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Causing uneasiness or worry (adj.)
What is disquieting?
When I saw the (disquieting, mangled) vehicle, I thought for sure that the driver had to be seriously injured; amazingly, though, he walked away from the wreck.
What is mangled?
When he gets in one of those _________ moods he is as unreasonable and unpleasant as a cranky child.
What is sulky?
a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change (noun)
What is upheaval?
Opposite of:
Reputation for donating money
What is extort?
a reading in public of something that is memorized; a memorized poem or piece of prose that is read aloud (noun)
What is recitation?
Instead of working so hard to prepare (replicas, allegiances) of famous works of art, why don't you try to create something original?
What is replicas?
Every entertainer likes a(n) ___________ audience that shows it appreciates and enjoys the performance.
What is responsive.
to unite; to combine elements into a unified whole
What is amalgamate?
Opposite of:
Halting public speaking skills
(Halting:slow and hesitant, especially through lack of confidence)
What is fluent?
To make high in rank, power, character, or quality; to fill with pride, joy, or noble feeling; to praise, honor (verb)
What is exalt?
The news that I had been dropped from the football squad (detracted, punctured) my dream of becoming a great gridiron hero.
What is punctured?
Though many people doubted that the new program would do any real good, i thought it was a very ________ development.
What is wholesome?
to punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc.); to restrain, moderate (verb)
What is chasten?
Opposite of:
Comments that detract from your main point
What is affirm?
Having to do with the sky or heavens, heavenly; yielding great bliss and happiness (adj.)
What is celestial?
The detective's suspicion was aroused when the suspect's story failed to (tally, commemorate) with the known facts if the case.
What is tally?
The workbook directions instruct the ruler to ____________ the subject of each sentence in red and the predicate in blue.
What is underscore?
to discourage, scare off, or prevent through fear or doubt (verb)
What is deter?
Opposite of:
Forced to restore the leather case
What is detract?
to count; to name one by one, list (verb)
What is enumerate?
We cannot have a peaceful and just society so long as any one group is required to be (responsive, submissive) to another.
What is submissive?
In World War 1, soldiers in the trenches endured one _________ after another, such as contaminated food and water, diseases, and gangrene.
What is atrocity?
dishonest, not guided or controlled by moral principles (adj.)
What is unscrupulous?
Opposite of:
Anticipated your sensible behavior
What is berserk?