Vocabulary 03/04/2013

Question 1

Scarce

Answer 1

Scarce

Part of Speech: adjective
Own: limited amount
Dictionary: insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant
Antonym: plentiful
Synonym: few; limited

In my house, luckily, we never have a scarce amount of food.

Question 2

Inconsolable

Answer 2

in·con·sol·a·ble

• *Part of Speech:** adjective
• *Own:** heartbroken
• *Dictionary:** cannot be comforted
• *Antonym:** happy; understanding
• *Synonym:** discouraged; heartbroken

When I am mad, I am inconsolable.

Question 3

Diminish

Answer 3

di·min·ish

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** to make smaller or less important
• *Dictionary:** to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.
• *Antonym:** enlarge; expand
• *Synonym:** shrink; reduce; decrease; lower

Any hope Max had of winning the hand diminished that night.

Question 4

Indignant

Answer 4

in·dig·nant

Part of Speech: adjective
Own: to be a bother
Dictionary: feeling or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive or insulting
Antonym: happy; pleased
Synonym: provoked; annoyed

Eventhough I love them, my brothers are very indignant.

Question 5

Ominous

Answer 5

om·i·nous

• *Part of Speech:** adjective
• *Own:** mancing; an omen of something good or evil
• *Dictionary:** portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious
• *Antonym:** auspicious; happy; promising
• *Synonym:** grim; hostile; threatening; fearful

We knew something important was about to happem in the movie because of the ominous sound.

Question 6

Disperse

Answer 6

dis·perse

• *Part of Speech:** verb
• *Own:** to send off in different directions
• *Dictionary:**
• *Antonym:** arrange; gather
• *Synonym:** distribute; scatter

Ms. Wheeler dispersed the same amount of cookies to everyone in her class.

Question 7

Shuffle

Answer 7

shuf·fle

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** n - to walk without lifting the feet; move along lazily / v - to perform a dance with such movements
• *Dictionary:** scape the feet over the floor; dancing
• *Antonym: ** run,
• *Synonym:** drag; scuffle; stumble

I stll can’t do the Shuffle.

Question 8

Skittish

Answer 8

skit·tish

• *Part of Speech:** adjective
• *Own:** shy
• *Dictionary:** very nervous
• *Antonym:** calm; unworried
• *Synonym:** fearful; irresponsible

I was skittish when I entered First Grade in a new school.

Question 9

Habitat

Answer 9

hab·i·tat

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** a place in an ecosystem where a population lives
• *Dictionary:** the place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive
• *Antonym:** unnatural surroundings
• *Synonym:** residence; environment; surroundings

A whale’s habitat is the ocean.

Question 10

Adaptation

Answer 10

ad·ap·ta·tion

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** a structure or feature of an organism that helps it meet a particular need in its natural habitat
• *Dictionary:** a trait or characteristic that helps an organism survive
• *Antonym:**
• *Synonym:** adjustment; alteration

Why don’t humans have an adaptation to be immune to the flu?

Question 11

Instinct

Answer 11

in·stinct

• *Part of Speech:** noun
• *Own:** a behavior that an organism inherits
• *Dictionary:** a behavior that an organism inherits and knows how to do without being taught
• *Antonym:** knowledge; urge
• *Synonym:** intuition; sense; feeling

I have a lot of faith in my instincts.

Question 12

Inherited

Answer 12

in·her·it·ed

Part of Speech: noun / adjective
Own: hereditary
Dictionary: a characteristic that passed from parent to offspring
Antonym:
Synonym: genetic; rooted

I inherited $5,000,000,000 from a lost relative.

Question 13

Audible

Answer 13

au·di·ble

• *Part of Speech:** adjective
• *Own:** loud enough to be heard; able to be heard
• *Dictionary:** capable of being heard
• *Antonym:** inaudible
• *Synonym:** aural; resounding; roaring

My brother’s voice was audible from my room.