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Antonyms
Idioms
Easy Peasy Vocab
100
"Sadness washed over me like a big ocean tide."
What is a SIMILE?
100
"Stroking his mustache with one hand and his sword with the other...he strode toward the sock factory."
Who is Captain Narita?
100
conclusive, decisive, final
What is TENTATIVE(LY)?
100
from Missouri
What is SKEPTICAL?
100
using or containing more words than necessary; wordy
What is VERBOSE?
200
"Korea was a little shrimp caught in a struggle between giants (whales)."
What is a METAPHOR?
200
"... the only male in the factory, he watched the spools and machines from his viewing stand to make sure all ran smoothly."
Who is KISA?
200
believing, accepting, trusting
What is SKEPTICAL?
200
strong as a bull
What is ROBUST?
200
making a show of importance or dignity; high on one's abilities or looks
What is POMPOUS/VAIN?
300
"She swirled the rice around making the grains dance."
What is PERSONIFICATION?
300
"...my oldest sibling, had entered the convent when I was very little. I remember visiting her there. She looked like a penguin in her long black gown and the little white veil on her head."
Who is THERESA?
300
ubiquitous, easy to find; plentiful; abundant
What is SCARCE?
300
a hen's teeth
What is SCARCE?
300
a place of ideal perfection, especially in laws, government and social conditions; the perfect place
What is UTOPIA?
400
"The rice-paper paneled doors, rattling in the late October winds, sounded like crickets on a dark night."
What is a SIMILE?
400
"I felt like a different person. I felt so many confliciting emotions struggling within me...For the first time I resented being born a Korean."
Who is SOOKAN?
400
full, glutted, gorged, satiated
What is RAVENOUS?
400
a drop in the bucket; cheese parings and candle ends
What is PITTANCE?
400
being strong and vigorously healthy
What is ROBUST?
500
clanging; whirring; murmuring
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
500
"Her eyes filled with tears, but she bit her lip to keep from crying. 'There is no place for us to hide, he knows where we live and whom we know, and if he wants to, he'll find us and take us to the front. No matter where we go, we are their prisoners.'"
Who is OKJA?
500
deliberate, intentional, designed, planned, well-thought out
What is HAPHAZARD?
500
dog it; kill time; lie around; mark time
What is IDLE?
500
omnipresent, all over, un-ending, universal
What is UBIQUITOUS?