a physical ailment; a cause of pain or trouble, misfortune
affliction
Be sure to express your ________ to your teacher for having written you a letter of recommendation.
gratitude
listen to, attend
heed
pamper, coddle, free, liberate
oppress
gala
N
nourishing, valuable and satisfying as food
nutritious
On the evening before the big parade, we watched the workers ________ the huge balloons.
inflate
global, international, polished
cosmopolitan
one-sided, prejudiced, biased, partial
impartial
hoax
V
flashy, showy; not in good tasteg
gaudy
The driver slammed on the brakes and swerved so as not to hit the _______.
pedestrian
scanty, skimpy, sparse
meager
shorten, abbreviate, contract, curtail
elongate
meditate
V
a swindler, deceiver; one who uses a false name or character in order to cheat
imposter
Our neighbors seem to have ideas ________ to ours about landscaping.
akin
pass on, convey, relay, deliver
transmit
succumb to, yield to
vanquish
wan
ADJ
unnaturally pale or sickly looking; lacking vitality; dim, faint; weak, ineffectual
wan
The general's goal was to _______ his country's enemies.
vanquish
commonplace, prosaic
pedestrian
ample, plentiful, abundant
meager
imposter
N