Vocabulary 2007-8

The Top 100 Vocabulary Words
In the Entire World

1. Abash: embarrass, humiliate, verb
2. Abate: dwindle, decline, diminish, verb
3. Abject: miserable, pitiful, groveling, adjective
4. Abyss: deep, dark hole, noun
5. Acute: intense, severe, sharp, adjective
6. Adjacent: adjoining, next to, adjective
7. Affect: influence, change, verb
8. Alacrity: eagerness, enthusiasm, noun
9. Allude: suggest, imply, verb
10. Amiable: friendly, good-natured, pleasant, adjective
11. Animated: lively, adjective
12. Antipathy: loathing, hatred, noun
13. Appellation: name, noun
14. Apprehension: fear, dread, noun
15. Articulate: speak clearly, verb; clear, distinct, adjective
16. Audible: clear, distinct, adjective
17. Austere: stern, strict, harsh, adjective
18. Billow: bulge, heave, swell, verb
19. Clamor: commotion, uproar, noun
20. Condescend: stoop, lower oneself to someone's level, adjective
21. Confound: fluster, confuse, baffle, verb
22. Conjecture: prediction, theory, noun
23. Conjure: call up, bewitch, verb
24. Countenance: expression, look, face, noun
25. Despondent: discouraged, adjective
26. Dilate: enlarge, expand, adjective
27. Din: commotion, riot, noun
28. Doleful: dismal, gloomy, sad, adjective
29. Eccentric: peculiar, strange, weird, adjective
30. Expostulate: argue, debate, verb
31. Exquisite: elegant, rare, wonderful, adjective
32. Feign: fake, pretend, verb
33. Fortnight: two weeks, noun
34. Furtive: secret, shifty, sneaky, adjective
35. Genial: pleasant, agreeable, adjective
36. Grotesque: hideous, monstrous, repulsive, deformed, adjective
37. Ignominious: shameful, disgraceful, adjective
38. Imperious: overbearing, arrogant, adjective
39. Importune: beg, plead, urge, verb
40. Impute: accuse, blame, verb
41. Incredulous: astounded, shocked, surprised, adjective
42. Indolent: lazy, adjective
43. Inexorable: unstoppable, inflexible, adjective
44. Languid: feeble, weak, adjective
45. Latter: second of two, noun
46. Livid: furious, enraged, adjective
47. Lurid: shocking, horrifying, grizzly, adjective
48. Magnanimous: generous, adjective
49. Manifest: apparent, obvious, adjective; display, exhibit, show, verb
50. Maxim: saying, proverb, noun
51. Melancholy: depression, despair, gloom, sadness, adjective
52. Mien: bearing, appearance, noun
53. Morose: gloomy, sad, melancholy, adjective
54. Oblique: diagonal, tilting, adjective
55. Odious: repulsive, revolting, sickening, adjective
56. Oppress: tyrannize, persecute, verb
57. Pallor: paleness, noun
58. Palpable: noticeable, obvious, adjective
59. Paradigm: example, model, noun
60. Pensive: thoughtful, adjective
61. Peremptory: abrupt, aggressive, domineering, overbearing, adjective
62. Perplex: bewilder, confuse, verb
63. Pervade: infiltrate, saturate, surround, verb
64. Placid: calm, composed, cool, adjective
65. Portent: omen, foreshadow, noun
66. Procure: purchase, gain, obtain, verb
67. Prodigious: exceptional, impressive, extraordinary, adjective
68. Profane: obscene, vulgar, adjective
69. Profound: enlightened, intelligent, thoughtful, adjective
70. Prostrate: lying face down, absolute humility, adjective
71. Rebuke: reprimand, scold, adjective
72. Remonstrate: protest, object, verb
73. Repose: peace, relaxation, rest, noun; to relax, to rest, verb
74. Reproach: criticize, reprimand, scold, verb
75. Resolute: determined, stubborn, adjective
76. Retort, respond, reply, answer, noun or verb
77. Sagacity: intelligence, shrewdness, wisdom, adjective
78. Sallow: colorless, pale, adjective
79. Serene: calm, peaceful, adjective
80. Singular: exceptional, rare, unique, adjective
81. Somber: dreary, gloomy, melancholy, adjective
82. Stolid: detached, unemotional, adjective
83. Sublime: lofty, majestic, noble, adjective
84. Subtle: indirect, suggested, implied, adjective
85. Superfluous: excessive, extra, extreme, adjective
86. Swarthy: olive, dark-skinned, adjective
87. Tangible: touchable, adjective
88. Traverse: cross, cover (as in travel), verb
89. Tremulous: nervous, frightened, panicked, adjective
90. Undulate: flow, gush, stream, verb
91. Venerate: admire, honor, respect, verb
92. Vestige: remnant, piece, noun
93. Vex: annoy, irritate, pester
94. Visage: expression, look, appearance, mask, noun
95. Vivacious: animated, manic, lively, energetic, adjective
96. Vivid: clear, distinct, bright, adjective
97. Vulgar: disgusting, crude, offensive, adjective
98. Wan: colorless, pale, sickly, adjective
99. Wistful: longing, pining, dreaming, wishful, adjective
100. Zenith: pinnacle, summit, peak, noun

