1. Fac- Opus- Erg- Labor- UNIT ONE

2. To make, to do FAC-

3. Synonyms: Rattle Unsettle Humiliate unnerve Antonyms: To relax To comfort Calm down DISCOMFIT: VERB  Examples:  Bullies try to discomfit kids  Politicians in debates want to discomfit each other  Parents often discomfit their children  Definition: to embarrass and confuse

4. Listening to her parents fight discomfited the young child. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: The student felt discomfited because… DISCOMFIT SENTENCES

5.  Antonyms:  Confusion  Mystery  Muddying  Synonyms:  Education  Instruction  Schooling  Tutoring  Examples:  Teachers  Work training  Workshops  Classes  Definition:  improvement or enlightenment

6. The magician revealed some of his secrets for the edification of his audience. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: For the edification of his employees, the supervisor showed them… EDIFICATION SENTENCES

7.  Antonyms:  Good deed  Kindness  Charity  service  Synonyms:  Crime  Offense  Misconduct  Illegal behavior  Examples:  Embezzling from government funds  Using company car for personal use  Accepting bribes  Definition: misconduct or wrongdoing, especially by a public official

8. The mayor was accused of malfeasance when the news reported that he was accepting bribes. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: Tired of his employee’s malfeasances, the boss… MALFEASANCE SENTENCES

9.  Antonyms:  Impossible  Difficult  Hard to do  unmanageable  Synonyms:  Possible  Achievable  Reasonable  Examples:  Getting a job at McDonald’s  Driving to Denver in a day  Passing American Literature  Definition: capable of being accomplished

10. Walking across Valentine in an hour or two would be feasible; walking across Omaha in an hour or two would not be feasible. Building a house in one day with only two people would not be feasible…unless it’s a treehouse. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: It is feasible that right now, I could get a job… FEASIBLE SENTENCES

11.  Antonyms:  Deficit  Shortage  Scarcity  lack  Synonyms:  Surplus  Excess  Oversupply  abundance  Examples:  A flood would provide a surfeit of water  An outstanding crop  Too much homework  This summer we had a surfeit of heat!  Definition: being too full, an overabundance

12. Because of the surfeit of stray dogs at the shelter, Doug decided to adopt two of the dogs. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: Because of the surfeit of rain, … SURFEIT SENTENCES

13. Wealth, power, resource OPUS-

14.  Antonyms:  Dud  Flop  Lemon  Synonyms:  Masterpiece  Crowning Achievement  Piece de Resistance  Crowning Jewel  Examples:  Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”  F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby  Mrs. Kilmer’s PowerPoints  Definition:  The greatest work of an artist, writer, or composer

15. The painting of the ceiling in the Sistene Chapel is considered by many to be Michelangelo’s magnum opus. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: I would consider my magnum opus to be… MAGNUM OPUS SENTENCES

16.  Antonyms:  No pattern  Synonyms:  MO: manner of operating  Approach  Method of operating  Examples:  disciplined  punctual  careless  serious  Definition:  Manner of working

17. Many serial killers can be linked to their crimes because they tend to follow a particular modus operandi. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: In school, my modus operandi is… MODUS OPERANDI SENTENCES

18.  Antonyms:  Poor  Meager  Deprived  broke  Synonyms:  Affluent  Lavish  Rich  magnificent  Examples:  Gold ceiling tiles  Owning several Rolex watches  Having a private jet  Living in a 50-room mansion  Definition:  Possessing or showing great wealth

19. Rihanna lives an opulent lifestyle, living in a mansion on a private island. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: The house was very opulent because… OPULENT SENTENCES

20. Work ERG-

21.  Antonyms:  Independent  Separate  alone  Synonyms:  Teamwork  Cooperation  collaboration  Examples:  Teammates who fire each other up  When everyone works harder because they’re together  When group members build on each other’s ideas  Definition:  The power that comes from people working together

22. No one on the team was a star, but the synergy that came from them working together helped them win the tournament. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: You could see the amazing synergy between the employees when they… SYNERGY SENTENCES

23.  Antonyms:  Random prayers  Synonyms:  Ritual  Church service  Prayer service  Examples:  The order of a church service  The list of Bible readings a church uses  Definition:  A pattern or order of prayer and worship

24. A printout of the church’s liturgy was provided at the wedding. The liturgy of Islam comes from the Koran. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: One part of a church’s liturgy might be… LITURGY SENTENCES

25.  Antonyms:  Energy  Liveliness  Oomph  vitality  Synonyms:  Tiredness  Exhaustion  Slowness  Lifelessness  Examples:  After you’re sick  After a hard practice  After working in the hot sun  After you were out late  Definition:  Sluggishness, inactivity, laziness

26. Even though I slept well, I couldn’t shake off my lethargy, and all day I kept falling asleep in class. Working a double shift three days in a row made me so lethargic that I didn’t even go out Friday night. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: I feel lethargic when… Or… You can avoid lethargy by… LETHARGY SENTENCES

27. work LABOR-

28.  Antonyms:  Easy  Relaxing  simple  Synonyms:  Difficult  Backbreaking  Tough  painful  Examples:  Fighting canyon fires  Completing algebra assignments  Training for a marathon  Definition:  Requiring lots of mental or physical effort

29. Moving to a new house was so laborious that I hope I never have to move again. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: A task that I find is laborious is… LABORIOUS SENTENCES

30.  Antonyms:  To be succinct, short  To compliment  Synonyms:  Criticize  Overstress  Hit, beat  whip  Examples:  Pastors or teachers or parents who talk too long about one topic  To be chewed out too much for something you did  Definition:  1. discuss in too much detail  2. To attack

31. Instead of belaboring about what else we can have on our float, let’s just vote on the ideas we already have. The tabloids belabored Tom Cruise for being a Scientologist. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: I wish my parents wouldn’t belabor me about… BELABOR SENTENCES

32.  Antonyms:  Shorten  Abbreviate  Condense  reduce  Synonyms:  Add more detail  Explain  Describe  Examples:  Teachers ask you to elaborate about an answer  Boss may ask you to elaborate on a problem  If selling a car, you may need to elaborate on its features  Definition:  explain in more detail

33. If you don’t understand a math problem, you should ask your teacher to elaborate on how to solve it. When the game show contestant elaborated too much about his life, the host asked for a commercial break. FINISH THIS SENTENCE: Jorge would not elaborate on his plans to leave town because… ELABORATE SENTENCES