Week 2 B
What do these words mean?
Adverse -
Assailant -
Adverse - Unfavorable, Negative; Working Against, Hostile
Assailant - A person who attacks violently (With words or blows/hits)
Besiege -
Compress -
Besiege - To attack by surrounding W/ Military forces; to cause worry or trouble
Compress - To press together; to reduce in size or volume; A folded cloth or pad applied to an injury
What do these words mean?
Bigot -
Diversity -
Gloat -
Global -
Illusion -
Bigot - An intolerant, prejudiced, or biased person
Diversity - Difference, Variety; A condition of having many different types of forms
Gloat - To look at or think about with great intensity and satisfaction; To take personal joy in
Global - Of or relating to the entire world
Illusion - A false ideas; something that someone seems to see that really does not exist
What do these words mean?
Arid -
Billow -
Arid - Extremely dry; uninteresting, dull
Billow - A large wave; To rise or swell like a wave
What do these words mean?
Apparel -
Denounce -
Apparel - Clothing; To put clothes on
Denounce - To condemn openly; to accuse formally
What do these words mean?
Confront -
Contemporary -
Depict -
Confront - To meet face-to-face, especially as a challenge; come to grips with
Contemporary - belonging to the same period of time; A person of the same time
Depict - To portray; to represent or show in the form of a picture (painted, drawn, or photo)
Douse -
Famished -
Dispatch -
Douse - To plunge into liquid, drench; Put out quickly
Famished - suffering severely from hunger from special advantage
Dispatch - To send off or out for purpose; to kill; A official message; promptness, speed; the act of killing
What do these words mean?
Barrage -
Designate -
Enigma -
Infuriate -
Barrage - A rapid, large scale outpouring of something
Designate - To indicate, point out, assign or appoint
Enigma - Someone or something that is extremely puzzling; Something that Cannot be understood or explained
Infuriate - To make very angry
What do these words mean?
Constrain -
Disinterested -
Encompass -
Constrain - To force; Compel; to restrain; hold back
Disinterested - Fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent
Encompass - To encircle, go or reach around; to enclose; to include with a certain group or class
What do these words mean?
Expressly -
Forsake -
Immense -
Expressly - Plainly, in so many words, simply stated for a purpose
Forsake - To give up, renounce; To leave, abandon
Immense - Very large or great; beyond ordinary means
What are the synonyms of these words?
Groundless -
Hypocrite -
Groundless - unfair reason
Hypocrite - imposter
What are the synonyms of these words?
Gainful -
Ingenious -
Irk -
Gainful - Profit
Ingenious - Smart
Irk - Annoy
What are the synonyms of these words?
Encourage -
Limit -
Wise person -
Profession -
To dry up -
Encourage - Motivate
Limit - Restrict
Wise person - Sage
Profession - Vocation
To dry up - Wither
What are the synonyms of these words?
Incomprehensible -
Manipulate -
Incomprehensible - impossible to understand
Manipulate - control
What are the synonyms of these words?
Inept -
Instantaneous -
Libel -
Inept - Without skill
Instantaneous - Instant
Libel - falsely written
What are the antonyms for these words?
Mimic -
Serene -
Sheepish -
Mimic - opposite actions
Serene - chaos or disturbance
Sheepish - confident
What are the antonyms for these words?
Oaf -
Recede -
Oaf - Small
Recede - closer
What are the antonyms for these words?
Crowd -
Increase thirst -
Sky -
Lie -
To comfort -
Crowd - Queue
Increase thirst - Slake
Sky - Terrain
Lie - Vow
To comfort - Waylay
What are the antonyms for these words?
Groundless -
Hypocrite -
Maximum -
Ruffle -
Stamina -
Maximum - Minimum
Ruffle - calm
Stamina - weakness
What are the antonyms for these words?
Misgiving -
Repast -
Misgiving - fearless
Repast - snack
Fill in the blank
It would be unfair to ___ someone without knowing the whole story
The detective searched for clues to identify the ___
A ___ person pretends to have values they do not actually follow
It would be unfair to CONFRONT someone without knowing the whole story
The detective searched for clues to identify the ASSAILANT
A HYPOCRITE person pretends to have values they do not actually follow
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After hiking all day without food, the campers were completely _____
Loud chewing noises tend to ___ him during quiet meetings
The engineer came up with an ____ solution using only recycled materials
After hiking all day without food, the campers were completely FAMISHED
Loud chewing noises tend to IRK him during quiet meetings
The engineer came up with an INGENIOUS solution using only recycled materials
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A ____ Judges others unfairly biased on their beliefs or background
After winning the game, it isn't kind to ___ about your victory
The twisting mountain ____ made the hike more challenging than we expected
A BIGOT Judges others unfairly biased on their beliefs or background
After winning the game, it isn't kind to GLOAT about your victory
The twisting mountain terrain made the hike more challenging than we expected
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After running three laps, Maya's ___ helped her finish the race without giving up
The science lecture was so ___ that many students could not understand it
Please do not ___ my papers; I organized them very carefully
After running three laps, Maya's STAMINA helped her finish the race without giving up
The science lecture was so INCOMPREHENSIBLE that many students could not understand it
Please do not RUFFLE my papers; I organized them very carefully
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The store sells winter ____ including coats, hats and gloves
Despite her excitement, she felt a slight ____ about the decision
His ____ Performance on the job led to repeated mistakes
The store sells winter APPAREL including coats, hats and gloves
Despite her excitement, she felt a slight MISGIVING about the decision
His INEPT Performance on the job led to repeated mistakes