1. Spelling and Vocabulary Unit 3-D The Packet and Study Guide are due on Friday.

2. 1. abridge (v.) to make shorter Synonym: shorten, condense, abbreviate antonym: expand, enlarge, augment

3. 2. adherent (n.) a follower, supporter (adj.) attached, sticking to synonym: (n.) disciple antonym: (n.) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor Leader Adherents

4. 3. altercation (n.) an angry argument synonym: quarrel, dispute, squabble antonym: agreement, accord

5. Using the words in context, write a sentence using abridge and adherent & altercation.

6. 4. cherubic (adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent Synonym: angelic, seraphic, beatific Antonym: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish

7. 5. condone (v.) to pardon or overlook synonym: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to antonym: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate The school does not condone logging on to facebook or myspace in the computer lab.

8. 6.. dissent (v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement Synonym: (v.) differ, dispute

9. Write two antonyms for dissent

10. 7. eminent (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

11. Write 2 synonyms and one antonym for eminent.

12. 8. exorcise (v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive Synonym: expel, dispel

13. 9. fabricate (v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent synonym: put together, devise, contrive, concoct antonym: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish

14. 10. irate (adj.) angry Synonym: incensed, infuriate, enraged, livid Antonym: calm, composed, cool, unruffled

15. 11. marauder (n.) a raider, plunderer Synonym: looter, pirate, freebooter

16. 12. obesity (n.) excessive fatness synonym: serious overweight, extreme corpulence antonym: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness

17. Is it O.K. for the government to legislate (pass laws) to help its’ citizens to NOT be corpulent? Explain why or why not. Examples of recent laws are no sodas are allowed in school vending machines and all food containing trans fat must be banished from restaurants.

18. 13. pauper (n.) an extremely poor person Synonym: destitute person Antonym: millionaire, tycoon

19. 14. pilfer (v.) to steal in small quantities Synonym: filch, rob, swipe, purloin

20. Use pilfer and pauper in a sentence (must be in context)

21. 15. rift (n.) a split, break, breach Synonym: crack, fissure, gap, cleft Antonym: reconciliation

22. 16. semblance (n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition Synonym: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade Antonym: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack

23. 17. surmount (v.) to overcome, rise above Synonym: conquer, triumph over Antonym: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to

24. 18. terminate (v.) to bring to an end Synonym: conclude, finish, discontinue Antonym: begin, commence, initiate The road abruptly terminated in the middle of the ocean.

25. 19. trite (adj.) commonplace; overused, stale Synonym: banal, hackneyed, corny Antonym: original, novel, fresh, innovative

26. 20. usurp (v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right Synonym: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant