Unit 11
Leaping, jumping, or springing forth
Salient
Charming, attractive, pleasing
Winsome
The scene of the __________ murder left the towns people ___________ and comfortless.
Grisly, disconsolate
Synonyms: Excess, glut, cloy, satiate
Surfeit
True or false the meaning of cloy is to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence.
True
Synonyms: resident, dweller, habitue
Denizen
Fill in the blanks:
The fairy help the knight _____________ using her ____________ (participle) beauty.
enthrall, enhanced
True or false: the meaning of the word foment is abundantly productive, profuse
False
The meaning of Turgid is lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance.
False; Jejune
Fill in the blacks: It was her ________ to bear the yellow star, but though she wore it her proud ______________ never changed.
Onus, demeanor
Although people laughed at him for his ______ manner, Arnold was able to _________ all the demands of college and graduate a year early.
gauche, satiate
He is the perfect __________ of a student, but is has made him quite ___________ and annoying.
Paragon, sanctimonious
Synonyms Bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up
Buttress
Fill in the spaces:
The teacher sharply _________ me for my actions in class and said that I was __________ and unyielding.
Berated; obdurate
Synonyms: baffling, mysterious, inexplicable
enigmatic
Our travel plans are ________ on the eradication of the _________ disease.
True or False: the meaning of prosaic is prudent, shrewdly conceived and developed.
False
The clerk actually _________ Bonny and Clyde, a ____________ betrayal of his position.
Abetted, blatant
Coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential.
Extraneous
Paging through history books is a fascinating study in _______________ standards through the years. The men's criterion seldom change, but the women's sure do.
Sartorial
Antonyms: Intangible, insubstantial, incorporeal
Palpable
Antonyms: Helpful, beneficial, harmless, innocuous.
Deleterious
Antonyms: Deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim
Aver
Potpourri
Antonyms: Penny-pinching, frugal, economical
Profligate