Unit 3 Grade 9 Abridge Verb To shorten

Unit 3 Grade 9

Abridge Verb To shorten Synonym: to shorten

Abridge Monty abridged the lengthy article in order to make it fit into the allotted space in the newspaper.

Abridge In writing a shorter edition of the history textbook, he was required to abridge some of the chapters on the presidents.

Amoral Adjective Lacking a sense of right and wrong; neither good nor bad, neither moral nor immoral; without moral feelings Synonym: not knowing right or wrong A moral person does right; an immoral person does wrong; an amoral person just does.

Amoral Babies are amoral; when they cry, they aren’t being bad or goodthey’re merely doing what they have to do.

Amoral It was scary when the tiger attacked his trainer, but the tiger didn’t know any better because it is amoral.

Autonomous Adjective Acting independently Synonym: independent

Autonomous Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws.

Autonomous Despite being a triplet, Sarah was very autonomous; whereas her sisters did everything together, she preferred to be independent.

Caustic Adjective Like acid; corrosive Synonym: damaging

Caustic The caustic detergent ate right through Henry’s laundry.

Caustic The teacher’s caustic criticism of Sally’s term paper left her in tears.

Congenital Adjective Describing at trait or condition acquired between conception and birth; innate Synonym: inherent

Congenital Max was born with a congenital heart defect which was corrected after birth.

Congenital The man was a congenital liar. He had been a liar since he was born and he couldn’t help but lie every time he spoke.

Deleterious Adjective Injurious to one’s health Synonym: dangerous

Deleterious The teacher tried to watch all thirty of her students complete the lab to hopefully keep them from making any deleterious mistakes during the procedures.

Deleterious Smoking cigarettes is deleterious to your health.

Egocentric Adjective Having a heightened interest in oneself Synonym: self-centered

Egocentric Margaret believed that she would have no trouble getting elected, as she thinks that she is the only viable candidate; however, her classmates have no patience for her egocentric attitude and elected Stanley instead.

Egocentric The man was so egocentric that he didn’t realize that no one wanted a framed picture of him as a Christmas gift.

Farcical Adjective Ludicrous; absurd Synonym: ridiculous

Farcical No one could take Edwin seriously in such a farcical and silly costume.

Farcical Sarah didn’t find the show’s farcical humor amusing.

Husbandry Noun The cultivation of crops or animals for food Synonym: farming

Husbandry Colin decided to enroll at the local agricultural high school in order to better learn how to make a successful career in husbandry.

Husbandry If you do not plant your crops on fertile soil, your efforts in husbandry will be futile.

Insolent Adjective Boldly rude or disrespectful Synonym: rude

Insolent The insolent student answered the teacher’s question rudely and was sent to the office as a result.

Insolent The insolent sales clerk clearly didn’t like answering customer’s questions.

Manifest Adjective Readily perceived; evident Synonym: obvious

Manifest The fact that Jane was overwhelmed was manifest as soon as you walked in the door; the kitchen was a mess, toys were scattered everywhere, and children were running around unsupervised.

Manifest The identity of the killer was not manifest to the puzzled detective.

Obtuse Adjective Not quick or alert; dull Synonym: Unaware

Obtuse The obtuse man did not realize that by standing in the middle of the aisle he was preventing the rest of the shoppers from passing by him.

Obtuse Karen was so obtuse that she didn’t realize for several days that Matt had asked her to marry him

Petulant Adjective Showing impatient irritation; childishly bad tempered Synonym: sulky

Petulant The petulant child stomped his foot when his mother refused to buy him a second ice cream cone.

Petulant When Henry lost the chess match, he acted like a petulant little boy and knocked over the game board.

Rebut Verb To refute with evidence Synonym: to oppose

Rebut The politician held a media conference to rebut the allegation he accepted bribes for votes.

Rebut The defense attorney tried to rebut the prosecutor’s claim that the defendant had been at the scene of the crime.

Scrupulous Adjective Having a regard for what others consider right; being careful and precise; hesitant for ethical reasons Synonym: careful

Scrupulous When it comes to business matters, Edward is a scrupulous investor who only devotes resources to profitable ventures.

Scrupulous Editors really love working with Ethan because he is scrupulous and always carefully edits his own work before sending it off to his publisher.