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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 *** |
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| 1 | electrify | A | summary | 1: | 1 | distraught | A | dissimilate | 1: | |
| 2 | succinct | B | crusade | 2: | 2 | arid | B | aloof | 2: | |
| 3 | millennium | C | millenary | 3: | 3 | assimilate | C | calm | 3: | |
| 4 | accommodate | D | wire | 4: | 4 | concern | D | assent | 4: | |
| 5 | agitate | E | admit | 5: | 5 | dissent | E | wetland | 5: | |
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| 1 | exceptionally bad or displeasing | A | dissent | 1: |
| 2 | impinge or infringe upon | B | encroach | 2: |
| 3 | a difference of opinion | C | dreadful | 3: |
| 4 | briefly giving the gist of something | D | terminate | 4: |
| 5 | be the end of; be the last or concluding part of | E | succinct | 5: |
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| 1 | 2 | Across: 2: anything that serves as an expedient(6) 3: exceptionally bad or displeasing(8) 6: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(7) 7: fail to do something; leave something undone(7) Down: 1: of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic(8) 2: assets available for use in the production of further assets(7) 3: issue a decree(6) 4: exonerate by means of an alibi(5) 5: completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing(7) |
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Engligh Language Trivia |
| I am "en route" for a "vis-a-vis" mtg. -- did we not do this yesterday? "En route" also a French phrase meaning "on the way". I've just left; I'm en route for the auditorium." Did you know? - Study of the iris; diagnosis of disease based on the iris of the eye is called "iridology." |
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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 Synonyms Matching in worksheet 15: 1:D 2:C 3:B 4:A 5:E Answer to Antonyms Matching in worksheet 15: 1:C 2:E 3:A 4:D 5:B Answer to Definitions Matching in worksheet 15: 1:A 2:D 3:B 4:C 5:E Answer to Crossword in worksheet 15: Across: 1: crutch, 4: banter, 6: dissent, 8: tropical Down: 1: convict, 2: dreadful, 3: casualty, 5: edict, 7: climax |
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