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Units 4-5
pg. 81
100
pay for the cost of college
What is defray?
100
gained a reputation of a lazy
What is diligent?
100
I know that love is fickle, but I never expected to be (supplanted/atoned) in her affections by such an unworthy suitor.
What is supplanted?
100
I suppose bloodhounds may be as happy and any dog, but they have the ___ look of creatures who have lost their best friend.
What is doleful?
100
spasmodic is to incessant as... pg. 81
What is latent is to overt... (opposites)
200
Make amends for...
What is atone?
200
occasional honking of horns
What is incessant?
200
Royalties from a novel that is published (superfluously, posthumously) normally go to the author's estate.
What is posthumously?
200
Although the survivors were still in the state of shock, some of them were ____ enough to answer the questions posed by police.
What is lucid?
200
diligent is to erratic as..
What is novel is to trite? (antonyms)
300
a gruesome scene
What is ghastly?
300
provided vital information
What is superfluous?
300
I was amazed when I looked through the microscope and observed the (incessant/intricate) pattern of blood vessels in the specimen's body.
What is intricate?
300
Since their heroic deeds speak for themselves, further comment would be ____
What is superfluous?
300
circumspect is to cautions as... (pg 81)
What is tenacious is to persistence... (defintion)
400
conforms to accepted standards of behavior
What is hew?
400
a lax attitude
What is prim?
400
The witness has changed her story so often that no jury on earth is likely to find the testimony (lucid/credible).
What is credible?
400
A woman of strong character and noble bearing, she endured the jibes and ___ of her adversaries with great patience and fortitude.
What are taunts?
400
prim is to dissolute as.... (pg. 81)
What is lucid is to muddled... (opposites)
500
Impede progress
What is hamper?
500
lived in an affluent neighborbood
What is impoverished?
500
The novel's grim humor and (posthumous/sardonic) portrayal of the futility of all human endeavor make it an intensely disturbing book.
What is sardonic?
500
"Someone with such a(n) ____ grip on life doesn't give up the ghost easily," I thought as I watched the old man's struggle to stay alive.
What is tenacious?
500
Proliferate is to stagnate as... (pg. 81)
What is facilitate is to hamper... (synonyms)