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Padgett 8V.Unit1
Question | Answer |
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ADMONISH | to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly |
BREACH | an opening, gap; a violations. To create an opening. |
BRIGAND | a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
CIRCUMSPECT | careful, cautious |
COMMANDEER | to seize for military or officail use |
CUMBERSOME | clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving |
DEADLOCK | A standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions. To bring to a standstill. |
DEBRIS | scattered fragments, wreckage |
DIFFUSE | To spread or scatter freely or widely. Wordy, longwinded, or unfocused. |
DILEMMA | a difficult or perplexing problem |
EFFACE | to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed |
MUDDLE | To make a mess of. A hopeless mess. |
OPINIONATED | stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind. |
PERENNIAL | lasting for a long time, persistent. A plant that lives for many years. |
PREDISPOSE | to incline to beforehand |
RELINQUISH | to let go, give up |
SALVAGE | To save from fire or shipwreck. Property thus saved. |
SPASMODIC | sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent |
SPURIOUS | not genuine, not true, not valid |
UNBRIDLED | uncontrolled, lacking in resrtaint |
A synonym for CUMBERSOME is | clumsy |
A synonym for CIRCUMSPECT is | cautious |
A synonym for ADMONISH is | scold |
A synonym for MUDDLE is | mess |
A synonym for SALVAGE is | rescue |
A synonym for SPASMODIC is | irregular |
A synonym for UNBRIDLED is | unrestrained |
A synonym for DIFFUSE is | disperse |
An antonym for UNBRIDLED is | restrained |
An antonym for RELINQUISH is | keep |
An antonym for SPURIOUS is | valid |
An antonym for BREACH is | honor |
An antonym for DEADLOCK is | agreement |
An antonym for OPINIONATED is | open-minded |
What part of speech is MUDDLE? | noun and verb |
What part of speech is SPURIOUS? | adjective |
What part of speech is ADMONISH? | verb |
What part of speech is SPASMODIC? | adjective |
What part of speech is EFFACE? | verb |
What part of speech is PREDISPOSE? | verb |
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npadgett
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