Syn/Antonyms
Explanation, narration, description, account, review, analysis
What is commentary?
The accused person must be given every chance to ............the charges against him or her.
Word bank
-refute
-tarry
refute
Greedy; very hungry; eager for satisfaction
Adjective
The length of time that something continues or lasts.
What is duration?
With a sharp point; keen and alert; sharp and severe; rising quickly to a high point and lasting for a short time.
What is acute?
Angle, characteristic, factor, element
What is facet?
Since the convicted felon had no ........... for his crimes , the judge sentenced him to the maximum prison time allowed.
remorse
Willful, stubborn
Adjective
Causing fear because of strangeness; weird, mysterious
What is eerie?
To make peaceful, calm; to soothe.
What is pacify?
loyalty, faithfulness
What is fidelity?
Anyone who has never had a sprained ankle will find it hard to imagine how .....................the pain is.
acute
facet
Noun
One living permanently in a given place
What is inhabitant?
Deep and painful regret for one's past misdeeds; pangs of conscience.
guilt
What is remorse?
By ....................in loud, confident voice, he tried to convince us he had nothing to do with the accident.
Word Bank
-Blustering
-Smug
blustering
synopsis
noun
To prove incorrect.
What is refute?
To act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something through clumsiness.
What is bungle?
scuffle, unravel
fray
No one can question her complete...................................to basic American ideas and ideals.
Word Bank
-Synopsis
-Fidelity
fidelity
refute
verb
To talk or act in a noisy and threatening way; to blow in stormy gusts.
Speech that is loud and threatening.
What is blustering?
Overly self-satisfied, self-righteous
What is smug?