Vocab Boxes Unit 7
Vocab Boxes Unit 7
Vocab Boxes Unit 7
Block: Unit 8
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1. Context Clue: One mistake at work need not be an impediment to your advancement in the company.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Impediment
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2. Context Clue: Jasper decided it would be most expedient for him to leave town as soon as he could.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Expedient
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3. Context Clue: Although I thought my trip to the city would be thrilling from start to finish, it turned out to be rather pedestrian.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Pedestrian
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4. Context Clue: Only a pedant would go into such detail on the most minor points of grammar.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Pedant
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5. Context Clue: Because our previous teacher had been a terrible bore, we expected the new teacher to be a pedagogue of the same type.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Pedagogue
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6. Context Clue: Some of the books being published today are a travesty of the great literature that came before.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Travesty
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7. Context Clue: Because Joy does not have a vested interest in the company, she doesn’t have to worry if it goes bankrupt.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Vested
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8. Context Clue: The youngest members of the choir did not want to wear their vestments because they felt that the clothes weren’t cool.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Vestment
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9. Context Clue: When his cheating was discovered, Brian was divested of the office of student body president.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: _________________________________
Divested
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10. Context Clue: Some religious writers focus on the differences between corporeal form and spiritual essence.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Synonym or Meaning Antonym
Corporeal
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11. Context Clue: It seems shameful that the king is corpulent while his people are thin and starving.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Corpulent
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12. Context Clue: The most popular recipes in the cookbook manage to incorporate ideas about health and nutrition without sacrificing
flavor.
Based on the context clues, I think this word might mean: __________________________________
Incorporate
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