Quiz: Friday, F

ebruary 7, 2014

Test: Friday, F

ebruary 14, 2014

LEVEL D UNIT 6

To make up for

Syn: make amends for

Ant: NA

1. ATONE - VERB

Slavery; any state of being bound or held down

Syn: servitude, captivity, dependence

Ant: freedom, liberty, independence

2. BONDAGE - NOUN

Believable

Syn: plausible, acceptable, likely

Ant: unbelievable, implausible, improbable

3. CREDIBLE - ADJ

To pay for

Syn: settle, bear the cost, foot the bill

Ant: NA

4. DEFRAY - VERB

Hardworking, industrious, not lazy

Syn: focused, on task

Ant: lazy, cursory

5. DILIGENT – ADJ

Sad; dreary

Syn: sorrowful, mournful, melancholy

Ant: cheerful, blithe, jaunty

6. DOLEFUL - ADJ

Frightful, horrible; deathly pale

Syn: dreadful, appalling, gruesome

Ant: pleasant, agreeable, attractive

7. GHASTLY - ADJ

To hold back

Syn: hinder, obstruct, inhibit

Ant: facilitate, ease, smooth the way

8. HAMPER - VERB

To shape or cut down with an ax; to hold to

Syn: chop, hack, fell, adhere, conform

Ant: NA

9. HEW - VERB

Poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

Syn: poverty-stricken, destitute

Ant: rich, wealthy, affluent

10. IMPOVERISHED -

ADJ

Never stopping, going all the time

Syn: ceaseless, constant, uninterrupted

Ant: occasional, sporadic, intermittent

11. INCESSANT - ADJ

Complicated; difficult to understand

Syn: complexAnt: simple, uninvolved,

uncomplicated

12. INTRICATE - ADJ

Easy to understand, clear; rational, sane

Syn: intelligentAnt: murky, muddy, obscure,

unintelligible, opaque

13. LUCID - ADJ

Occurring or published after death

Syn: postmortemAnt: prenatal

14. POSTHUMOUS - ADJ

Overly neat, precise, proper, or formal; prudish

Syn: fussy, squeamish

Ant: sloppy, untidy, lax

15. PRIM - ADJ

Grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

Syn: caustic, wryAnt: bland, mild, good-natured

16. SARDONIC - ADJ

Exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess

Syn: surplus, extraAnt: necessary, essential, vital

17. SUPERFLUOUS - ADJ

To take the place of, supersede

Syn: replace, displaceAnt: NA

18. SUPPLANT - VERB

Holding fast; holding together firmly; persistent

Syn: obstinate, stubborn, determinedAnt: yielding, weak, gentle, slack

20. TENACIOUS - ADJ

To jeer at, mock

Syn: ridicule, make fun off

Ant: cheer, applaud, acclaim

An insulting or mocking remark

Syn: a jeerAnt: a praise

Verb Noun

19. TAUNT