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Improve Your Vocabulary with Word Meanings

Enhance your vocabulary skills by understanding the meanings of words like detriment, dexterous, discretion, facetious, gregarious, optimum, ostentatious, scrupulous, sensory, and vicarious. Expand your knowledge with definitions and examples.

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Improve Your Vocabulary with Word Meanings

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  1. Vocabulary List 1 English 9

  2. detrimentnoun • John’s multiple tattoos may be a detriment when he goes for a job interview.

  3. Detriment means… • A. An aid • B. A discovery • C. A disadvantage • D. A requirement

  4. Detriment means… • C. A disadvantage

  5. 2. dexterous adjective • The juggler was so dexterous that he managed to keep several fruits in motion at once.

  6. Dexterous means… • A. skilled • B. educated • C. awkward • D. weird

  7. Dexterous means… • A. skilled

  8. 3. discretionnoun • Ali wasn’t using much discretionwhen he passed a police car at eighty miles an hour.

  9. Discretion means… • A. skill • B. good sense • C. courage • D. accelerator

  10. Discretion means… • B. good sense

  11. 4. facetiousadjective • My boss always says, “You don’t have to be crazy to work here, but it helps!” I hope she’s just being facetious.

  12. Facetious means… • A. serious • B. dishonest • C. sarcastic • D. stupid

  13. Facetious means… • C. sarcastic

  14. 5. gregariousadjective • Melissa is so gregariousthat she wants to be with other people even when she is studying.

  15. Gregarious means… • A. attractive • B. outgoing • C. humorous • D. selfish

  16. Gregarious means… • B. outgoing

  17. 6. optimumadjective • For the weary traveler, the optimum hotel accommodations include a quiet room and a comfortable bed.

  18. Optimum means… • A. ideal • B. hopeful • C. questionable • D. nice

  19. Optimum means… • A. ideal

  20. 7. ostentatiousadjective • Hoping to impress her friends, Lisa put ostentatious décor in her car.

  21. Ostentatious means… • A. humble • B. showy • C. clean • D. ugly

  22. Ostentatious means… • B. showy

  23. 8. scrupulousadjective • The judge was scrupulousabout never accepting a bribe or allowing a personal threat to influence his decision.

  24. Scrupulous means… • A. ethical • B. economical • C. unjust • D. hideous

  25. Scrupulous means… • A. ethical

  26. 9. sensoryadjective • Since our sensoryexperiences are interrelated, what we taste is often influenced by what we smell.

  27. Sensory means… • A. of the senses • B. social • C. intellectual • D. sensitive

  28. Sensory means… • A. of the senses

  29. 10. vicariousadjective • I don’t like to take risks myself, but I love the vicariousthrill of watching death-defying adventures in a movie.

  30. Vicarious means… • A. thorough • B. indirect • C. skillful • D. careless

  31. Vicarious means… • B. indirect

  32. Word MatchNow that you know the basic meaning of the words, expand what you know by matching the words to the definitions that follow. Humorous; playfully joking

  33. Meant to impress others; flashy

  34. Best possible; most favorable; most desirable

  35. Something that causes damage, harm, or loss

  36. Experienced though the imagination; not experienced directly

  37. Skillful in using the hands or body

  38. Careful about moral standards; conscientious

  39. Sociable; enjoying and seeking the company of others

  40. Good judgment or tact in actions or speaking

  41. Having to do with seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling

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