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� When the last of our provisions were gone, it was decided that two men would take our only rifle and go FORAGING for game.

� We FORAGED through the shed for plywood, tin sheets, and boards, anything with which to board up the windows and doors before the full force of the hurricane struck.

� After the campers fell asleep in their tents, the raccoons began FORAGING through the camp site for anything to eat.

“Wild animals FORAGING for food in the FOREST”

FORAGE (FOR uj) v. to search or hunt for food and provisions

Link: FOREST

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� To FORBEAR giving your opinion on any controversial matter until you have first heard all the facts is generally the wisest course of action.

� Jeannie said it was difficult to FORBEAR from smoking after doing it for thirty years.

� Henry FORBORE his decision to close the store, deciding to wait until after the Christmas season.

“Please FORBEAR feeding the FOUR BEARS.”

FORBEAR (for BEAR) v. to do without; to leave alone; to refrain from; to abstain

Link: FOUR BEARS


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� The parents urged their daughter to FORSAKE her career as a model and return to their home to become a school teacher.

� All the general’s troops had FORSAKEN him, and he had no choice but to follow them and return to safe ground.

� Ben FORSOOK his career of politics and became a university professor.

“The Higgins family wisely decided to FORSAKE their campsite in favor of FOUR SNAKES.”

FORSAKE (for SAKE) v. to abandon, to give up, to renounce

Link: FOUR SNAKES


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� It was a series of FORTUITOUS events that advanced my career in television.

� “The most FORTUITOUS event of my entire life,” said President Roosevelt, “was meeting my wife, Eleanor.”

� It was FORTUITOUS missing the ill-fated flight because of the traffic jam on the way to the airport. (n.)

“A FORTUITOUS FORTUNE

FOR THE TWO OF US”

FORTUITOUS (for TWO ih tus) adj. good fortune occurring by accident or chance

Link: FORTUNE FOR THE TWO OF US


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� The freighter was FRAUGHT with cargo.

� Although Mark Twain’s books were FRAUGHT with humor, they nevertheless drove home good advice for their readers, young and old.

� Kathy was FRAUGHT with guilt about losing her temper with the children when she found out it wasn’t their fault.

“Eric CAUGHT a boatload in a lake FRAUGHT with fish.”

FRAUGHT (frawt) n. teeming with; laden; full; involving; accompanied by

Link: CAUGHT


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� In India, everywhere our tour bus stopped, there would be a gang of GAMINS begging for money, but if you dared give a rupee to one, a hundred more would immediately appear.

� In the novel, Oliver Twist, we learn of the intoler-able living conditions in English orphanages of the nineteenth century and the life of the many homeless, streetwise GAMINS.

� My dad always told me to stay in school and study hard or I’d become a GAMIN.

“A JAMMIN’ GAMIN”

GAMIN (GAM in) n. a neglected boy left to run about in the streets

Link: JAMMIN’


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� A GAZEBO is most always found in a backyard or park.

� The GAZEBO in the mission courtyard was used for weddings in the summer. In the winter, goats would come and huddle together to stay warm and out of the rainy weather.

� On Sunday afternoons the family would gather together in the shade of our backyard GAZEBO.

“A ZEBRA GAZEBO on the Mari Mari Plains of Kenya, East Africa”

GAZEBO (guh ZEE boh) n. an outdoor structure with a roof and open sides

Link: ZEBRA


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� Wilma’s problem was she always GENERALIZED. Everything was either always bad or always good, and she could never specifically say what she liked or disliked.

� Our teacher asked us to be specific when answering the test questions and avoid GENERALIZING.

� To say that all politicians are crooks and all lawyers are honest is to GENERALIZE.

“To say that all GENERALS’ EYES

are the same is to GENERALIZE.”

GENERALIZE (JEN ur ul ize) v. general rather than specific; to form a general conclusion

Link: GENERAL’S EYES


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� After Sue won the beauty contest, she was absolutely GIDDY with joy.

� Jackie didn’t faint, but she said the sun was so hot she felt GIDDY.

� Bill never had more than one beer; anything more made him GIDDY.

“Farmer John gets a little GIDDY every time he goes to the CITY.”

GIDDY (GID ee) adj. a light-headed sensation; dizzy; lightheartedly silly

Link: CITY


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� Johnny’s job each week of the soccer season was to GIRD the field with a line of white chalk to mark the boundaries of the playing field.

� Dad’s bath robe is GIRDED with a terry cloth belt.

� GIRDED for action, the tanks moved forward into battle formation.

“Curly GIRDED the HERD with his trusty lasso.”

GIRD (gird) v. to encircle as with a belt; to prepare as for action

Link: HERD


Match the word with its definition.

1. After Sue won the beauty contest, she was absolutely __________ with joy.

2. After the campers fell asleep in their tents, the raccoons began __________

through the camp site for anything to eat.

3. Kathy was __________ with guilt about losing her temper with the children

when she found out it wasn’t their fault.

4. Our teacher asked us to be specific when answering the test questions and

avoid __________ .

5. My dad always told me to stay in school and study hard or I’d become a

__________ .

6. On Sunday afternoons the family would gather together in the shade of our

backyard __________ .

7. It was __________ missing the ill-fated flight because of the traffic jam on

the way to the airport.

8. Dad’s bath robe is __________ with a terry cloth belt.

9. Sally said it was difficult to __________ smoking after doing it for twenty

years.

