Syllable Emphasis
Definitions
Synonyms
Antonyms
In a Sentence
100
Where should we put the emphasis on the word interminable?
What is in ter' minable
100
to break up, disturb
What is disrupt
100
sped
What is hurtle
100
exciting
What is humdrum
100
The desert seemed to be a ________ terrain.
What is barren
200
Where is the emphasis for the word trickle?
What is trick'le
200
A pause in fighting, or a peace treaty
What is truce
200
land, touch down
What is alight
200
far from
What is adjacent
200
The teacher decided to ________ the students for their hard work during their class period.
What is recompense
300
What is wrong with the emphasis on this word: in'sinuate?
What is it should be insin'uate
300
Tell the definition of the word renovate
What is to restore or repair, to make new again
300
imply, suggest
What is insinuate
300
short, brief
What is interminable
300
Chapter 1 of Call of the Wild gave us a ________ of what is to come later in the novel
What is foretaste
400
Find the points of emphasis for the words barren, renovate, and adjacent.
What is bar'ren, ren'ovate, and adja'cent
400
Give the definition and the part of speech for the word vicious
What is evil, bad, having bad habits or an ugly disposition; adjective
400
What is a synonym for interrogate?
What is question
400
What is an antonym for the word trivial?
What is important
400
She turn in her ______ to the boss, even though the job position seemed ______ and dull.
What is resume, humdrum
500
Find the errors in emphasis: dynas'ty, dis'rupt, in'terrogate
What is dy'nasty, disrupt' interr'ogate
500
Tell the definition and the part of speech for the word trivial
What is not important or minor, adjective
500
Name 2 synonyms for the word trickle
What is drip, droplets, drizzle
500
Name 2 antonyms for the word sullen
What is cheerful, happy, quick
500
The seed began to ________, which __________ that the flower was about to grow.
What is germinate, insinuated