 

PREFIXES
1. BI- two, halves, bicycle, bisect, binoculars
2. EXTRA- beyond, outside, extraterrestrial, extraordinary, extravagant
3. FORE- front, forehead, forecast, forethought, forefront
4. IL- not, illegal, illiterate, illegible, illogical
5. IM- not , impossible, improbably, imperfect
6. POST- after, postgraduate, postpone, postwar, postscript
7. PRE- before, prevent, present, prelude, preview
8. RE- again, remain, receive, represent, return
9. UN- not undone, unable, unfit, unearned
10. MIS- incorrect, bad mistake, misuse, misfit, misplace, misfortune

SUFFIXES
11. -ABLE, -IBLE: capable of-- capable, agreeable, expandable, edible
12. -ATE: cause, make-- separate, create, segregate, dominate
13. -ER, -OR -- one who, that which: farmer, author, doctor, baker, dancer, teacher
14. -FUL: full of, characterized by– careful, beautiful, useful, hopeful, helpful, frightful
15. -IST: one who – artist, physicist, chemist
16. -LESS: without – hopeless, worthless, careless, useless
17. -LY: in the manner of – sincerely, frequently, usually, finally
18. -MENT: action, state of, result of – government, statement, instrument, contentment
19. -TION: act or state – question, information, position, condition

NINTH GRADE ROOTS
1. ACT: To Do (Latin), react, action, interact
2. BIO: life (Greek), biography, biology, biochemistry, bionic
3. CLUD: close (Latin), exclude, include, preclude
4. FER: carry (Latin), transfer, infer, refer, deter, ferry
5. ACT: break (Latin), fracture, fraction, infraction
6. GRAM: writing (Greek), telegram, grammar, hologram
7. MAR: sea (Latin), marine, marina, mariner, submarine
8. MEM: remember (Latin),memory, remember, memorial, memo
9. NAV: ship (Latin), navy, naval, navigate
10. POP: people (Latin), population, popular, populate
11. PORT: carry (Greek), support, transport, import, report
12. RUPT: break (Latin), erupt, disrupt, rupture, corrupt
13. SCRIBE: write (Latin), scribble, inscribe, describe, transcribe
14. SECT: cut (Latin), section, dissect, intersection, bisect
15. TELE: far (Greek), television, telephone, telescope, telepathy
16. TORT: twist (Latin), contort, torture, distort
17. UNI: one (Latin), unicycle, universe, united, union
18. COUNTER: against (Latin), counterattack, counteract, counter
19. DE: down (Latin), deposit, descent, deplete, denounce
20. SUR: over (Latin), surplus, surpass, surcharge, surface

 

HOMOPHONES
Seventh Grade List

1. BRAKE/BREAK: noun or verb/verb
Use your brakes to stop
I brake for all animals except cougars.
Did you break the window?

2. BOARD/BORED: noun/adjective
I often lose at board games.
I am always bored in my English class

3. ALLOT/A LOT: verb/pronoun
To parcel, assign/great many
You will be allotted ten minutes to finish the work.
I wish I had a lot of money.

4. DESERT/DESSERT: noun, verb/noun
Utah is a desert.
Do not desert your family.
We have cake for desert.

5. HEAR/HERE: verb/adverb
Did you hear the bell ring?
Come over here.

6. IT'S/ITS: it is/possessive pronoun
It's difficult to pay attention in Nelson's class.
The snake refused to eat its dinner.

7. LED/LEAD: verb/noun, verb
Pied Piper led the rats
Lead can be toxic.
Who will lead the group?

8. YOUR/YOU'RE : pronoun/you are
Your house is on fire
You're in trouble

9. RIGHT/WRITE/RITE: adverb/verb/noun
Turn right at the next light.
Write down the assignment.
Dissecting frogs is a silly rite of passage.

