Vocabulary Prestwick House

Someone who only played little league ball would only have an insular understanding of the game compared to a professional who has played the game their whole life. Insular means...

• limited understanding or perspective

• baffled or confused

• separate from others

• plentiful

The mayor believed that his status in the community would insulate him against the negative attention other politicians had been receiving. Define insulate...

• to protect from the outside world
• to cherish
• to go beyond what is necessary
• to list separately

Before every performance, the musicians display their idiosyncrasies in how they do their warm up routines. Define idiosyncrasy...

• a peculiar quality, a quirk
• speech or phrase specific to a language
• amount beyond what is necessary
• separate

"The ball is in your court" is an example of an idiom. Someone who is not familiar with English might have a hard time understanding this because an idiom is...

• a phrase specific to a particular language/group of people

• plentiful language

• separate from others

• confusing

In an article titled Smartphones vs. Flip phones, the author enumerated reasons why one option may be better than the other. Define enumerate...

• to list off, to count off

• to isolate, to separate

• to have a peculiar quality

• to confuse

There is an innumerable amount of grains of sand on all the beaches in the world. Define innumerable...

• So many that one can't count the number

• confused, baffled

• separate from others

• I could probably count how many grains of sand there are in the whole wide world

My wife is so nonplussed as to why Michigan struggles to beat Ohio State in football almost every year. I on the other hand, am pleased with the results. Define nonplussed...

• baffled, confused

• pleased, content

• separated from

• limited knowledge or perspective

Some surplus vegetables and fruits get canned and sold later in the year after the harvest season is over. Define surplus...

• amount beyond what is necessary; extra
• just the required amount
• great part of; majority
• to be pleased with

The students chosen to serve on OHJH student council received the plurality of their peers' votes. Define plurality...

• greater part of; majority
• lesser part of; minority
• a peculiar quality
• phrase particular to a certain language or culture

Donna did not want to be singled out by the harsh critic for her performance in the play because she was afraid of what a poor review would do to her career. Define single...

• having no significant other

• to isolate; to choose

• to list separately

• to protect from outside influences