10. The parents urged their daughter to __________ her career as a model and

return to their home to become a school teacher.

___ 1. forage

___ 2. forbear

___ 3. forsake

___ 4. fortuitous

___ 5. fraught

___ 6. gamin

___ 7. gazebo

___ 8. generalize

___ 9. giddy

___ 10. gird

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

g.

h.

i.

j.

teeming with; laden; full

to encircle as with a belt

lightheartedly silly

good fortune occurring by accident

a neglected boy left in the streets

to abandon, to give up, to renounce

an outdoor structure

to do without; to leave alone

to search for food and provisions

general rather than specific

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word.

VOCABULARY CARTOONS: Review #16.1

Name ____________________________________ Date ________________

1. to abandon, to give up, to renounce

a.) forage

b.) fraught

c.) forsake

d.) feign

2. teeming with; laden; full

a.) forbear

b.) fraught

c.) forsake

d.) feign

3. to encircle as with a belt; surround

a.) gazebo

b.) gird

c.) giddy

d.) forbear

4. to ask earnestly; to implore, plead, beg

a.) entreat

b.) fawn

c.) evoke

d.) entice

5. a neglected boy left in the streets

a.) fjord

b.) fawn

c.) erudite

d.) gamin

6. to show affection

a.) giddy

b.) fawn

c.) fortuitous

d.) feign

7. to do without; to leave alone

a.) generalize

b.) fraught

c.) forbear

d.) feign

8. to give a false appearance; pretend

a.) feign

b.) fawn

c.) forbear

d.) forsake

VOCABULARY CARTOONS: Review #16.2

Multiple Choice: Circle the appropriate word for the provided definition.

Name ____________________________________ Date ________________

9. to search for food and provisions

a.) fathom

b.) fawn

c.) feign

d.) forage

10. an object of unreasonable attention,

obsessive reverence or attention

a.) gazebo

b.) gird

c.) fetish

d.) gamin

11. a light headed sensation; light-

heartedly silly

a.) feign

b.) giddy

c.) fickle

d.) entreat

12. to understand fully; to penetrate the

meaning of

a.) generalize

b.) feign

c.) fathom

d.) facilitate

13. good fortune occurring by accident

a.) fortuitous

b.) facilitate

c.) generalize

d.) forsake

14. general rather than specific

a.) fortuitous

b.) facilitate

c.) generalize

d.) forsake

15. an outdoor structure with a roof and

open sides

a.) gamin

b.) fjord

c.) fleece

d.) gazebo

1. pleasing to the ear

a.) giddy

b.) enrapture

c.) euphonious

d.) feign

2. to defraud, swindle

a.) fleece

b.) forbear

c.) embellish

d.) feign

3. to ask earnestly; to implore, plead, beg

a.) forsake

b.) entreat

c.) evoke

d.) entice

4. deeply learned, scholarly

a.) gamin

b.) euphonious

c.) erudite

d.) fathom

5. to surround or enclose completely

a.) engulf

b.) enrapture

c.) entice

d.) embody

6. to abandon, to give up, to renounce

a.) evoke

b.) evade

c.) expunge

d.) forsake

7. to delight, to thrill or give pleasure

a.) fawn

b.) enrapture

c.) forsake

d.) feign

8. to show affection

a.) entreat

b.) feign

c.) emulate

d.) fawn

VOCABULARY CARTOONS: Review 13 - 16

Multiple Choice: Circle the appropriate word for the provided definition.

Name ____________________________________ Date ________________

9. to do without; to leave alone

a.) forbear

b.) elapse

c.) fleece

d.) expunge

10. to summon forth, call to mind, aware

a.) evade

b.) entreat

c.) evoke

d.) entice

11. teeming with; laden; full

a.) engulf

b.) embody

c.) forbear

d.) fraught

12. to beautify by adding ornaments; to

add fanciful or fictitious details to

a.) giddy

b.) gird

c.) embellish

d.) ensemble

13. a light headed sensation; light-

heartedly silly

a.) gamin

b.) giddy

c.) fickle

d.) feign

14. to give a false appearance; pretend

a.) fathom

b.) generalize

c.) embody

d.) feign

15. to understand fully; to penetrate the

meaning of

a.) fathom

b.) enrapture

c.) feign

d.) facilitate

VOCABULARY CARTOONS SAT Word Power

Review Answers

Matching: 1. i 2. (f or h) 3. (f or h) 4. d 5. a 6. e 7. g 8. j 9. c 10. b

Fill in the Blank: 1. giddy 2. foraging 3. fraught 4. generalizing 5. gamin 6. gazebo 7. fortuitous 8. girded 9. forbear or forsake 10. forbear or forsake

Multiple Choice: 1. c.) forsake 2. b.) fraught 3. b.) gird 4. a.) entreat 5. d.) gamin 6. b.) fawn 7. c.) forbear 8. a.) feign 9. d.) forage 10. c.) fetish

Review #16.1 Review #16.2

11. b.) giddy 12. c.) fathom 13. a.) fortuitous 14. c.) generalize 15. d.) gazebo

Multiple Choice: 1. c.) euphonious 2. a.) fleece 3. b.) entreat 4. c.) erudite 5. a.) engulf 6. d.) forsake 7. b.) enrapture 8. d.) fawn 9. a.) forbear 10. c.) evoke

Review 13-16

11. d.) fraught 12. c.) embellish 13. b.) giddy 14. d.) feign 15. a.) fathom

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