Vocabulary Lessons 3 & 4

Which word is a synonym for edifice?

• fortress

• hovel

• timely

• grandiose

Organize these words under the vocab word they are synonyms for.

Groups:

(a) animate

,

(b) belated

,

(c) berserk

,

(d) ostentatious

• tardy

• frenzied

• late

• grandiose

• excite

• encourage

• enliven

Which word means equally skillful with either hand?

• ambidextrous

• knead

• chauvinist

• berserk

Match the following words with their ANTONYMS

• treachery

• fealty

• hovel

• entice

• fertile

• edifice

• displease

• fallow

• discourage

• gratify

Match the following words with their definitions.

• to give life or motion to

• egalitarian

• promoting equal rights for all people

• animate

• to work dough or clay into a uniform mix

• knead

The word ______ means marked by a conspicuous, showy, or pretentious display.

What verb means to mislead or to fool

• delude

• belated

• English

• edifice

Match the following words with their definitions

• inactive; unproductive

• blight

• an occupant

• fallow

• to escape notice

• elude

• something that devalues or destroys

• obsequy

• a funeral rite or ceremony

• denizen

The delicious taste of the cheese _____ me to eat the pizza.

A slow person can also be called a ​ (a)   .

• laggard
• gambit
• gratify