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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 *** |
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1 | squander | A | abutting | 1: | 1 | copious | A | formal | 1: | |
2 | affinity | B | waste | 2: | 2 | colloquial | B | outsider | 2: | |
3 | placate | C | lenify | 3: | 3 | benevolent | C | stingy | 3: | |
4 | peripatetic | D | Aristotelic | 4: | 4 | myopia | D | scarce | 4: | |
5 | contiguous | E | kinship | 5: | 5 | clique | E | hyperopia | 5: |
Match Definitions |
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1 | appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use | A | implement | 1: |
2 | apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design | B | misappropriate | 2: |
3 | showing no care or concern in attitude or action | C | infinitesimal | 3: |
4 | infinitely or immeasurably small | D | saccharine | 4: |
5 | overly sweet | E | indifferent | 5: |
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1 | 2 | 3 | Across: 5: excessively agitated; transported with rage or other violent emotion(8) 7: remove completely from recognition or memory(6) 8: short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)(8) Down: 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking(6) 2: speed up the progress of; facilitate(8) 3: feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds(8) 4: spread or diffuse through(8) 6: the quality of being crafty(5) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
What does Root word "dict" mean? Root word "dict" comes from Latin, meaning speak. Examples: contradict - to express the opposite of; prediction - a statement foretelling the future; dictate - to speak out loud for another person to write down. Did you know? - Hippophobia is the fear of horses. |
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 Synonyms Matching in worksheet 25: 1:E 2:A 3:D 4:C 5:B Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 25: 1:D 2:E 3:C 4:A 5:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 25: 1:D 2:B 3:E 4:C 5:A Answer to Crossword in worksheet 25: Across: 1: bereaved, 5: pervade, 6: felicity Down: 2: expedite, 3: anecdote, 4: curtail, 5: pious |
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