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Vocabulary_29
Vocabulary 29
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adroit | SYN: skillful POS: adj DEFN: cleverly skillful, resourceful, or ingenious SENTENCE: The girl is adroit at doing many sports. |
| brevity | SYN: being brief POS: noun DEFN: shortness of time or duration, briefness SENTENCE: He did his speech with briviety because he was so nervous. |
| decorum | SYN: dignified, decent, correct behavior (adj. decorous) POS: noun DEFN: dignifies proprity of behavior speech, dress, etc. SENTENCE: The children showed very good decorum at our grandparent's 50th anniversary. |
| err | SYN: make a mistake POS: verb DEFN: to go astray in thought or belief be mistaken, be incorrect SENTENCE: The boy made an err on the spelling test. |
| hinder | SYN: obstruct POS: verb DEFN:to cause delay interruption or difficulty in, hamper, impede SENTENCE: She was very hindered by the plan. |