De Jesus, Luis

Period 3

3/31/15

Vocab #29

Lesson 29- Words That Sound and/or Look Alike But Have Different
Meanings

Acrid/Arid Aesthetic/ Atheistic Ambiguous/Ambivalent

Coalesce/Convalesce Delusion/Allusion/Illusion

1) Acrid (adjective) having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell

Acridity (noun) Synonyms

Antonyms

Acridness (noun) Pungent

Complimentary

Acridly (adverb) Stinging

Savory

2) Arid (adjective) lacking in interest, excitement, or meaning

Aridity (noun) Synonyms

Antonyms

Aridness (noun) Barren

Fertile

Aridly (adverb) Dusty

Humid

3) Aesthetic (adjective) concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty

Nonaesthetic (adjective) Synonyms

Antonyms

Pseudoaesthetic (adjective) Artistic

Displeasing

Creative
Unattractive

4) Atheistic (adjective) the rejection of belief in the existence of deities

Atheistically (adverb) Synonyms
Antonyms

Atheisticness (noun) Disbelieving

Believing

Antiatheistic (adjective) Agnostic

Religious
5) Ambiguous (adjective) open to more than one interpretation

Ambiguously (adverb) Synonyms

Antonyms

Ambiguousness (noun) Cryptic

Certain

Unambiguous (adjective) Enigmatic

Clear
6) Ambivalent (adjective) having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas

Ambivalently (adverb) Synonyms

Antonyms

Contradictory
Certain

Doubtful
Clear
7) Coalesce (verb) come together and form one mass

Coalescense (noun) Synonyms

Antonyms

Coalescent (adjective) Fuse

Divide

Noncoalescence (noun) Unite

Separate
8) Convalesce (verb) recover ones health and strength over a period of time

Convalesced (verb) Synonyms

Antonyms

Convalescing (verb) Recuperate

Break

Improve
Damage
9) Delusion (noun) an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained
despite being contradicted

Delusional (adjective) Synonyms

Antonyms

Delusionary (adjective) Deception

Fact

Predelusion (noun) Fantasy

Truth
10) Allusion (noun) an expression designed to call something to mind without
mentioning it explicitly

Preallusion (noun) Synonyms

Antonyms

Quotation
Silence

Change
Reality

11) Illusion (noun) a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived

Illusioned (adjective) Synonyms

Antonyms

Confused
Fact

Misconception
Truth

De Jesus, Luis

Period 3

3/31/15

Vocabulary Response

Lesson 29- Words That Sound and/or Look Alike But Have Different
Meanings
Acrid/Arid Aesthetic/ Atheistic Ambiguous/Ambivalent

Coalesce/Convalesce Delusion/Allusion/Illusion

Topic:

Just a Random Story

There was once a small little boy living in a small town