New Words for Today:
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Decree (Noun, Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the decree caused no trouble out there" |
edict, fiat, order |
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Verb |
1: issue a decree; "Only the King can decree" 2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" |
rule |
Chaotic (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: lacking a visible order or organization 2: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing 3: of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions |
disorderly |
Dismal (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" |
blue, dark, depressing, dingy |
Succinct (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" |
compendious, compact, summary |
Encroach (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: advance beyond the usual limit 2: impinge or infringe upon; "This impinges on my rights as an individual"; "This matter entrenches on other domains" |
infringe, impinge, entrench |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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| 1 | haunt | A | frequent | 1: | 1 | superior | A | agreement | 1: | |
| 2 | encroach | B | wire | 2: | 2 | arid | B | wetland | 2: | |
| 3 | dusky | C | fearful | 3: | 3 | dissent | C | calm | 3: | |
| 4 | electrify | D | twilight | 4: | 4 | distraught | D | calm | 4: | |
| 5 | dreadful | E | entrench | 5: | 5 | agitate | E | inferior | 5: | |
Match Definitions |
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| 1 | (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | A | decree | 1: |
| 2 | morally reprehensible | B | despicable | 2: |
| 3 | excite suddenly and intensely | C | synonymous | 3: |
| 4 | reach the summit of a mountain | D | electrify | 4: |
| 5 | issue a decree | E | summit | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | Across: 3: advance beyond the usual limit(8) 7: causing dejection(6) 8: lighted by or as if by twilight(5) 9: exonerate by means of an alibi(5) 10: lacking a visible order or organization(7) Down: 1: imagined as in a play(7) 2: a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence(7) 4: lacking sufficient water or rainfall(4) 5: someone injured or killed in an accident(8) 6: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises(6) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
| come up in the world A person who has come up in the world is richer than before and has a higher social status. "My old school friend has bought an apartment overlooking Central Park. She has certainly come up in the world" Did you know? - Study of comparative musical systems is called "ethnomusicology." |
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Recent Words Learned: encroach, succinct, dismal, chaotic, decree, concern, arid, haunt, alibi, casualty, batter, crutch, summit, accommodate, electrify, millennium, dreadful, edict, banter, dissent Answer to Crossword in worksheet 15: Across: 3: crutch, 6: arid, 7: dreadful, 8: edict Down: 1: haunt, 2: bankrupt, 4: casualty, 5: breach |
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