Vocabulary Workshop Lesson 5DONE BY: MOHAMMED ADNAN

Anagram

Meaning: A word or phrase made from another word or phrase by changing the letters

Sentence/example:

1. The Eyes : They see

The example above has had its letters rearranged to make new words.

Goad

Meaning: A leash or whip for driving cattle. To urge someone to do something

Synonym: Whip; urge

Antonym: Discourage

Sentence/example: The teacher goaded the students to write their essays and submit them on time; however, some students were still late in submitting it.

Noncommittal

Meaning: Not committing; not revealing one’s purpose

Synonym: Discreet; unrevealing.

Antonym: Revealing, Committed.

Sentence/example: Even though people were expecting his speech to show his commitment to this position, the candidate’s speech was noncommittal.

Assertion

Meaning: The act of declaring something; a positive claim.

Synonym: Declaration, announcement.

Antonym: Denial, discreetness.

Sentence/example: The principal’s assertion angered the students, for they were not pleased with this announcement.

Quixotic

Meaning: Impractically idealistic.

Synonym: Idealistic

Antonym: Realistic

Sentence/example: A human growing wings and flying is a quixotic fantasy.

Coherent

Meaning: Logically connected; clearly expressed

Synonym: Clear; connected; relevant.

Antonym: incoherent, irrelevant

Sentence/example: Students are supposed to write coherent essays that have connecting words or phrases that link the whole essay together.

Fulminate

Meaning: To argue or talk violently and loudly; to protest or denounce.

Synonym: Protest; rage; denounce

Antonym: Support; praise

Sentence/example: A disagreement caused two students to fulminate.

Proboscis

Meaning: The long snout of an animal; a nose.

Synonym: Nose; trunk

Antonym: None

Sentence/example: An elephant’s trunk can be called a proboscis. Sentence: The child was surprised to see the elephant’s long proboscis.

Inexplicable

Meaning: Impossible to explain or understand.

Synonym: Incomprehensible

Antonym: Understandable

Sentence/example: Some students think that advanced physics problems are inexplicable, while in reality, they are hard to understand, but not impossible.

Surmise

Meaning: To guess or suppose; a guess based on little evidence.

Synonym: guess; assumption

Antonym: Certain

Sentence/example: Based on the faint traces left, he surmised what had happened.

Thank you for listening to the presentation You now have two choices:

1. End it here

2. Continue to the quiz to make sure that you have learned the words.

If you chose #2, then please proceed to the next slide.

Vocabulary Quiz

Write the meaning of the following words:

1. Fulminate:

To argue or talk loudly and violently

2. Surmise: To guess or suppose

3. Proboscis: The long snout of an animal; a nose.

Vocabulary Quiz

Write the synonym of the following words:

1. Quixotic:

Idealistic

2. Inexplicable:

Incomprehensible

3. Assertion:

Assumption

Vocabulary Quiz

Write the antonym of the following words:

1. Coherent: Irrelevant

2. Noncommittal: Committed

3. Goad: Discourage

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Done by: Mohammed Adnan

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