WORD BANK

FIRST QUARTER
Look for the meanings of the following words. Make sure that you familiarize yourself with them. Then, construct your own sentences using the
words. Use this copy to take note the meaning of the words and your own sentences.
Word Meaning Sentence
adept Skilled or proficient at something He is adept at his job.
affliction a cause of persistent pain or distress He is at the hospital due to an affliction.
Articulate Expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively The person in stage gave an articulate speech.
automaton A mechanism that is relatively self-operating He acts like an automaton.
basis The bottom of something considered as its foundation The workers are paid on an hourly basis.
boisterous Noisily turbulent: rowdy The crowd are very boisterous.
casual Subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance The employees had a casual meeting.
circumnavigate to go completely around especially by water His dream is to circumnavigate the world.
condemn Express complete disapproval of, typically in public The boss condemned his idea.
consecutive Following continuously without interruption Their team won for two consecutive years.
dedicate Devote (something) to a particular subject or purpose He dedicates this video to his fans.
depose Remove from office suddenly and forcefully The people want the president to be deposed.
Decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through The old building has been dilapidated.
dilapidated
neglect or misuse
Someone who is appointed by a nation state to represent and He wants to be a diplomat someday.
diplomat
protect the nation’s interests abroad
dispatch To send off or away with promptness or speed His order has been dispatched.
emigrate To leave one’s place of residence or country to live elsewhere He emigrates to another country to have a better life.
A statement that represents something as better or worse than it His story was extremely exaggerated.
exaggeration
really is
famine An extreme scarcity of food The famine affected their lives.
ferocious Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent He scared everyone due to his ferocious behavior.
A short introduction to a book, typically by a person other than the A famous person wrote a foreword for his book.
foreword
author
frequency The fact or condition of occurring frequently The frequency of accidents happening increases.
haughty Arrogantly superior and disdainful He spoke in a haughty tone.
hospitable Friendly and welcoming to strangers or guests The residents in this town are hospitable.
immune Having a high degree of resistance to a disease Vaccination makes you immune to different diseases.
improvise Create or perform without preparation They had to improvise because they had no time to practice.
incomparable Without an equal in quality or extent; matchless His skills are incomparable.
inflexible not able to be changed or adapted to particular circumstances. These new rules are inflexible.
insoluble Impossible to solve They had to face an insoluble problem.
Intercept To stop, seize, or interrupt in progress or course or before arrival The boss intercepts the meeting.
jeopardize To expose to danger or risk Not eating healthy foods may jeopardize your health.
liable Likely to do or to be something The computer is liable to overheat is you use it for hours.
meddlesome Fond of meddling, interfering The old neighbor is very meddlesome
miscellaneous Consisting of diverse things or members He needed money to pay for miscellaneous fees.
multitude The state of being many This country has a multitude of tourist spots.
novelty The quality of being new, original, or unusual He likes the novelty of the things he bought.
occurrence An incident or event He once experienced an extremely rare occurrence.
persistent Continuing to exist or endure over a prolonged period He went to a clinic because he has persistent cough.
pious Devotedly religious He is a pious man.
prearrange Arrange or agree upon something in advance They played the game with prearranged rules.
A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to Not many people have the privilege to enter this building
privilege
a particular person or group
provision The action of providing or supplying something for use Provision of healthcare is what the people need.
quench Extinguish (a fire) They needed a lot of firemen to quench the fire.
regime A government in power Everyone was happy when the regime was replaced.
A surprising and previously unknown fact, especially one that is His job was a revelation.
revelation
made known in dramatic way
sable The color black He likes to wear a sable coat.
Cause (something) to become thoroughly soaked with liquid so that The soil is saturated after being watered
saturate
no more can be absorbed
sterile Free from bacteria or other living microorganisms; totally clean The equipments need to be sterile before being used.
sustain To give support or relief to The people gave them food to sustain them.
testify Give evidence as a witness in a law court He testified against the criminal.
A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of No one can understand what they’re saying from the tumult.
tumult
people.