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Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 Vocabulary List 2 Admirable Adverbs Word Definition [pronunciation] sample sentence other word form impertinently not showing proper respect These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. [im PUR tuh nent lee] In class, he impertinently put his feet on his desk and refused to impertinence (n) remove his sunglasses. inconspicuously not noticeable or prominent [in kuhn SPIK yoo uhs lee] Inconspicuously, Heidi entered the auditorium and sat in a seat in the back. ingeniously creatively or imaginatively [in JEEN yuhs lee] Inventor, Albert J. Parkhouse ingeniously created the first clothes ingenuity (n) hanger. inquisitively given to inquiry, research, or asking questions [in KWIZ ih tiv lee] The little girl inquisitively asked how clouds were made. judiciously in a way that shows good judgment [joo DISH uhs lee] Max judiciously decided to do his most difficult assignment first. obnoxiously highly objectionable or offensively [uhb NOK shuhs lee] Mom made him apologize when he obnoxiously burped at the table. reluctantly feeling or showing hesitation, aversion, or unwillingness [ree LUHK tuhnt lee] Kara reluctantly took a bite of the eggplant casserole. reluctance (n) solemnly in a dignified and thoughtful way [SOL uhm lee] The mourners solemnly stood near the grave site. solemnity (n) unethically against proper rules of conduct or morality [uhn ETH ih kuhl lee] The businessman was accused of unethically trying to avoid paying taxes. © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 9 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 A. Write the best list word that the synonyms, idioms, or phrases define to complete each sentence. impertinently judiciously inquisitively reluctantly solemnly ingeniously obnoxiously unethically inconspicuously coherently 1. Piper’s young brother Charlie ___________________________ asked where light goes when you turn it off. curiously inquiringly probingly speculatively These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. 2. Celeste ___________________________ promised not to reveal Cindy’s secret. formally earnestly seriously gravely 3. Casey, ___________________________ agreed to be Caroline’s partner in a square dance in gym class. unwillingly unenthusiastically warily hesitantly 4. Ms. Palmer demonstrated to her students how they can ___________________________ do deep breathing to relieve anxiety before giving a speech. hesitantly unobtrusively surreptitiously unnoticeably 5. The president ___________________________ makes a decision after listening to all sides and considering all points of view. wisely sensibly prudently astutely 6. The man was able to enter Tim’s grandparent’s home by __________________________ pretending to be from the local gas company checking for a gas leak. perfidiously unscrupulously dishonestly deceitfully 7. The maître d’ at the restaurant tried to appease the customer when he loudly and ___________________________ complained about the service. annoyingly unpleasantly repulsively offensively 8. Aiden could ___________________________ solve most math problems in his head. skillfully deftly innovatively cleverly 9. Milly’s sister is a stand-up comedian and says that hecklers who ___________________________ yell insults from the audience are an annoying part of the job. insolently rudely impolitely brazenly 10 © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 B. Write the best word from the choice box to complete each sentence. solemnity ingenuity inconspicuously reluctance impertinence inquisitively judiciously coherently unethically obnoxiously 1. Everyone clapped for Gary’s _______________________ when he made an ace-of- spades change colors and then disappear as he entertained his friends with his repertoire of card tricks. These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. 2. Becky ________________________ entered the classroom and took her seat hoping that Mr. Clark wouldn’t notice that she was late. 3. With ________________________, the graduates marched into the auditorium, but after they had all received their diplomas, they cheered and tossed their caps into the air. 4. When the park ranger asked for a volunteer, Mrs. Bradley stepped forward with ________________________ to hold the orange-striped, four-foot corn snake, even though she feared snakes. 5. “Whatever,” Luke responded with ________________________, when Ms. Paterson reminded him that failure to turn in his writing folder would have a serious impact on his final grade. 6. Principal Zhang ________________________ invited Hannah and Mandy to use his office to resolve their argument when he noticed them having a noisy altercation in the hallway. 7. Hope explained that her twin brother, Harvey, ________________________ burps at the lunch table just to get attention. 8. In a debate about media censorship, Ned argued that some music lyrics _______________________ use words and ideas that are racist and degrading to women. 