English 9 Vocabulary

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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.