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Vocab 7 eng 9
Question | Answer |
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slavish; suitable to a slave or servant; forced labor/tow | servile/adjective |
servile(dpos/antonyms) | servility(noun)/dominant |
incapable of producing offspring; lacking vegetation; lacking liveliness/tow | barren/adjective |
barren(dpos/antonyms) | barrenness(noun)/lush, fertile |
to be in the way of; to delay the progress of/tow | hinder/verb |
hinder(dpos/antonyms) | hindrance(noun)/to assist, to help progress |
facial features; appearance especially on face/tow | countenance/noun |
to interpret; to explain the meaning of/ | construe/verb |
construe(antonyms) | misconstrue |
deep thought/tow | congitation/noun |
cogitation(dpos) | cogitate(verb), cogitative(adjective |
to exhibit attention; to seek favor or attention by flattery and slavish behaviors/ | fawn/verb |
fawn(antonyms) | to ignore |
to grant a share of; to make known/tow | impart/verb |
impart(antonyms) | to keep secret |
not caring one way or the other; neutral/tow | indifferent/adjective |
to tower over; to dominate by position/tow | bestride/verb |
to make an earnest request of; to petition for/tow | entreat/verb |
a small crown; usually worn by prince or princess/tow | coronet/noun |
entreat(dpos) | entreaty(noun) |
a rascal; a deceitful; unreliable person/tow | rogue/noun |
a bodily weakness, especially brought by old age; feebleness/tow | infirmity/noun |
infirmity(dpos/antonyms) | infirm(adj)/strength |
a violent windstorm usually accompanied by rain, snow, hail/tow | tempest/noun |
to raise in rank, character, status; to elevate; to praise or honor/tow | exalt/verb |
tempest(dpos/antonyms) | tempestuous(noun)/calmness, peacefulness |
exalt(dpos/antonyms) | exaltation(noun)/ to dishonor |
a heated, often violent disagreement; a fight | strife/noun |
strife(antonyms) | agreement, peace |
to cause to be extremely angry; to infuriate/tow | incense/verb |
incense(antonyms) | to calm,to pacify |
exciting wonder or awe/tow | portentous/adjective |
portentous(dpos/antonyms) | portentousness, portent(noun)/meaningless |
a possible danger; a threat; an annoying or troublesome person/tow | menace/noun |
danger/tow | perilous/adjective |
perilous(dpos/antonyms) | peril(noun), perilously(adv)/ safe, secure |
to put into by pouring; to fill or cause to be filled by something/tow | infuse/verb |
impressively great in size, amount, or extent; enormous; extraordinary; marvelous/tow | prodigious/adjective |
prodigious(antonyms) | small, insignificant, ordinary |
characterized by internal disagreement/tow | factious/adjective |
to remedy; to set right | redress/verb |
redress(antonyms) | to make worse, to ruin more |