9. Her classmates looked ________________________ at Rachel when she entered the classroom on crutches with her left leg in a cast. © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 11 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 C. Story Challenge Write the best word from the choice box to fill each blank in the story. inconspicuously inquisitively reluctantly solemnly ingeniously judiciously clairvoyantly unethically impertinently obnoxiously Methods of Characterization In writing class, Mr. Riley decided to use the vocabulary list of adverbs to continue These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. his lesson on the importance of “showing, not telling” in creating characters when writing fiction. He explained that direct characterization was telling, and the preferred method— indirect characterization was showing. “Today’s task is to invent a setting and a situation and then add a character using one or more indirect methods of characterization. As an extra challenge, use a vocabulary word from this week’s list to show how the character is revealed. I’ll provide an example to begin,” he said After the students had copied the vocabulary words and definitions into their notebooks, Mr. Riley gave an example. The Setting and Situation: Bobby and his mother are in the hall outside the classroom on his first day of kindergarten. Bobby clung to his mother’s leg. “No,” he wailed, “I don’t want to.” “By Bobby’s actions and words, we know how he feels about going to kindergarten,” said Mr. Riley. “He is acting (1) ______________________________.” After working silently for fifteen minutes, the students were anxious to give their examples and Matt offered to give the first example. The Setting and Situation: Biology class—Andy is sitting across the room from Kim. “I wonder what I need to do to get her to notice me?” thought Andy as he glanced in Kim’s direction. “(2) ____________________________ is the word,” said Becky. “Matt uses Andy’s thoughts to show that he likes Kim, and he’s curious about what he can do to get her attention.” 12 © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 Becky provided the next example. The Setting and Situation: Kids are entering a classroom chatting and laughing. “What’s going on with Brandon?” Kyle asked Ben as they watched Brandon silently walk into the room with his head down and slump into the last seat in the third row. Casey had the answer. “Through Kyle and Ben talking about him and by his actions, we know that Brandon is acting (3) _____________________________, because for some reason he doesn’t want anyone to notice him.” These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. “I’ll give the next example,” said Casey. The Setting and Situation: The school cafeteria–Blair is sitting at a table with her friends. “I can’t stand how Trevor uses loud burping and weird noises to get attention,” said Blair. “I know,” said Justin. “Casey is using what Blair says about Trevor to show how he acts (4) _____________________________,” Justin explained. Hope had her hand up and Mr. Riley called on her to give her example. The Setting and Situation: Math class and the teacher is passing back tests. Paul flushed with embarrassment when Mr. Sanders handed back his test and called him lazy and ignorant and said he was wasting his time coming to class. Angrily, Paul threw his test on the floor and left the room slamming the door. Hannah knew the answer. “Hope used two methods,” she said. “She showed us the thoughtless words of Mr. Sanders and how that makes Paul feel,” she said. “Also, Hope shows us Paul acting (5) ___________________________ toward Mr. Sanders.” Hannah’s example followed Hope’s. The Setting and Situation: The Throne Room of the palace where peasants are coming to present their requests to the queen. The young man slowly approached the throne with his hat in his hand and his eyes downcast. He bowed to the queen and addressed her by saying, “Your royal highness, I beg to ask your attention to the matter of my petition to hunt in the royal forest.” “I know,” said Luke. The young man is acting (6)_____________________________, and Hannah shows the young peasant’s seriousness through his actions and words.” © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 13 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 Luke volunteered to be next. The Setting and Situation: Two students are in the hall after math class. “I can’t believe Mr. Sanders called Paul lazy in front of the entire class,” said Mandy. “Agree,” said Lynn. “I wonder how long he can get away with treating kids so disrespectfully.” Hope knew immediately. “Luke continued with my example,” she said, “and he used others talking about Mr. Sanders. Mandy and Lynn wondered if Mr. Sanders was acting These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. (7) __________________________ and possibly might be reported to the principal.” Celeste offered to give her example next. The Setting and Situation: Two boys are fighting in the hallway during class exchange. “Boys,” said Mr. Spencer as he pulled the two apart, “come into my classroom and let’s talk about what’s going on.” Luke offered his answer. “Celeste showed through