Synonyms
plunge, rush, tumble
cascade
cheering, encouraging, reassuring, benign
sinster
The kidnappers clamped _____ on their frightened hostage.
manacle
(n.) the beginning, start (especially of something violent and destructive); an attack, assault
onset
Education, hard work, and a very strong desire to succeed can raise a person from poverty to _____.
affluence
flinch, duck, fawn
cringe
join, combine, consolidate, merge
partition
Our furnace has an energy-saving _____ that turns the heat on and off at certain intervals.
innovation
(adj.) blocked so that nothing can go through
impassable
(v.) to shrink back or hide in fear or submissiveness
cringe
grumpy, grouchy, crabby, disagreeable
crotchety
gloomy, morose, melancholy, cheerless
jovial
A _____ chain kept the curious dog away from the swimming pool.
taut
(adj.) not movable; not moving
immobile
It is unfortunate that the teacher asked me to work with the most _____ partner in the class.
crotchety
regain, fetch, remedy, rectify
retrieve
maximum, highest, most
minimum
perishable
(n.) wealth, riches, prosperity; great abundance, plenty
(n., usually pl.) a handcuff, anything that chains or confines; (v.) to chain or restrain(as with handcuffs)
manacle
hostile, bellicose
martial
awkward, clumsy, stiff, inflexible
nimble
A cloth _____ in the study gave each of us some privacy.
partition
(n. pl.) unpaid or overdue debts; an unfinished duty
arrears
My _____ friend is very entertaining and is always the life of the party.
jovial