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Vocab 7 eng 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |