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English 9 Vocabulary
  • Lesson 13
  • Size and Amount

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Vocabulary List
  1. Appreciable
  2. Breadth
  3. Copious
  4. Gargantuan
  5. Innumerable
  1. Inordinate
  2. Negligible
  3. Paucity
  4. Pittance
  5. Proliferate

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Appreciable (adjective)
  • Able to be estimated or measured noticeable
  • EX. Since he began junior high school, Ian has
    been spending an appreciable portion of each
    evening doing homework.

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Breadth (noun)
  • The distance or dimension from side to side of
    something, as distinguished from length or
    thickness width
  • Wide extent or scope
  • Freedom from narrowness of views, interests, or
    attitudes
  • EX. Russia is of such enormous breadth that it
    covers eleven time zones, an area almost half the
    world in width.

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Copious (adjective)
  • Large in quantity abundant containing an ample
    supply
  • Filled with matter, thoughts, or words wordy
  • EX. Last summer the Dohertys had a copious
    harvest from their small vegetable garden.

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Gargantuan (adjective)
  • Of immense size or volume colossal huge
  • EX. The gargantuan restaurant could seat over two
    thousand people.

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Innumerable (adjective)
  • Too many to be counted or numbered
  • EX. The small childs innumerable questions about
    the planetarium kept both of his parents busy.

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Inordinate (adjective)
  • Exceeding reasonable limits excessive
  • EX. Five hours seems like an inordinate amount of
    time to spend writing a three-paragraph note.

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Negligible (adjective)
  • Amounting to very little not important enough to
    be worth considering trifling
  • EX. We did little cross-county skiing last winter
    because of the negligible amount of snow.

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Paucity (noun)
  • A short supply smallness of quantity scarcity
  • EX. Because of the paucity of information about
    life in the first century, the author used her
    imagination to fill in the details of the
    historical novel.

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Pittance (noun)
  • A small salary or amount of money
  • A small amount or portion
  • EX. Since he received only a pittance for his
    repair work, Mr. Craig was forced to look for a
    second job.

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Proliferate (intrans. verb trans. verb)
  • To multiply, increase, or spread rapidly
  • To produce new growth or offspring rapidly and
    repeatedly to cause to grow or increase rapidly
  • EX. Specialized branches of medicine have
    proliferated during the last century.
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