to make stronger, larger, greater, louder
What is amplify?
The planning board refused to allow the construction of a factory in close _______ to our school building.
What is proximity?
What is universal?
What is an antonym for moving quickly or to hurry along?
What is loiter?
DEFINE:
a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated with someone or something; to assign to, credit with; to regard as caused by or resulting from
What is attribute?
to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail
What is dovetail?
The chef ______ our salad with colorful edible flowers.
What is garnished?
What is a synonym for wipe out or erase?
What is obliterate?
What is an antonym for easily heard?
What is inaudible?
SYNONYM:
What is a synonym for dull or boring?
What is bland?
to crouch or shrink away in fear or shame
What is cower?
The smell of gasoline _______ me.
What is nauseates?
What is a synonym for conversion or switch?
What is transition?
What is an antonym for working hard?
What is malinger?
DEFINE:
to read thoroughly and carefully
What is peruse?
agreement, harmony; to agree, be in harmony or bring into harmony; to grant, bestow on
What is accord?
We lived in a ________ farm house with a leaking roof and no running water.
What is ramshackle?
What is a synonym for jammed or packed?
What is congested?
What is a antonym for ahead of schedule?
What is belated?
ANTONYM:
What is an antonym for plump or fat?
What is gaunt?
a short club used as a weapon; to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point
What is bludgeon?
The ______ of the chimpanzees amused the crowds at the zoo.
What is antics?
What is a synonym for the top or peak?
What is acme?
What is an antonym for bold, daring, or reckless?
FILL IN THE BLANK:
The teacher gave ______ instructions on how to complete the activity.
What is specific?