Sadlier Vocabulary - Unit 7 (O)

(adj.) without errors, completely correct; conforming to the truth.

• imprecise
• incorrect
• accurate
• false

(adj.) watchful and ready to act; quick to understand and act.

(n.) readiness; an alarm; a time when an alarm is in effect.

(v.) to warn or make aware of.

• alertness
• alert
• caution
• notification

(n.) a family member who lived at an earlier time.

• ancestor
• predecessor
• relative
• descendant

(n.) a terrible event that brings great damage or suffering; a great loss.

• disaster
• windfall

• misfortune
• tragedy

(adj.) related to the simplest or beginning level of something.

• complex
• elementary
• intermediate
• advanced

(n.) resentment for what someone has; a person or object that is envied.

(v.) to resent and want what someone else has.

• jealousy
• envy
• apathy
• admiration

(adj.) spreading to a very large group at the same time; contagious.

(n.) a rapid, widespread outbreak of a disease.

• epidemic
• infection
• outbreak
• pandemic

(adj.) having little strength or force; without energy or authority.

• feeble

• powerful
• forceful
• strong

(v.) to enter or force a way through or into; to see into.

• observe
• penetrate
• permeate
• invade

(n,) spirited, carefree, or noisy fun; something that suggest merry play.

(v.) to run or play in a lively or carefree way; to win easily.

• bound

• skip

• frolic

• romp