New Words for Today:
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Assuage (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" 2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" 3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" |
pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease |
Kinetic (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith; "kinetic energy" 2: characterized by motion; "modern dance has been called kinetic pantomime" 3: supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor |
energizing, energising |
Contiguous (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past" 2: connecting without a break; within a common boundary; "the 48 conterminous states"; "the contiguous 48 states" 3: having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities" |
immediate, abutting, adjacent, adjoining, neighboring |
Culinary (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: of or relating to or used in cooking; "The college offers culinary classes during summer" |
Willful (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience" 2: habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition |
intentional, wilful |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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1 | guile | A | craftiness | 1: | 1 | colloquial | A | scarce | 1: | |
2 | disdain | B | minute | 2: | 2 | clique | B | cold | 2: | |
3 | pious | C | devout | 3: | 3 | affable | C | formal | 3: | |
4 | equivocate | D | patronage | 4: | 4 | gratuitous | D | outsider | 4: | |
5 | infinitesimal | E | prevaricate | 5: | 5 | copious | E | needed | 5: |
Match Definitions |
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1 | the quality of being crafty | A | criterion | 1: |
2 | place restrictions on | B | hedonism | 2: |
3 | the ideal in terms of which something can be judged | C | guile | 3: |
4 | the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle | D | curtail | 4: |
5 | blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character | E | sacrilege | 5: |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Across: 2: confidently optimistic and cheerful(8) 5: censure severely or angrily(6) 7: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose(8) 8: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception(5) Down: 1: of or relating to or used in cooking(8) 3: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)(8) 4: process fast and efficiently(8) 6: be false to; be dishonest with(6) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
I am "en route" for a "vis-a-vis" mtg. -- Gee French words are crazy! "vis-a-vis" means "face-to-face, in relation to". They sat vis-a-vis across the table. His role vis-a-vis the recent match was that of a game-changer. Did you know? - Fear/dislike of reptiles and/or amphibians is called "Herpetophobia." |
Recent Words Learned: willful, culinary, contiguous, kinetic, assuage, expedite, pervade, pious, disdain, bereaved, anecdote, portentous, affinity, felicity, colloquial, panacea, saccharine, relinquish, virtuoso, squander Answer to Crossword in worksheet 25: Across: 5: panacea, 6: equine, 7: anecdote, 8: flora Down: 1: myopia, 2: efface, 3: allocate, 4: squander |
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