ABSTRACT NOUN

Abstract Nouns are things that cannot be seen or touched by human’s senses.

Direction: write in the blank spaces with the same alphabet for the word and its definition/meaning!

The state of being

FEROCITY completely forgotten or
destroyed.
The state of being
REMORSE
frightening and violent.
A feeling of strong dislike,
NONCHALANCE
opposition or anger.
Periods when the economy
of a country is not
TENSION
successful and conditions
business are bad.
A situation which people
OBLIVION are not at school or work
when they should be.
A feeling of fear or anger
between two groups of
OBFUSCATION
people who do not trust
each other.
Continued effort and
SECLUSION
determination.

The state of being alone,

SURVEILLANCE
away from other people.

A feeling of sadness and

RECESSION being sorry for something
you have done.
Calm behavior that
ANTIPATHY suggests that you are not
interested or do not care.
The careful watching of a
person or place, especially
PERSEVERANCE by the police or army,
because of a crime that has
happened or is expected.
The action of making
something less clear and
ABSENTEEISM
less easy to understand,
especially intentionally.
EXAMPLES:
1. Ferocity
“The strong wind aggravated the ferocity of fire attack last night.”
2. Remorse
“Why did the murderers have no remorse at all?”
3. Nonchalance
“Your excessive nonchalance will drive you to the loneliness for a long time.”
4. Tension
“Because the tension between the opposition party and coalition party soared ceaselessly,
many commercial businesses nearly fell over .”
5. Oblivion
“The cannibalism culture has fallen into oblivion after chicken pox disease spread all over
the village.”
6. Obfuscation
“Samantha chided her son for his purposely obfuscation in giving information about the
bullying case of Mrs. Roche’s son.”
7. Seclusion
“My mentally-ill cousins are kept in seclusion in a godown far from here.”
8. Surveillance
“My friend’s house has been under the surveillance cameras since he lost his motorcycle.”
9. Recession
“Death toll of people has been escalating since weeks ago after the recession hit the country
severely.”
10. Antipathy
“An online media news disseminated antipathy towards the presidential election deliberately
in 2005.”
11. Perseverance
“His perseverance finally led him as the first winner of the Olympiad.”
12. Absenteeism
“Sixteen percent of absenteeism of high school students in school can be affected by juvenile
delinquency.”