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Vocabulary Study

WORDS IN CONTEXT

Directions: As your teacher reads each item, listen for the boldfaced word. Discuss possible meanings of the word, and write on the chart what you think the word means. After reading “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” confirm or adjust your definitions.

1. They decided not to enter the medical profession, for they abhor the sight of blood.

2. The public was outraged at the abominable condition of the neglected animals.

3. Perhaps if we appease the child with some candy, she will stay quiet during the movie.

4. I ascribe the boy’s fear of heights to the time when he fell from a ladder.

5. The people in the lifeboat scanned the horizon, watching for deliverance from their desperate situation.

6. Although it is difficult to discern, the twins differ slightly in height and hair color.

7. If you incense that raccoon, it will attack.

8. The spoiled senior was able to induce his parents to buying him a flashy sports car.

9. I had a blazing headache, but aspirin and an ice pack provided some mitigation.

10. You must whet the blades of the pruning shears so they can slice through the larger branches.

Vocabulary Word / Predicted Meaning / Meaning in Selection
1. abhor
2. abominable
3. appease
4. ascribe
5. deliverance
6. discern
7. incense
8. induce
9. mitigation
10. whet

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Vocabulary Practice

abhor

appease


deliverance

incense


mitigation

abominable


ascribe

discern


induce

whet

A. Directions: Write the word from the box that correctly completes each sentence.

1. Although the restaurant was expensive, the food was

2. From a distance, it was impossible to who was waving at us.

3. In an effort to the angry passengers, the airline offered them reduced fares.

4. The farmers this year’s poor harvest to the drought conditions that persisted throughout the summer.

5. The easiest way to kitchen cutlery is to take it to a shop downtown.

6. The storeowner was able to the employees to work on the weekend by offering them extra pay.

7. As Jason soon learned, if you throw a water balloon at a beehive, you will

the bees.

8. Their only hope of from the flood that threatened to engulf their home was the boat they saw in the distance.

9. The doctors expected the new treatment to offer from the terrible pain of her injuries.

10. While it was easy to the actor’s arrogance, we had to admit he deserved the award.

B. Directions: What was your reaction to John Edwards’s sermon? On a separate sheet of paper, write a short paragraph describing how you felt after reading the sermon. Use at least three words from the box to describe your reaction.

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