New Words for Today:
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Sacrilege (Noun)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: blasphemous behavior; the act of depriving something of its sacred character; "desecration of the Holy Sabbath" |
profanation, desecration |
Juxtapose (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" |
Gratuitous (Adjective)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Adjective |
1: without cause; "a gratuitous insult" 2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" 3: unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with gratuitous loss of life" |
costless, free, gratis |
necessary, required, needed |
Equivocate (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information |
prevaricate, palter |
Mitigate (Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Verb |
1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; "The circumstances extenuate the crime" 2: make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances" |
extenuate, palliate |
Rebuke (Noun, Verb)
Type | Meaning | Synonyms | Antonyms |
Noun |
1: an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" |
reproof, reproval |
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Verb |
1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" |
rag, trounce, reproof |
Today's Vocabulary Challenges*** Answers will be in the next worksheet of this level *** |
Match Synonyms |
Match Antonyms |
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| 1 | discriminate | A | deep | 1: | 1 | flora | A | fauna | 1: | |
| 2 | equivocate | B | cordial | 2: | 2 | affable | B | concentric | 2: | |
| 3 | criterion | C | nice | 3: | 3 | clique | C | scarce | 3: | |
| 4 | affable | D | prevaricate | 4: | 4 | copious | D | outsider | 4: | |
| 5 | cryptic | E | measure | 5: | 5 | eccentric | E | cold | 5: | |
Match Definitions |
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| 1 | having a puzzling terseness | A | cryptic | 1: |
| 2 | excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion | B | frenetic | 2: |
| 3 | lasting a very short time | C | acrid | 3: |
| 4 | censure severely or angrily | D | transitory | 4: |
| 5 | harsh or corrosive in tone | E | rebuke | 5: |
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| 1 | Across: 2: an act or expression of criticism and censure(6) 5: requiring precise accuracy(8) 7: make children(5) Down: 1: kindness of disposition or manner(6) 3: deeply absorbed in thought(7) 4: make less severe or harsh(8) 6: brief and to the point; effectively cut short(5) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
| What are "Idioms"? Idioms are words, phrases or expressions which are commonly used in everyday conversation. They are often metaphorical and make the language more colourful. There are estimated to be at least 25000 idiomatic expressions in English language. Did you know? - Study of chemistry of the earth's crust is called "geochemistry." |
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Recent Words Learned: rebuke, mitigate, equivocate, gratuitous, juxtapose, sacrilege, clique, extrapolate, transitory, criterion, profess, flora, affable, nostalgia, preeminent, hypothetical, pedestrian, delude, cryptic, terse Answer to Crossword in worksheet 13: Across: 1: chasm, 3: clique, 5: oblivion, 8: frenetic, 9: beget Down: 2: accolade, 4: incisive, 6: illicit, 7: terse |
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