Definitions
Failing to fulfill one's duty; negligent
What is REMISS?
Fractious : Amiable
What is ANTONYM?
DUC/DUCT
What is "TO LEAD"?
Miss Tolner advised her composition student to _________________ a significant portion of his essay, because the assignment was too long.
What is EXCISE?
Phillip was a __________________ friend; he knew just what to say to someone to make them cross about something.
What is FRACTIOUS?
To send out or away
Punctilious : Meticulous
What is SYNONYM?
TOM
What is "TO CUT"?
The _______________________ odor of the diced onions and garlic reminded me of my grandmother's house.
What is PUNGENT?
The priest placed the sacred _______________ on the altar, in preparation for the reading he must give to his congregation.
What is TOME?
Sharply cutting; direct and powerful
What is INCISIVE?
Concise : Rambling
What is ANTONYM?
PUNCT
What is "TO STING, PIERCE"?
I had a sudden __________________ to run out of the classroom, jump in my car, and go home instead.
What is IMPULSE?
The police had a hard time finding a lead for the case, because there was no observable _______________ behind the crime.
What is MOTIVE?
Minor violation of a rule or law
What is INFRACTION?
Abject : Exalted
What is ANTONYM?
PEL/PULS
What is "TO PUSH, TO DRIVE"?
The __________________ team was taken by their coach out for ice cream in order to lift their spirits after their loss.
What is DEJECTED?
David was _____________________ of Tim's insistent requests to play Fortnight, as if he were a fly that he could get rid of with a wave of his hand.
What is DISMISSIVE?
Feeling of regret or remorse
What is COMPUNCTION?
Motive : Incentive
What is SYNONYM?
JAC/JECT
What is "TO THROW, TO CAST"?
Most novels seem to have a ______________ about them; heroes versus villains, good versus evil.
What is DICHOTOMY?
Miss Tolner's literature class thoroughly explained the subtle difference between a theme and a ____________; the key is the recurring repetition by the author in a work.
What is MOTIF?