Vocabulary 01/28/2013

Question 1

Hubbub

Answer 1

hub·bub

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** a commotion or disorder
• *Dictionary:** a loud confused noise of voices
• *Antonym:** calm; order; peace
• *Synonym:** disturbance; turmoil

A small hubbub at school led to a year-long rivalry between 4th and 5th grade.

Question 2

Rummaging

Answer 2

rum·mag·ing

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** searching thoroughly through miscellaneous articles
• *Dictionary:** turning things over or move them about while looking for something
• *Antonym:** order; organize
• *Synonym:** ransack; search

I dislike it when my brother rummages through my iPod.

Question 3

Finesse

Answer 3

fi·nesse

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** skill in handling a difficult or highly sensitive situation
• *Dictionary:** extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste. Etc.
• *Antonym:** ignorance
• *Synonym:** delicacy; sophistication

He danced with such finesse, it looked like he was born doing it.

Question 4

Skirmish

Answer 4

skir·mish

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** any brisk conflict or encounter
• *Dictionary:** a combat between small bodies of troops
• *Antonym:**
• *Synonym:** altercation; battle; war

My friend and I got into a skirmish with some 6th graders.

Question 5

Meticulous

Answer 5

me·tic·u·lous

• *Part of Speech:** adjective
• *Own:** being very precise and thorough; finicky and fussy
• *Dictionary:** taking or showing extreme care about small details
• *Antonym:** careless; sloppy
• *Synonym:** accurate; exact

I was doing an expository essay on my favorite toy, My Furvy, when meticulous Gabriel tells me I forgot to mention it was yellow.

Question 6

Haggard

Answer 6

hag·gard

• *Part of Speech:** adjective
• *Own:** having a wasted or exhausted appearance; looking worn out
• *Dictionary:** looking ill or very tired
• *Antonym:** fresh; healthy; strong
• *Synonym:** drawn; tired; weak

When I get insomnia, I look haggard.

Question 6

Desolation

Answer 6

des·o·la·tion

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** uninhabited area; barrenness
• *Dictionary:** depopulation; a desolate region; barren waste
• *Antonym:** civilization
• *Synonym:** isolation; solitude

The orphans in the movie “Annie” looked like they came from Desolation Row.

Question 7

Air Pressure

Answer 7

air pres·sure

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** The weight of air pressing down on an area; atmospheric pressure
• *Dictionary:** the weight of the atmosphere pressing down on Earth
• *Antonym:** unconfined
• *Synonym:** compressed

A car’s tires should always have high air pressure.

Question 8

Humidity

Answer 8

hu·mid·i·ty

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** A measure of the amount of water in the air; very damp weather
• *Dictionary:** the amount of water vapor in the air
• *Antonym:** aridity; dryness
• *Synonym:** moisture; dampness

Florida always has high humidity.

Question 9

Remnant

Answer 9

rem·nant

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** a fragment or scrap; leftover part
• *Dictionary:** a part or piece left over from something
• *Antonym:** whole
• *Synonym:** excess; fragment; piece

My grandma keeps a lot of remnants of fabric from when she used to sew.

Question 10

Weather

Answer 10

weath·er

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** The happenings in the atmosphere at a certain time; atmospheric conditions
• *Dictionary:** what is happening in the atmosphere at a certain place and time
• *Antonym:**
• *Synonym:** clime; elements

The weather in the Amazon Rainforest must be very disastrous.

Question 11

Climate

Answer 11

cli·mate

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** The average of all weather conditions through all seasons over a period of time; weather of region
• *Dictionary:** the pattern of weather an area experiences over a long period of time
• *Antonym:**
• *Synonym:** conditions; temperature

The climate in Antarctica is the coldest in the world.