WorksheetsSugarman Unit 4 honors list
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Atrophy
(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure
(v.) to waste away
Syn: (n.) degeneration, deterioration (v.) wither
Ant:(n.) growth, development
(v.) mature, develop
(adj) so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring; overused
Syn: cliched
trite
Ant: fresh
new
bastion
(n) a grossly immoral act; wickedness, sin
Syn: evil
crime
(n.) a fortified place, stronghold
Syn: citadel, rampart
concord
(n.) a state of agreement, harmony; a pact
(Syn: treaty, covenant)
(Ant: disagreement, strife)
(Syn: adj) masterful
(Syn: v) clinch, conclude
(ant: (v) launch, initiate, begin)
(v) to proclaim or issue officially; to make known far and wide
consummate
(v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging way
confront
approach
(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree;
(v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection
(adj) masterful
(v) clinch, conclude
disarray
(adj.) straying or wandering from a straight or direct course;
done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way
(n.) disorder, confusion
(v.) to throw into disorder
Syn: roundabout indirect;
tricky
sly
(Syn: (n) disorganization
(v) dishevel, mess up)
(Ant: (n) order,
tidiness, organization)
frenetic
(adj.) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up trouble or rebellion
(n.) one who deliberately sets fires; one who causes strife
(adj.) frenzied, highly agitated
Syn: frantic, overwrought
Ant: calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely
Ant: soothing
quieting
peacemaker
glean
(adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
(v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers
Syn: collect, cull
Syn: retentive
greedy
grasping
Ant: unretentive
altruistic
grouse
(n.) a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher
(adj.) calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent
(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint;
(v.) to complain
syn: gripe, grumble
Syn: tranquil, serene, placid
Ant: turbulent, chaotic, tumultuous
incarcerate
(n.) swiftness, rapidity of motion or action
(v.) to imprison, confine, jail
Syn: promptness, alacrity, speed
Syn: Inturn, immure
Ant:liberate, release, free
mordant
(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh
syn: acrimonious, sardonic, scathing
Ant: bland, mild, gentle, soothing
(adj) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful
Syn: connected, unified, cohesive,
Ant: muddled, chaotic, disjointed
nettle
(n.) a prickly or stinging plant
(v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely
animadversion
(n.) a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval
syn: rebuke, reproof
Ant: praise, compliment
Syn: (v.) peeve, annoy, irk
Ant: (v.) please, delight, soothe, pacify
pecuniary
Syn: nit picking,
Ant: Flattering
(adj) used to describe someone who finds something wrong with everything; (n) nagging criticism
(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money
Syn: monetary, financial
pusillanimous
(adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited
Syn: keen, enthusiastic
Ant: reluctant, Indifferent, unenthusiastic
Syn: craven, lily-livered
Ant: stouthearted, courageous, daring
(adj.) desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager
recumbent
syn: pertinent
ant: irrelevant, extraneous, inappropriate
(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of sleeping or resting
Syn: prone, prostrate, supine, inactive
Ant: upright, energetic, dynamic
(adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
Flotsam
(n.) floating debris;
homeless, impoverished people
(n.) a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction
Syn: wreckage
Syn: vortex
chaos
turbulence
tumult
