English 2.1 Vocab 1-4 Antonyms and Sentences
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mandiluvsuuu on January 18, 2009
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 verbatim | a PARAPHRASED version of the announcement |
| stolid | a person with a HIGH-STRUNG temperament |
| tentative | Since his acceptance of the invitation was only -----, the hostess may be one man short at the dinner party |
| fortitude | America's earliest settlers faced the hardships of life on the frontier with faith and ---- |
| averse | was FAVORABLE DISPOSED to borrowing money |
| scrutinized | SKIMMED the article for the main ideas |
| nostalgia | As the soldier watched the parade, he was suddenly overcome with ---- for the youthful years he spent in the army |
| averse | If you are ----- to hard study and intensive reading, how do you expect to get through law school? |
| urbane | a very CRUDE performance |
| fallow | a writer's PRODUCTIVE years |
| artifice | Magicians rely on slight of hand and other forms of ----- to deceive their unsuspecting audiences |
| muse | As I lay under the old apple tree, I began to ------ on the strange twists of fate that had led to the present situation |
| converge | opinions that DIVERGE along party lines |
| malevolent | a statement that revealed their KIND intentions |
| supercilious | Is their anyone in the world as ------ as a senior who attends a mere sophomore class dance? |
| ascertain | Before making our final plans, we should ----- exactly how much money we will have for expenses |
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