Vocabulary exercises

1. List 39
disregard
excerpt
exclude
hinder
misleading
Disregard—verb; to ignore, to pay no attention to, to overlook, to brush aside
(dis/re/gard)
 Teachers try to disregard cell phones ringing in class, but it’s hard.
 You should disregard the typos on this worksheet.
 What type of things can you disregard at work?
Antonym – to pay attention to, to be interested in, to appreciate, to value
Excerpt—noun; part, portion, selection, section
(ex/crept)
 The GED test is made up of excerpts from longer pieces.
 Describe an excerpt from a favorite movie, TV show, or book.
 We watched an excerpt of a movie in class.
Antonym – whole, entirety,
Exclude—verb; to keep out, to remove, to ban, to block, to eliminate
(ex/clude)
Ex/clu/sion—noun
Ex/clu/sive—adj
Ex/clu/sive/ly—adv
 You have to exclude the air from the Ziploc bag to keep the food fresh.
 The school can exclude students from school if they bring drugs into class.
 What would cause you to exclude someone from school/ your job/ your
home?
Antonym – include, add, accept, allow, approve
Hinder—verb; to get in the way of, block, hold up, delay
(hin/der)
Hin/drance - noun
 Snow often hinders drivers in Minnesota.
 If you don’t have certain skills, you might be hindered from getting a job.
 What would hinder you from completing your education? Going to
college?
Antonym – advance, allow, assist, encourage, help
Misleading—adj; giving the wrong idea, deceitful, deceiving, false, sneaky
(mis/lead/ing)
Mis/lead—verb

2.  It would be misleading if I told you that you could get your GED after a
week in school.
 Sometimes ads try and mislead us to get us to do or buy something.
 What is a way that an ad can be misleading?
Antonym – be honest, give the right idea, accurate, correct, right
List 39
disregard
excerpt
exclude
hinder
misleading
Definitions
1. _________________ a part of a whole work
2. _________________ to pay no attention to
3. _________________ to refuse to allow in; not include
4. _________________ leading to a mistake in thought or action
5. _________________ to stop or slow down; block; interfere
Fill in the Blank
6. Cynthia’s bright smile is _________________; actually, she is quite angry.
7. My aunt is a vegetarian and _________________ meat from her house.
8. A huge snowstorm _________________ed Thanksgiving travelers.

3. 9. There are a number of “Best of Saturday Night Live” videos with
_________________ of the best sketches.
10.Phil lost his money when he _________________ed the “Out of Order”
sign and put his money in the pop machine.
Word Match
11. I hid the vacuum cleaner so my friend couldn’t finish
cleaning the house.
_____ a. disregard
12. John lit a cigarette right in front of the “No Smoking”
sign.
_____ b. excerpt
13. The ad for the apartment said it had a lovely view. It
forgot to say it was a view of the parking lot.
_____ c. exclude
14. I liked that scene from the movie so much that I think
I’ll see the whole thing.
_____ d. hinder
15. My doctor says I can’t have any salt on my diet. _____ e. misleading
Analogies
16.disregard : ignore ::
a. recall : remember
b. protect : reveal
c. important : silly
d. sing : choir
17.exclude : include ::
a. pull : push
b. humiliate : embarrass
c. shout : yell
d. seize : take
18.excerpt : whole ::
a. chicken : beef
b. slice : orange
c. mask : face
d. recall : remember
19.hinder : help ::
a. healthy : strong
b. film : camera
c. five : fifteen
d. friendly : mean

4. 20.misleading : lying ::
a. write : letter
b. yelling : shouting
c. cat : dog
d. car : fast
What/When Questions:
21.What mail do you disregard?
22.Have you ever felt excluded? Describe.
23.Do you like to watch an excerpt of a movie or the whole movie? Why?
24.What kinds of situations would hinder your education?
25.Give an example of a misleading advertisement?