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🎨 Visual Vocabulary Guide

Week 8 Words Organized by Category

📝 Parts of Speech

Words organized by their grammatical function

📦 Nouns (6 words)

gap
noun
opening, hole, break
hide
noun
fur, skin
hole
noun
pit, pore, opening
hub
noun
center
hybrid
noun
combination, cross, mixture
impact
noun
influence, effect

🏃 Verbs (13 words)

fuse
verb
melt, dissolve
gauge
verb
measure, calculate, appraise
hinder
verb
prevent, impede, hamper
haul
verb
pull, tug, drag, heave
hearten
verb
encourage, inspire, cheer
hide
verb
camouflage, disguise, cloak
ignite
verb
set on fire, kindle, inflame, fire
illuminate
verb
clarify, elucidate / light up, brighten
increase
verb
enlarge, expand
isolate
verb
separate, segregate
joint
verb
combine, connect
justify
verb
prove, confirm, verify
kindle
verb
ignite, fire, inflame

🎨 Adjectives (10 words)

glossy
adjective
shiny, bright, glazed
ideal
adjective
perfect, model, exemplary / abstract, theoretical
immediate
adjective
nearest, close, next
immense
adjective
enormous, huge, tremendous
immoral
adjective
improper, corrupt, sinful
inaccessible
adjective
unobtainable / unreachable
inadequate
adjective
insufficient, deficient
intimate
adjective
close, familiar
intricate
adjective
complex, complicated, elaborate
irresistible
adjective
attractive, fascinating / overwhelming

🔤 Adverbs (2 words)

inadvertently
adverb
unintentionally, accidentally
invariably
adverb
without exception

💬 Phrases (5)

hand in hand
phrase
together
in charge of
phrase
responsible for
in earnest
phrase
serious
in fact
phrase
actually, precisely, really
in keeping with
phrase
in agreement with, consistent with

🌳 Root Word Families

Words grouped by their common roots

S- Words (Primary Group)

sanitation saved scale scar scarce scold scope secret seemingly sensitive sequence serious severe shield short-lived signal simultaneous slightly smash soar sole soothe spare spirit spontaneous sporadically startle stem from stick stingy stretch

SC- Prefix

scale scar scarce scold scope

SE- Prefix

secret seemingly sensitive sequence serious severe

SP- Prefix

spare spirit spontaneous sporadically

ST- Prefix

startle stem from stick stingy stretch

R- Words

rival routine rupture

💭 Meaning Categories

Words grouped by their conceptual meaning

✨ Positive & Enhancement

saved
adjective
redeemed, rescued
shield
verb
protect, defend, safeguard, guard
soothe
verb
allay, mitigate, relieve
spare
verb
save, economize / give, afford, allow
spontaneous
adjective
voluntary, uncompelled, willing

⚠️ Challenges & Negative

rupture
noun/verb
breach / break apart, burst, split, tear
scar
noun
wound, hurt
scarce
adjective
limited, rare, deficient, insufficient
scold
verb
reprove, reproach, rebuke
severe
adjective
harsh, extreme, rigorous / difficult, effortful, tough
short-lived
adjective
lasting for only short period, momentarily
stingy
adjective
parsimonious, miserly, mean

🔄 Physical & Movement

scale
verb
climb, mount, ascend
smash
verb
crash
soar
verb
tower, rise, ascend / increase dramatically
startle
verb
astonish, surprise, frighten, astound
stick
verb
cling, adhere, cleave, hold
stretch
verb
extend, lengthen

💭 Mental & Communication

signal
verb
indicate, beckon, sign
spirit
noun
mind, spirit
secret
noun
confidence
sensitive
adjective
responsive, impressionable

📏 Size & Measurement

scale
noun
extent
scope
noun
extent, range
sequence
noun
string, series, succession / order
slightly
adverb
somewhat, a little
sporadically
adverb
occasionally, at intervals, infrequently

🎨 Qualities & Characteristics

routine
adjective
ordinary, normal, habitual
serious
adjective
solemn, important, momentous
simultaneous
adjective
concurrent, concomitant, synchronous
sole
adjective
only, single, solitary
seemingly
adverb
apparently

🏆 Health & Competition

rival
verb
compete with
sanitation
noun
health, hygiene

🤝 Origins & Connections

stem from
phrasal verb
arise from, originate from, derive from

🔤 Special Word Patterns

Words with multiple meanings and special usage patterns

🔀 Words with Multiple Meanings

hide
noun / verb
1) fur, skin (noun)
2) camouflage, disguise (verb)
ideal
adjective
1) perfect, model
2) abstract, theoretical
illuminate
verb
1) clarify, elucidate
2) light up, brighten
inaccessible
adjective
1) unobtainable
2) unreachable
irresistible
adjective
1) attractive, fascinating
2) overwhelming

🔡 Negative Prefix Patterns

im- prefix
not
immoral (not moral)
immense (not measurable)
in- prefix
not
inaccessible (not accessible)
inadequate (not adequate)
inadvertently (not advertent)
ir- prefix
not
irresistible (not resistible)
invariably (not variable)

🔥 Fire & Light Word Family

ignite ↔ kindle
synonyms
Both mean to set on fire
illuminate
related
To provide light (literal or figurative)
glossy
appearance
Shiny, bright surface

💼 Formal Phrases

in charge of
phrase
formal way to say "responsible for"
in earnest
phrase
formal way to say "seriously"
in fact
phrase
formal way to say "actually"
in keeping with
phrase
formal way to say "consistent with"

📏 Size & Distance Scale

Small/Close
scale level 1
immediate (nearest) → intimate (close)
Medium
scale level 2
gap → hole
Large/Distant
scale level 3
immense (enormous) → inaccessible (unreachable)

⚡ Action Pairs & Opposites

hinder ↔ hearten
opposites
prevent vs. encourage
isolate ↔ joint
opposites
separate vs. connect
hide ↔ illuminate
opposites
conceal vs. reveal/clarify