VOCABULARY UNIT 10B

1. IMPAIR 2. INVINCIBLE 3. LANGUID 4. MIRE 5. OBTRUSIVE 6. PREAMBLE 7. RENDER 8. RUGGED 9. SKEPTICAL 10. SLIPSHOD

Unit 10B Vocab Words

ADJ.ROUGH, IRREGULAR, SEVERE,

STERN, STORMY—

SYNONYMS:ROCKY, HARDY

ANTONYMS:SMOOTH, DELICATE

rugged

ADJ.NOT ABLE TO BE DEFEATED,

UNBEATABLE__

SYNONYMS:INDOMITABLE

ANTONYMS:VULNERABLE, SURMOUNTABLE

invincible

ADJ.UNTIDY IN DRESS, PERSONAL

HABITS, ETC.;CARELESS, SLOPPY

__SYNONYMS:

MESSY, UNTIDYANTONYMS:

NEAT, ORDERLYslipshod

V.TO CAUSE TO BECOME,TO PROCESS, EXTRACT,

__SYNONYMS:

EFFECT, SUBMIT

render

N. MUD, SWAMPY GROUND;

V.TO GET STUCK

__SYNONYMS:

N. MARSH, SWAMPV.

DETAIN, DELAYmire

V.TO MAKE IMPERFECT,

DAMAGE, HARM__

SYNONYMS: INJURE, CRIPPLE

ANT0NYOMS:STRENGTHEN, PROMOTE

impair

ADJ.DROOPING, SLUGGISH,

WITHOUT ENERGY__

SYNONYMS:SLACK, LISTLESS

ANTONYMS:LIVELY, ENERGETIC

languid

N.INTRODUCTION TO A SPEECH

OR PIECE OF WRITING__

SYNONYMS:PROLOGUE, PREFACE

ANTONYMS:CONCLUSION, EPILOGUE

preamble

ADJ.INCLINED TO DOUBT,

SLOW TO ACCEPT SOMETHING AS TRUE

__SYNONYMS:

DUBIOUS, SUSPICIOUSANTONYMS:

BELIEVING, GULLIBLE

skeptical

N.FORWARD;

UNDESIRABLY PROMINENT__

SYNONYMS:BRASH, CONSPICUOUS

ANTONYMS:MEEK, RESERVED

obtrusive

1. A BIG LUNCH MAKES ME FEEL _____ FOR THE REST OF THE DAY.

2. THE FREELANCE WRITER PRESENTED THE MANAGING EDITOR WITH A BILL FOR SERVICES _______.

3. I AM ______ OF PROMISES MADE BY POLITICIANS WHEN THEY ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

4. THE ______ TO THE CONSTITUTION DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE OF OUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

5. THE COMMISSION ATTRIBUTED THE UNFORTUNATE COLLAPSE OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING TO ITS ______ CONSTRUCTION.

6. I AM FORTUNATE THAT THE SCRATCH ON MY EYE WILL NOT PERMANENTLY _______ MY VISION.

SENTENCES

7. NAPOLEON I, EMPEROR OF FRANCE, WAS _____ UNTIL HE LAUNCHED A DISASTROUS INVASION OF RUSSIA.

8. THE ONCE VERDANT EXPANSE OF THE SOCCER FIELD HAS BECOME A RECTANGLE OF MUCK AND _____.

9. SETTLERS HAD A ROUGH TIME CROSSING THE _______ APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.

10. I DON’T BLAME YOU FOR BEING PUT OFF BY HIS _______ ATTEMPT TO DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION.

11. CONGRESS WILL NEVER RATIFY THAT BILL _______ IN CONTROVERSY.

SENTENCES

1. I UNDERSTAND MATH VERY WELL, BUT, ACCORDING TO MY TEACHER, MY PERFORMANCE IN CLASS, IS AT BEST, __________.

2. THE MANY INCONSISTENCIES IN THE SUSPECT’S STORY MADE THE POLICE HIGHLY _______ OF HIS ALIBI.

3. THE WARMTH OF THE JUNE SUN MADE ME FEEL SO _____ THAT I SCARCELY HAD THE ENERGY TO BRUSH AWAY THE FLIES.

4. SINCE IT HAD RAINED HEAVILY ALL NIGHT, THE NEWLY PLOWED FIELDS WERE BY NOW AN ALMOST IMPASSIBLE _____.

5. WE LEARNED THAT THE MATCHLESS DISCIPLINE AND SUPERIOR LEADERSHIP OF THE ROMAN LEGIONS MADE THEM ALL BUT ____.

PRACTICE SENTENCES

6. POOR DIET, LACK OF EXERCISE, AND INSUFFICIENT REST HAVE DONE A GREAT DEAL TO _______ MY HEALTH.

7. MARCHING OVER THE _____ TERRAIN UNDER A BROILING SUN, WE WERE SOON ON THE VERGE OF EXHAUSTION.

8. THE FIDDLER _______ THE FAST-PACED VIRGINIA REEL IN A VERY LIVELY FASHION.

9. AGAINST THE SOLEMN HUSH OF THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, THE BOISTEROUS LAUGHTER WE HEARD WAS SINGULARLY __________.

10. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFIC DETAILS OF OUR PROPOSAL, WE SHOULD WRITE A(N) __________ THAT WILL EXPLAIN IN GENERAL TERMS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

PRACTICE SENTENCES