Shostak Level G—12 CP

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abrogate

ambient

asperity

burnish

cabal

delectable

deprecate

desuetude

detritus

ebullient

eclectic

emanate

flaccid

impecunious

inexorable

moribund

necromancer

onerous

rife

rudiments

sequester

winnow

Section I: Definitions—From the word list found above, choose the one that most nearly corresponds to each definition. Write the word in the space provided.

  1. adj. overflowing with enthusiasm; boiling, bubbling
  2. adj. burdensome, oppressive; involving hardship or difficulty
  3. adj. common, prevalent, happening often; full; plentiful
  4. adj. completely surrounding
  5. adj. delightful; deliciously flavored; n. an appetizing dish
  6. adj. drawn from different sources; n. one whose beliefs are drawn
  7. adj. dying, on the way out
  8. adj. having little or no money
  9. adj. inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding
  10. adj. limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness from different

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  1. n. a small group working in secret
  2. n. disuse, the state of being discontinued
  3. n. loose bits of material resulting from disintegration
  4. n. one who claims to reveal the future through magic or communicate with the dead; a magician or wizard
  5. n. roughness, severity, bitterness, or tartness
  6. n. the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first
  7. v. to express mild disapproval; to belittle
  8. v. to get rid of, delete; to sift through; to blow on , fan
  9. v. to make smooth or glossy by rubbing; n. gloss, luster
  10. v. to proceed or come forth from some point of origin; send forth
  11. v. to repeal, cancel, declare null and void
  12. v. to set apart, separate for a special purposes, to hold in custody

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Section II: Synonyms—Choose the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as each of the following words or phrases.

  1. penniless, impoverished, indigent
  2. to sift, strain, filter, sort out
  3. to deplore, frown upon
  4. to originate, issue; to emit, give off
  5. to seclude, segregate, isolate, closet
  6. inescapable, ineluctable; obdurate
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  7. a clique, ring, gang; a plot, conspiracy
  8. a sorcerer, conjurer, wizard
  9. burdensome, oppressive
  10. debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble
  11. delightful, delicious, enjoyable
  12. disuse, discontinuance, neglect
  13. dying, on the wane, obsolescent
  14. encompassing, surrounding
  15. exhilarated, elated, exuberant
  16. fundamentals, basics, first principles
  17. rigor, severity, harshness, roughness
  18. selective, synthetic, pick and choose
  19. soft flabby, limp
  20. to annul, revoke, cancel
  21. to polish, shine, buff
  22. widespread, prevalent; abundant

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Section III: Antonyms—Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the following word and phrases.

  1. affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich
  2. all of a piece, uniform monolithic
  3. avoidable; yielding, pliant
  4. devoid of, lacking, scarce
  5. firm, hard, solid
  6. flourishing, thriving, on the rise
  7. gloomy, morose, sullen’ apathetic, blasé
  8. light easy, undemanding, untaxing
  9. mildness, blandness, softness, lenity
  10. repugnant, repulsive, distasteful
  11. the fine points
  12. to absorb, soak up, draw in attract
  13. to reaffirm, renew; to ratify
  14. to smile on, countenance, approve
  15. to tarnish, dull; to abrade
  16. use; existence; prevalence
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Section IV: Sentences—Choose 10 of the above words. On a separate sheet of lined paper, use each word in an original sentence that demonstrated the meaning of that word.