CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

VOCABULARY STUDY #1, Term IV

English Literature, Grade 12th

Write your Predictions!

I. Once you have read the passage on the presentation shown at Nearpod.com, write words having a
similar denotation to those listed on the chart below.

Vocabulary Word Predicted Meaning

Anarchist Rebel; “freedom fighter”; agent of chaos; revolutionary;
(noun) insurgent; agitator; frondeur.
Auspicious Favorable; propitious; lucky; promising; prosperous.
(adjective)
Contempt Scorn; denigration; disgust; disrespect; discrimination;
(noun) mockery.
Defile Make dirty; spoil; corrupt; profane (adjective); stain; taint.
(verb)
Impassively Unemotionally; stoic; indifferently; inexpressively;
(adverb) emotionlessly.
Insolence Disrespect; bad manners; rudeness; impertinence;
(noun) imprudence.
Lamentation Mourning; expression of grief; sorrow; regret; “moaning”;
(noun) weep.
Perverse Wicked; devious; unpredictable; malignant; awkward;
(adjective) “difficult”. Irrational. Willingly determined to go against
what is expected.
Reverence Respect; admiration; approval; worship; honor; praise;
(noun) acclaim (verb?)
Sate Satisfy fully; gorge; feast; quench.
(verb)
Sententiously Moralizingly; self-righteously; pompously.
(adverb)
Transgress Break the law; violate the law; infringe; sin.
(verb)