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Vocabulary Workshop

Unit 11

QuestionAnswer
shortness brevity
Syn. conciseness, terseness, pithiness brevity
Ant. verbosity, long-windedness, prolixity brevity
to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement comport
Syn. deport oneself, agree, concur comport
expressing much in a few words concise
Syn. brief, succinct, terse, pithy, to the point concise
Ant. wordy, verbose, long-winded, prolix concise
sober or serious in manner, modest demure
Syn. shy, diffident, sedate, seemly, decorous demure
Ant. bold, forward, assertive, immodest demure
lessening in value; belittling depreciation
Syn. cheapening, lowering, devaluation depreciation
Ant. increase, appreciation, enhancement depreciation
to lower in quality or value; to wear away deteriorate
Syn. worsen, decline, degenerate, debase deteriorate
Ant. improve, fix up, enhance deteriorate
to tell, to reveal; to make public divulge
Syn. disclose, impart, spill the beans, leak divulge
Ant. hide, conceal, cover up, secrete, keep under wraps divulge
free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding enlightened
Syn. knowing, informed, aware, cultivated enlightened
Ant. ignorant, unaware, untaught, benighted enlightened
to prevent by acting first forestall
Syn. hinder, thwart, preclude, ward off forestall
Ant. welcome, accept, allow, submit, abide by forestall
to distort insuch a way as to make an unintelligible garble
Syn. jumble, scramble, confuse, misrepresent garble
Ant. clarify, eludicate, articulate garble
one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief proponent
Syn. supporter, advocate, exponent proponent
Ant. opponent, critic, foe, adversary proponent
to shake, tremble; to trill quaver
to spring back, shrink; the acting of springing back recoil
Syn. flinch or kickback recoil
Ant. advance, proceed, gain ground recoil
to make up for, regain recoup
Syn. recover, retreive recoup
Ant. lose, default, forfeit, kiss goodbye recoup
an unpleasant smell; to give off unpleasant smells; to give a strong impression reek
Syn. stench, stink, smell reek
Ant. perfume, fragrance, bouquet reek
unyielding, harsh, without pity relentless
Syn. stern, merciless, persistent, unremitting relentless
Ant. merciful, accommodating, indulgent relentless
a small sream rivulet
Syn. brook, creek, rill rivulet
to spend foolishly, waste squander
Syn. misspend, dissipate sqaunder
Ant. save, economize, hoard, squirrel away sqaunder
detached or disconnected in sound or style staccato
Syn. abrupt, disjointed staccato
Ant. continuous, flowing, unbroken staccato
a law statute
Syn. rule, ordinance, enactment statute
Created by: surfergurl
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