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Word Master #3
Word master words and analogies
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English
7th Grade
03/13/2015

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Term

Rasp- noun/verb

   

rasps, rasped, rasping

Definition

1. (n.)A harsh, grating noise

(v.) Making a harsh, grating noise 

2. A coarse metal object often used to degrade stuff such as wood, metal and other hard material.

 

synonyms- croak, rub, scrape

antonyms- calmly, gently

 

He kept on rasping until somebody came over to help him. 

 

Term

Sunder- verb

 

Definition

1. to split apart as of hard objects

 

Synonyms- divide, split, cleave

Anotonyms- put together, rejoin

 

He sundered his bone after he landed on his arm with his whole body putting pressure in that one place.

Term

Listless- adjective

 

Definition

1. To lack energy and motivation.

 

Synonyms- sluggish, inactive,spiritful

Antonyms- motivated, excited, intrested

 

The listless kid walked around in the courtyard, constantly daydreaming all the time.

Term

Charlatan- noun

 

charlatan, charlatans

Definition

1. A person claiming to have great knowledge and skill

 

Synonyms- fraud, imposteror, hoaxer

Antonyms- truthful,  skillful, keen

 

The charlatan always acted like he was so great, but in reality he had no friends.

Term

Rout- noun/verb

 

Definition

1 (n.) A disorderly, unorganized retreat of military combats

(v.) defeat and cause of unorganized retreat of military combats

2. A group of people usually doing a illegal act in order to start a riot

 

Synonyms- retreat, flight, escape

Antonyms- steady, strong, battle

 

The soldiers routed due to insufficient amounts of provisions.

Term

Toothsome- adjective

 

 

Definition

1. very tasty as of food

2. good looking, attractive

 

Synonyms- tasty, mouthwatering, delicious

Antonyms- disgusting, mushy, rotten

 

The toothsome eggplants aroma attracted everybody to the table.

Term

Smidgen- noun

 

 

Smidgens, Smidgin, Smidgins

Definition

1. A small amount of something.

 

Synonyms- tiny, small, miniature

Antonyms- large, a lot, huge

 

He added a smidgen of nicotine into his coccaine.

Term

Deplete- verb

 

 

Definition

1. To completely use up something

2. To diminish in number and quantity

 

Synonyms- shrink, exhaust, consume

Antonyms- restock, gain, grow

 

They depleted the cake before anybody could slice it.

Term

Morose- adjective

 

 

Definition

1. Sullen and bad tempered

 

Synonyms- sullen, gloomy, bad-tempered

Antonyms- cheerful, happy, friendly

 

The morose kid started banging on the wall when he didn't win the card game.

Term

Cacophony- noun

 

 

Definition

1. a different harsh variation of sounds

 

Synonyms- discord, racket, noise

Antonyms- melodius, harmonius, elegant

 

The cacophony sounds from the guitar made me want to scream.

Term

Splice- verb/noun

 

 

Definition

1. join or connect through ropes

2. A union of two ropes joined together

 

Synonyms- interwine, braid, connect

Antonyms- disconnect, undo, destroy

 

He spliced the two ropes so that they were connected to the pole.

Term

Acrid- adjective

 

 

Definition

1. Having an extremely strong upleasent sense of taste or smell.

2. angry and bitter

 

Synonyms-pugent, bitter, sour

Antonyms- flavorful,tasty, sweet

 

The acrid mushrooms aroma made everyone want to barf.  

Term

Makeshift- adjective/noun

 

makeshifts, makeshifting

Definition

1. Serving as temporary substitute

2. A temorary substitute

 

Synonyms- substitute, temporary, partial

Antonyms- fully, actual

 

The makeshift was one of our best substitutes yet.

Term

Smattering- noun

 

smatter, smatters

 

Definition

1. A small chunck of knowledge of languages

2. A small amount of something

 

Synonyms- bit, modicum, touch

Antonyms- a lot, enormous amounts, huge

 

Thesels only had a smattering on French and German.

Term

Loiter- verb

 

 loitering, loitered

Definition

1. Stand around and wait on purpose

2. traveling back and forth with lots of pauses

 

Synonyms- linger, wait, sulk

Antonyms- pacing, running, fast

 

He loitered around the school even though it said no loitering

Term

Cheeky- adjective

 

cheekier, cheekiest

Definition

1. impudent and irreverent, in a amusing and cute way.

 

Synonyms- amusing, impudent, irreverent

Anotonyms- creepy, scarry, irritatining

 

His cheecky grin made me laugh so hard.

Term

downfall- noun

 

 

Definition

1. A loss of power, status, or dignity

 

Synonyms- end, spiraling downwards, falling

Antonyms- rising, new, trending

 

His selfishness and cruelty was his downfall of his status.

Term

splay- verb/noun/adjective

 

 

Definition

1. to spread things apart

2. (n.) widening something

(adj.) turned outward and widened

3. the surface of an oblique angle

 

Synonyms- spread,widened, outward 

Antonyms- stuck, narrow, inward

 

He splayed the money in front of him.

Term

Fray- verb

 

 

Definition

1. Being worn down on the sides as of a rope.

2. showing the effects of a strain.

 

Synonyms- uravel, wear out, overtax

Antonyms- strong, tightened, undertax

 

The fray rope is going to snap any second.

Term

Mar- verb

 

 

Definition

1. Change the apperance and texture of

2. Change the quality of

 

Synonyms- spoil, impair, disfigure

Antonyms- keep, original, regular

 

He marred the surface of the pencil by scratching the pencil too much.

Term

Riven- verb

 

 

Definition

1. split apart and torn violently.

2. split or crack of stone and wood.

 

Synonyms- split, rent severed

Antonyms- rebuilt, connected, perfect condition

 

The rock was riven so it could not be used for our rock throwing game.

Term

Harmony- noun

 

 

Definition

1. The simotaneously sounding chords or musical notes that have a peacful tone.

2. Agreement as in the end to a war.

 

Synonyms- peace, friendship, fellowship

Antonyms- war, destruction, hatred

 

The harmony at the end of his reign as a king proved to be a great achievement.

Term

Chisel- noun/verb

 

 

Definition

1. A tool used to carve wood by slamming a hammer while holding the tool into the wood.

2. To carve something with a certain tool.

 

Synonyms- hew, ingrave, incise

Antonyms- gently push, take out

 

He used the chisel to carve his wood block.

Term

Dulcet- adjective

 

 

Definition

1. sweet and soothing as of sounds.

 

Synonyms- sweet, soothing, harmony

Antonyms- harsh, strong, bold

 

The dulcet sounds made me relieve of all stress in my body.

Term

Roughhewn- adjective

 

 

Definition

1. Ruining the surface of wood and stone if it had already been cut with an axe.

2. Not polished sophisticatedly or beautifuly.

 

Synonyms- mar, destroy, ruin

Antonyms- leave alone, re-create, remake

 

The roughhewn log was dented so badly, it looked as if somebody broke it in half.

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