Synonyms
Strange
Bizarre
Modest
Conceited
Her _________ nature made it difficult for her to complete tasks on time.
Indolent
What is a synonym for "had no reservations about?"
Scruples
Synonym for on the way
Imminent
Honest
Candid
Praising
Derisive
The ________ of the story suggests that the character's actions had unforeseen consequences.
implication
What word means "excessively proud of oneself; vain?"
conceited
Optomistic or positive
Sanguine
Lazy
Indolent
Ordinary
Exotic
The _____________ nature of the text made it difficult for readers to understand the author's intent.
Ambiguous
What is a synonym for disprove?
refute
His belief in his own ___________________ made everyone around him feel as though he knew what he was doing.
infallibility
Approaching
Imminent
Pessimistic
Sanguine
His ___________ smile put everyone at ease.
My ____________ opinion is that it won't work.
candid
I had no ___________ about eavesdropping
Scruples
Useless
Futile
Weakness
Infallibality
His _____________ in pursuing his goals led to his eventual success.
Students expect their teachers to ____________ appropriate behavior at all times.
Exemplify
The teacher asked the students to draw their own _____________ based on the clues given in the story.
Inference
Grave Clothes
Shroud
Command
Enjoin
Her constant complaints about the situation filled the room with _____________.
woe
People attending the funeral sang a _____________ in honor of the deceased
Dirge
Antonym for to calm
Rouse
Harmful
Pernicious
Sweetness (as in personality)
Rancor
When the young family began saving their money in a very disciplined way, they were doing it for ______________
Posterity
If you do this in print it is called libel. If you just say it it is _________________.
Slander
When the South Carolina fan cheered the news that Clemson was winning their game, his friends called him a ____________________.
Heretic
Quick, agile
Good, Virtuous
She delivered an entertaining _____________on the current state of the film industry.
Discourse
The student ___________________ her teacher for an extension on the assignment.
Beseeched
The students ___________ a clever scheme to raise the money they needed.
conjure
The writer's values
Ethos
Logos
I hate it when people only start to like a team when they are winning. They are _____________ fans.
Bandwagon
What is a literary device that relies on believing in the author's credentials?
Ethos
What is it called when you are only given one side of an argument in order to get you to believe it?
Propaganda
Bandwagon
Propaganda
The young man never did any of his chores when he was supposed to; this led his mother to call him ___________.
indolent
Even though she was in a ____________ Juliet's beauty could not be fully hidden.
shroud
synonym for something that is unique and is foreign.
exotic