Mr. Spencer’s words and actions that he acts (8) ____________________________,” he explained. John gave the last example. The Setting & Situation: Art class and the teacher has just explained the assignment to paint an interpretation of urban life. “My painting will be of abstract shapes and forms that represent city life, and I think I’ll use black, white, and gray for nonliving objects and orange for living things,” thought Aaron. Emmalin answered. “John showed Aaron’s thoughts and from his thoughts we can see that he (9) _____________________________ thinks about his art assignment.” As class ended Mr. Riley complimented his class on the excellent work of using the methods of characterization as well as the vocabulary words. direct characterization - telling L indirect characterization - showing J 14 © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 D. The underlined part in each sentence is a synonym, idiom, phrase, or definition for a list word. Unscramble the list word and write the word on the blank. 1. The politician dishonestly told the people that she would lower ____________________ their taxes if she was elected, with no intention of doing that. leycuhlaint 2. Gary unobtrusively stood up and left the auditorium when he ____________________ felt sick. oyuopsinslicncu These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. 3. Mrs. Bradley hesitantly boarded the roller coaster at Sea ____________________ World during a class trip. tucyrlateln 4. A group of girls offensively talked and laughed loudly during ____________________ the symphony performance. nsoxiuoyblo 5. Mr. Clark wisely postponed the social studies test when he ____________________ learned that his students had an English research paper due on the same day. isuydijlcuo 6. The bride and groom seriously promised that they would love ____________________ and respect each other. mlynselo 7. Becky’s little brother, Charlie, insolently replied, “I don’t feel ____________________ like it,” when she asked him to put his toys away. niyptemltiner 8. Emmalin glanced curiously at Celeste who had her head down ____________________ on her desk and her eyes closed. nytisieuvliqi 9. Mrs. Bradley’s science students innovatively worked on their ____________________ bridge designs using only toothpicks and glue. oieyiuglsnn © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 15 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 E. Write the word, idiom, or phrase from the choice box that best defines each list word. disrespectfully immorally surly unpleasantly dignified unnoticeably wisely hesitantly curiously creatively 1. ____________________________________________________________________ 1. reluctantly These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. 2. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. ingeniously 3. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. impertinently 4. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. solemnly 5. ____________________________________________________________________ 5. inconspicuously 6. ____________________________________________________________________ 6. obnoxiously 7. ____________________________________________________________________ 7. inquisitively 8. ____________________________________________________________________ 8. judiciously 6. ____________________________________________________________________ 9. unethically 16 © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 Vocabulary Virtuoso: PSAT-SAT - Book 1 Vocabulary List 2 F. Complete each sentence to show that you understand the meaning of the underlined word. 1. John inconspicuously entered the gym by _______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________. 2. “Your art assignment is to surprise me with an original sketch,” said Ms. Steinman and ingeniously, Max drew ______________________________________________________ _ _ _________________________________________________________________________. These copyrighted pages are digitally coded with a unique buyer identifier. Distribution is prohibited. 3. While in the checkout line at the grocery store, the little boy impertinently __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________. 4. When Milly asked her mother for permission to drive to Florida with her friends for Spring Break, her mom judiciously explained that ______________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________. 5. When talking to Casey’s parents during a conference, Mr. Zhang said, “He acted unethically by _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________.” 6. Solemnly the group of students _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________. 7. Rachel reluctantly agreed to _________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________. 8. Mrs. Denby, the music teacher, asked Gary to apologize to Hope after he obnoxiously __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________. 9. Inquisitively, Suzanne went to the library to ______________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________. © 2018 The Critical Thinking Co.™ www.CriticalThinking.com 800-458-4849 17