Skip to main content

Dr. Jedidiah's Diary: Vocabulary Worksheets #2

WORKSHEET #2

Let’s practice some expressions from the episode #2 of Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary!

 







1.   The HOA (Home Owners Association) sent the new family in our neighborhood a warning message about their unk____________t front yard. (*meaning “neglected/disheveled/messy/crude”)

 

2.   When you are exhausted either physically or mentally, you’d easily become sn___________ish. (*meaning “irritable, bad-tempered, or prone to sharp, angry responses”)

 

3.   Hollywood stars often fall _______________ to (*meaning “to fail or suffer because of something”) their own stardom, which makes them addicted to illegal substances or indulge in ______________ze parties.

 

4.   I was enamored by the make-up artist’s magical touch of eye shadows in the outer corner of my pal______________ areas (* meaning “of, relating to, or located on or near the eyelids”)

 

5.   Jeff is an experienced na_________ who was pretty close to the local police officers. (* meaning “narcotic agent," a federal agent or police officer who specializes in laws dealing with illegal drugs or a "police informant," someone who secretly gives inside information to the police, informing on others who are engaging in illegal activity)

 

6.   You look so mu_____________ish. Why the long face? Aren’t you in the mood for this party tonight? Well, I guess I need to take off with you now. (*meaning “sullen, sulky, or generally in a bad mood. It implies a tendency towards being gloomy, silent, and unwilling to participate or engage with others”)

 

7.   When medical doctors prescribe Op___________, they are required to inform their patients in detail of the highly addictive medicine’s side effects beforehand. (*meaning “ssessing some properties characteristic of opiate narcotics but not derived from opium, which is used as a strong pain reliever”)

 

  

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

On the Day of the New Beginning of My Home Country

  Opening the Door to My Strong Home Country by Jean Jiyoung Lee June 3 rd 2025   Let your long-lost inner light shine Wake up and stay woke from dark torpor Prayers for those in pain are yours and mine Heart-wrenching memories will stay where they were It will be all right to find yourself supine As long as you get up and go tomorrow as a warrior Pat on your back and be on cloud nine The wintry chill in the past would rather feel like warmer When upslopes batter your spirits down, just say you’ll be fine As you feel connected to your strength, curveballs are no longer a torture Now laugh out loud and give a smile so divine The moon rabbits would greet you back in your dreams tonight with rice cake from their mortar Blessing is another word for fine The bitter past was only a blessing in disguise ‘cause your new era will be a perfect restorer Raise your glass of wine Time to live your life on the solid anchor

Evolving Grammar Rules

  The Grammar Rules Are Evolving or Becoming Extinct! Are you hairsplitting grammar police based on the existing/ traditional prescriptive grammar or gravitating more towards casual/ colloquial descriptive grammar? As we are living in the era of myriads of fast-paced communication venues such as instant text messages and lots of online conversations, languages and their grammar rules are fast evolving today. English is no the exception. Let us go over some of the English grammar rules that people ignore quite often times and are normally accepted today. Even the following examples might be out of their styles or seem outdated in any time soon. One thing you need to remember is that quite a lot of academic or formal writers are still expected to follow the existing/ old school grammar rules.   1.    Prescriptive Grammar: Don’t end a sentence with a preposition. Vs. Descriptive Grammar: Yes, you can end a sentence with a prepostition.   E.g., Winston C...

Bird Word Scramble

Are you a bird watcher or stalker? 😊 Try to unscramble the popular North American birds below. Example:  prswaor: ________________,     answer: sparrow    1.    nidralca: ________________    2.    rekuty: _________________    3.    cnifh: _________________    4.    drocewpkeo: ______________    5.    mhbigrmudni:__________________    6.      boirn: _______________    7.    leacpni: ________________    8.    riooel: ________________    9.    kiehaeccd: _________________    10.                raekapte: __________________    11.             ...