1. Vocabulary: fodder for brilliant thoughts
English 9 Unit 3

2. (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to marauder (n.)
She was a strict adherent to the Atkins diet until it wasn’t cool anymore.
adherent
(n.) a follower, supporter;
(adj.) attached, sticking to
marauder (n.)
a raider, plunderer
rift (n.)
a split, break, breach

3. The eminent teacher retired after 35 years.
usurp (v.)
to seize and hold a position by force or without right
eminent (adj.)
famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
condone (v.)
to pardon or overlook

4. Beg as you may, I will not abridge the vocabulary test.
irate (adj.)
angry
abridge (v.)
to make shorter
obesity (n.)
extreme fatness

5. How wonderful to see your cherubic faces in the morning.
cherubic (adj.)
resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face;
sweet and innocent
surmount (v.)
to overcome, rise above

6. There appears to be a rift in their teeth.

7. You can surmount this obstacle and conquer your obesity.
angry
irate (adj.)
to make shorter
abridge (v.)
extreme fatness
obesity (n.)

8. (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to adherent
Though he says he’s helping them, the people in that neighborhood consider him a marauder.
(n.) a follower, supporter;
(adj.) attached, sticking to
adherent
a raider, plunderer
marauder (n.)
a split, break, breach
rift (n.)

9. All parents consider their children cherubic – even if only for a moment.
resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face;
cherubic (adj.)
to overcome, rise above
surmount (v.)

10. The coup’s leaders usurped the king’s throne.
to seize and hold a position by force or without right
usurp (v.)
famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting
eminent (adj.)
to pardon or overlook
condone (v.)

11. NOT cherubic

12. Cherubic

13. The speech at the funeral was insultingly trite.
trite (adj.)
commonplace; overused, stale
altercation (n.)
an angry argument
pilfer (v.)
to steal in small quantities

14. She expressed her dissent regarding the plan and got fired for it.
(v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement
exorcise (v.)
to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

15. I terminated grades and students cheered with joy.
semblance (n.)
a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
terminate (v.)
to bring to an end
pauper (n.)
an extremely poor person

16. I could fabricate sentences all day.
fabricate (v.)
to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING
circuitous (adj.)
roundabout, not direct

17. That purse has the semblance of Mom!

18. He presented the semblance of an intelligent man, but then he spoke.
a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition
semblance (n.)
to bring to an end
terminate (v.)
an extremely poor person
pauper (n.)

19. Stan the man pilfered croutons from the salad bar.
commonplace; overused, stale
trite (adj.)
an angry argument
altercation (n.)
to steal in small quantities
pilfer (v.)

20. (v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement dissent
She exorcised the problems that plagued her the year before and did wonderfully.
(v.) to disagree (n.) disagreement
dissent
to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive
exorcise (v.)

21. Sometimes I take the circuitous way home.
to make, manufacture; to make up, invent
fabricate (v.)
GRATUITOUS WORD APPROACHING
roundabout, not direct
circuitous (adj.)

22. When life terminates, pick a pretty cemetery.