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Vocab 8 eng 9h
vocab 8 eng 9h
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| very slender candle; a source of feeble light/tow | taper/noun |
| to make greater in size or extent or quantity/tow | augment/verb |
| augment(dpos/antonyms) | augmentation(noun)/to decrease, to make smaller |
| damp and humid/tow | dank/adj. |
| dank(dpos/antonyms) | dankness/dry |
| having a healthy reddish color/tow | ruddy/adj. |
| ruddy(dpos/antonyms) | ruddiness(noun)/pale, sickly |
| about to occur/tow | imminent/adj. |
| imminent(dpos/antonyms) | imminence(noun)/delayed, postponed |
| awareness/tow | cognizance/noun |
| cognizance(dpos/antonyms) | cognizant(adj)/lack of awareness |
| a fever/tow | ague/noun |
| ague(antonyms) | health, wellness |
| an imitation of another/tow | emulation/noun |
| emulation(dpos) | emulate(verb) |
| powerful; mighty/tow | puissant/adj |
| puissant(antonyms) | feeble, weak |
| expense of the heavens; the sky/tow | firmament/noun |
| fearful about the future; uneasy/tow | apprehensive/adj |
| to put up with; to go along with; to tolerate/tow | abide/verb |
| abide(antonyms) | to rebel |
| to kneel down in humility or admiration; lying down at full length/tows | prostrate/verb, adj |
| having a natural tendency; quick to learn or understand/tow | apt/adj |
| apt(dpos/antonyms) | aptitude/unskilled |
| a desire to harm others or to see others suffer/tow | malice/noun |
| malice(dpos/antonyms) | malicious(adj), maliciously(adv)/goodness |
| respect; an act of respect; honor/tow | reverence/noun |
| a verbal exchange; a conversation/tows | discourse/noun, verb |
| to bury/tow | inter |
| inter(dpos/antonyms) | interment(noun), extra r to regular ending verbs/to raise from the ground |
| causing pain or grief or hurt/tow | grievous/adj |
| grievous(dpos/antonyms) | grievousness(noun)/beneficial |
| to overcome; to defeat or conquer in battle/tow | vanquish/verb |
| vanquish(antonyms) | to be conquered |
| a polite expression of greeting or good will/tow | salutation/noun |
| disgusting; unpleasant/tow | vile/adj |
| vile(dpos/antonyms) | vileness(noun)/wonderful, pleasant |
| extremely jealous/tow | covetous/adj |
| covetous(dpos/antonyms) | covetousness(noun), covet(verb)/generous, giving |
| a ghost like figure; a ghost/tow | apparition/noun |