10. TO/TWO/TOO: preposition/adjective/adverb
Go directly to jail.
I have two bunny rabbits.
You paid too much for those rabbits.

11. THERE/THEIR/THEY'RE: adverb/adjective/pronoun
There is no reason to fail.
Their favorite subject is English.
They're studying.

 

Ninth Grade List

1. ACCEPT/EXCEPT:
verb/preposition
I accept the offer.
Everyone except Emma passed English.

2,. ADVISE/ADVICE
verb/noun
I advise you to do the work.
My advice to you is BE QUIET

3. COUNCIL/COUNSEL
noun/noun & verb
The council voted "no."
I would counsel you to stay in school.

4. COUNCILOR/COUNSELOR
noun/noun
A fancy name for lawyers is councilor.
If you have any problems, go see your school counselor.

5. PRINCIPAL/PRINCIPLE
Noun/noun
The principal runs the school.
Honesty is an important principle.

6. PEACE/PIECE
noun/noun
Could we please have some peace and quiet?
May I have another piece of pie?

7. THAN/THEN
conjunction/adverb
I have more money than you
Then he huffed and he puffed...

8. WEATHER/WHETHER
noun/conjunction
The weather is rather hot today.
Whether or not you make anything of your meaningless existence is your decision.

9. WHO/WHICH/THAT
pronouns all
Who: Humans only–Who ate the cookies?
Which: Things-Which cookie do you want?
That: Things or humans-Cookies are something that everyone loves

10. WHO'S/WHOSE
Who is/ adjective on the pronoun side
Who is going to the movie?
Whose car should we take

 

By the completion of third term, you should know the following words:

1. Affect Influence, change, verb
2. Clamor Noise, commotion, noun
3. Vulgar Disgusting, crude, offensive, adj
4. Tremulous Nervous, frightened, panicked, adj
5. Feign/Fain Fake, pretend/happily, gladly, verb/adverb
6. Eccentric Peculiar, weird, strange, adj
7. Fortnight Two weeks, noun
8. Confound Fluster, baffle, confuse, verb
9. Abate Dwindle, diminish, decline, verb
10. Despondent Discouraged, sad, adj
11. Acute Sharp, severe, intense, adj
12. Abash Embarrass, humiliate, verb
13. Abyss Deep, dark hole, noun
14. Grotesque: hideous, monstrous, repulsive, deformed, adj
15. Indolent: lazy, adj
16. Amiable: friendly, good-natured, pleasant, adj
17. Abject: miserable, pitiful, groveling, adj
18. Billow: bulge, heave, swell, verb
19. Allude: suggest, imply, verb
20. Appellation: name, title, noun
21. Austere: stern, strict, harsh, adjective
22. Incredulous: astounded, shocked, surprised, adjective
23. Ignominious: shameful, disgraceful, adjective
24. Peremptory: 1) abrupt 2)threatening, domineering, aggressive, domineering, adjective
25. Morose: gloomy, sad, melancholy, adjective
26. Portent: omen, foreshadowing, noun
27. Manifest: apparent, obvious, adjective; display, exhibit, show, verb
28. Pallor: extreme paleness, colorless, noun
29. Sublime: lofty, majestic, noble, adjective
30. Odious : repulsive, revolting, sickening, adjective
31. Articulate: speak clearly, verb; clear, distinct, adjective
32. Prodigious: exceptional, impressive, extraordinary, adjective
33. Exquisite: elegant, rare, wonderful, adjective
34. Inexorable: unstoppable, inflexible, adjective
35. Melancholy: depression, despair, gloom, sadness, adjective
36. Genial: pleasant, agreeable, adjective
37. Resolute: determined, stubborn, adjective
38. Tangible: touchable, real, adjective
39. Conjure: call up, bewitch, verb
40. Vivacious: lively, energetic, animated, excited, adjective
41. Wistful: wishful, hopeful, yearning, adjective
42. Paradigm: example, model, noun
43. Din: commotion, riot noun
44. Rebuke: reprimand, scold, adjective
45. Pervade: infiltrate, saturate, surround, verb
46. Animated: lively, excited, manic adjective
47. Importune: beg, plead, urge, verb
48. Serene: calm, peaceful, adjective
49. Venerate: admire, honor, respect, verb
50. Lurid: shocking, horrifying, grizzly, adjective