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completely empty; having no legal force or effect
Void
Full of life and vigor; courageous.
Spirited
To give or cause something unpleasant.
Inflict
Easily set on fire; easily angered or aroused.
Inflammable
A joining together for some common purpose
Alliance
Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful
Fruitless
To discourage
Dishearten
Unfriendly; unfavorable; warlike, aggressive.
Hostile
A clown; stupid person
Buffoon
To hurt someone's feelings deeply; to cause embarrassment or humiliation.
Mortify
To puzzle completely, confuse.
Bewilder
To run quickly, scamper, hurry.
Scurry
What word can you use to fill in the blank?
Some students think that they need to play the ____ in order to entertain their classmates and charm their teachers.
Buffoon
What is an antonym of Hostile?
Friendly, Positive, Helpful
To draw back suddenly, as though in pain or fear.
Wince
Use the word inflict in a sentence.
Doctors do not like to inflict pain on their patients.
Having a certain force or effect in the fact but not in name; so close as to be equivalent to the real thing.
Soaked with liquid or moisture; expressionless, dull.
Sodden
Is this word used correctly in the sentence?
If you are not careful about removing weeds when they first appear, they can completely bewilder your flower or vegetable garden.
No
Disobedient, willful; unpredictable.
Wayward
Arousing argument, dispute, or disagreement.
Controversial
In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things.
Orthodox
To obtain through special effort; to bring about.
Procure
Deadly, extremely harmful, evil; spiteful.
Malignant
What word can you use to fill in the blank?
The two nations formed an ______ to defend each other in case of attack.
Alliance