This document contains a vocabulary review for English 9 lessons 1-4. It provides 10 vocabulary words for each lesson with their part of speech and definitions. Hints or mnemonic devices are also given for each word to help remember its meaning. The review covers words such as elude, fallow, blight, obsequy, denizen, fealty, entice, gratify, and laggard from lesson 4. It also cumulatively reviews words from previous lessons including licentious, numismatist, paucity, fatalistic, and obtrude from lesson 1.

1. T E S T D A T E : T U E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 8 T H
M S . B A R L E T T A
B A R L E T T A C @ D K J A . O R G
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 , 2 0 1 0
English 9 Vocabulary Review
Lessons 1-4

2. Vocabulary Lesson 4
 1. Elude (v.): to escape notice; to get away from
HINT: Do not be rude if you want to elude others.

3.  2. Fallow (adj.): low; unproductive

4.  3. Blight (n.): anything that destroys, prevents
growth, or causes devaluation
HINT: Block the light=blight

5.  4. Obsequy (n.): a funeral rite or ceremony

6.  5. Denizen (n.): an occupant; an inhabitant
HINT: Citizen

7. Vocabulary Lesson 4
 6. Fealty (n.): obligated loyalty or faithfulness
HINT: Feel a sense of loyalty
Fealty for your country

8.  7. Entice (v.): to attract by offering reward or
pleasure
HINT: something nice might entice someone

9.  8. Gratify (v.): to please
HINT: Someone might be grateful if you gratify
them by compromising.

10.  9. Laggard (n.): a slow person, especially one who
falls behind
HINT: Drag

11.  10. Gambit (n.): a maneuver or action used to
gain an advantage
HINT: Game plan

12. Cumulative Vocabulary Review
Lesson 1
 1. licentious (adj.): morally unrestrained
HINT: Lies
 2. numismatist (n.) a coin collector
HINT: Numbers, Math
 3. paucity (n.) a scarcity; a lack
HINT: Poor in the city
 4. fatalistic (adj.) believing that all events in life are inevitable
and determined by fate
HINT: Fate
 5. obtrude (v.) to force oneself into the situation
HINT: Intrude

13.  6. pensive (adj.) dreamily thoughtful
HINT: Harry Potter-pensive used to store thoughts
 7. lackadaisical (adj.) uninterested; listless
HINT: Slacker; daze
 8. alienate (v.): to turn away feelings or affections
HINT: Alien
 9. elated (adj.): in high spirits; exultantly proud and
joyful
 10. epigram (n.) a witty saying expressing a single
thought

14. Vocabulary Lesson 2 Review
 1. amalgamate (v.): to combine
HINT: mate
 2. demented (adj.): mentally ill; insane
HINT: mental
 3. hone (v.): to sharpen
 4. beleaguer (v.): to besiege by encircling (as with an
army); to harass
HINT: If a league of bees beleaguers you, you will most
likely try to run away.
 5. gorge (v.): to eat or swallow greedily

15.  6. antiquated (adj.): no longer used or useful; very old
HINT: antique
 7. opiate (n.): a narcotic used to cause sleep or bring relief
from
HINT: opium
 8. caricature- n. an exaggerated portrayal of one’s features.
HINT: character
 9. dally- v. to waste time; to dawdle
HINT: dilly dally; delay
 10. felonious – adj. pertaining to or constituting a major crime
 HINT: felon; felony

16. Vocabulary Lesson 3 Review
 1. edifice (n.): a large, elaborate structure; an imposing
building
HINT: office
 2. ambidextrous (adj.):equally skillful with either hand
HINT: ambi=both; dexterity
 3. belated (adj.): delayed; tardy; late
HINT: Don’t be late!
 4. animate (v.): to give life or motion to
HINT: animation
 5. knead (v.): to work dough or clay into a uniform
mixture
HINT: You need to knead the dough

17.  6. chauvinist (n.): one having a fanatical devotion to a
country, gender, or religion, with contempt for other
countries, the opposite sex, or other beliefs
HINT:
 7. egalitarian (adj.): promoting equal rights for all people
HINT: equal
 8. berserk (adj.): in a state of violent or destructive rage
HINT: The berserkers
 9. ostentatious (adj.): marked by a conspicuous, showy, or
pretentious display
HINT:
 10. delude (v.): to mislead; to fool
HINT: You might delude someone by diluting their drink.