the Right Word

• Complete the Sentences

Unit 4, Set B

annul

• verb

• to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

• Synonyms: cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify

• Antonyms: validate, authorize, ratify

blasé

• adjective

• indifferent, bored as a result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

• Synonyms: cancel, abolish, invalidate, nullify

• Antonyms: validate, authorize, ratify

Multiple Choice

Which word means you something that was done will be undone?

• annul

• blasé

muster

• verb

• to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include

• Synonyms: mobilize, marshal

• Antonyms: disband, dismiss, disperse

muster

• noun

• a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation

• Synonyms: roster, inventory

nonentity

• noun

• a person or thing of no importance

• Synonyms: nobody

• Antonym: celebrity

Multiple Choice

Which word is an synonym for muster?

• disband

• unimportant

• mobilize

ornate

• adjective

• elaborately decorated; showily splendid

• Synonyms: fancy, flashy, flamboyant

• Antonyms: plain, stark, austere

peruse

• verb

• to read thoroughly and carefully

• Synonyms: study, pore over, scrutinize

Multiple Choice

Which word means very decorative?

• peruse

• ornate

promontory

• noun

• a high point of land extending into water

• Synonyms: cliff, outcrop, jetty

recourse

• noun

• a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection

• Synonyms: redress, remedy

Multiple Choice

What does recourse mean?

• remedy

• cause

solicitous

• adjective

• showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

• Synonym: concerned

• Antonyms: unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic

sustain

• verb

• to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand, to affirm the validity of

• Synonyms: foster, uphold

Multiple Choice

Which word is an antonym for solicitous?

• concerned

• unconcerned

Now complete the Set B exercises on Sadlier Connect

• Using Context

• Choosing the Right Word

• Complete the Sentences