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WorksheetsAcademic Success Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Xenophobia
A customary or regular course of procedure.
An aversion or hostility to, disdain for, or fear of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
The act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world.
Of or relating to culture or cultivation.
Tectonic
A god of Greek Mythology.
A place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
Something that causes torment or misery.
Referring to the forces or conditions within the earth that cause movements of the crust.
Subjugate
To present formally for acceptance; make a formal offer of.
To present for the approval, consideration, or decision of another or others.
The capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others.
To bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master
Sanguine
Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident.
The predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude.
A special and definite purpose in a novel or other literary work.
A person engaged, employed, or skilled in some branch of work, especially productive or industrial work; worker.
Respiration
The refreshing quiet or repose of sleep.
To lay or place for rest, ease, or support.
The act of inhaling and exhaling of air; breathing.
Vigorous action or effort.
Reciprocal
With a view to obtaining or having; for.
Matching; corresponding; equivalent; mutual.
The area or region near or about a place; surrounding district; neighborhood.
Something known to exist or to have happened.
Precipitous/Precipitously/ precipitate
To hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly.
To throw or fling with great force or vigor.
The quality of being vehement; ardor; fervor.
The quality or condition of being impetuous.
plagiarize/ plagiarism
To pledge (oneself) to a position on an issue or question; express (one's intention, feeling, etc.).
A solemn promise or agreement to do or refrain from doing something.
A declaration that something will or will not be done, given, etc., by one.
To take and use ideas, passages, etc., from another work improperly.
Parameter
Limits or boundaries; guidelines: determines the specific form of the function in math.
Apt or liable to vary or change; changeable:
A quantity or function that may assume any given value or set of values.
To make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify: to change; become different or modified.
Orthography
To certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
The art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
Used, especially before a noun, with a specifying or particularizing effect, as opposed to the indefinite or generalizing force of the indefinite article a or an.
Guaranteed; reliably endorsed.
Notarize
To certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a legal witness.
An expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid.
The action taken to fix the liability for a dishonored bill of exchange or note.
To differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from).
Nihilism
An attitude of rationality, patience, composure, and calm in the presence of troubles or annoyances.
Any of the three branches, namely natural philosophy, moral philosophy, and metaphysical philosophy, that are accepted as composing this study.
An extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth; nonexistence.
An attitude of rationality, patience, composure, and calm in the presence of troubles or annoyances.
Mitosis
The critical study of the basic principles and concepts of a particular branch of knowledge, especially with a view to improving or reconstituting them.
The act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
The method of cell division.
Separation by difference of opinion or feeling; disagreement; dissension.
Kowtow
To act in an obsequious manner; show servile deference.
Reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
The formal public acknowledgment by which a feudal tenant or vassal declared himself to be the man or vassal of his lord, owing him fealty and service.
The act of considering; careful thought; meditation; deliberation:
Incognito
Familiar to the public; prominent.
Of, relating to, or being in the service of a community or nation, especially as a government officer.
Having one's identity concealed, as under an assumed name, especially to avoid notice or formal attentions.
To determine or set the value or amount of; appraise:
Hemoglobin
The oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues
The fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.
A person or group regarded as a source of energy, vitality, or vigor.
One of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing cheerfulness.
Gamete
The material or equipment used in playing certain games:
Pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh.
Having a fighting spirit; plucky.
A mature sexual reproductive cell, as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism.
Evanescent
Capable of being perceived; recognizable; appreciable.
Vanishing; fading away; fleeting; imperceptible.
Any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
A feeling or perception produced through the organs of touch, taste, etc., or resulting from a particular condition of some part of the body:
Deleterious
harmful; injurious.
The manner in which words are spelled; orthography.
A group of letters representing a word.
The act of a speller.
Bellicose
Not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
Not participating readily or actively; inactive.
Inclined or eager to fight
Not involving visible reaction or active participation:
