Vocab. Unit 11 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
brevity | shortness |
comport | to conduct or bear oneself, behave; to be in agreement |
concise | expressing much in few words |
demure | sober or serious in manner; modest |
depreciation | a lessening in value, a belittling |
deteriorate | to lower in quality or value; to wear away |
brevity | syn: terseness, pithiness ant: verbosity, prolixity |
concise | syn: pithy ant: verbose, prolix |
demure | syn: diffident, sedate, seemly, decorous |
deteriorate | syn: degenerate, debase |
divulge | to tell, reveal; to make public |
enlightened | free from ignorance and false ideas; possessing sound understanding |
forestall | to prevent by acting first |
garble | to distort in such a way as to make unintelligible |
proponent | one who puts forward a proposal; one who supports a cause or belief |
quaver | to shake, tremble; to trill |
recoil | to spring back, shrink; to act of springing back |
divulge | syn: impart |
enlightened | syn: cultivated ant: benighted |
forestall | syn: thwart, preclude |
garble | ant: elucidate |
proponent | syn: exponent |
quaver | syn: palpitate, trill |
recoup | to make up for, regain |
reek | an unpleasant smell; to give off a strong impression |
relentless | unyielding, harsh, without pity |
rivulet | a small stream |
squander | to spend foolishly, waste |
staccato | detached or disconnected in sound or style |
statute | a law |
recoup | ant: default |
relentless | syn: umremitting |
rivulet | syn: rill |
squander | syn: dissipate |
statute | syn: enactment |
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