Vocabulary Workshop Level A Unit 8

Definition: a steep, narrow waterfall

• cascade

• partition

Definition: blocked so that nothing can go through

• immobile

• impassable

Definition: unpaid and overdue debts

• affluence

• arrears

Definition: cranky, ill-tempered

• crotchety

• taut

Synonym: a wall-to-wall

partition

• divider

• house

Synonym: martial

manner

• warlike

• selfish

Synonym: shuffled in wearing

manacles

• prisons

• handcuffs

Antonym: considered him

sinister

• reassuring

• evil

Antonym: perishable

goods

• long-lasting

• farm

Antonym: kept the cord

taut

• loose

• coiled