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Vocabulary and Analogies
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English
7th Grade
03/10/2015

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Term
rasp
Definition

 1. n. a harsh grating noise

2. v. to yell something out loud in a harsh manner

The engine made a rasping sound when the car started.

I rasped to the boy,"Get out of there. It's dangerous!"

Term
sunder
Definition

v. to spilt apart

When Jake broke the vase it sundered all over the floor.

ant: a whole piece

syn: shattered pieces

Term
listless
Definition

adj.lacking energy or manners

When he didn't get enough hours of sleep,he was listless.

ant:having energy

syn:lazy

Term
charlatan
Definition

n.  a fraud

When I bought the TV online, it never came. So the buyer was a fraud.

syn: tricker

ant:honest

 

Term
rout
Definition

1.n. a disorderly retreat of defeated troops

2. v.cut a groove,or any pattern extending to the edges

1. We saw a cilp of a rout army running to their camp base.

2. I drew a rout pattern,and it loked weird when I was finished.

syn:abstract 

retreating army

ant:charging army

regular army

Term
toothsome
Definition

adj.something that tastes good

When I ate some food at the restaurant, the food was toothsome.

syn: delicious

ant:nasty

Term
smidgen
Definition

n. a small amount of something

I did a smidgen of playing on the computer today.

syn:small amount

ant: using lots of time

Term
morose
Definition

adj. ill tempered

Jeff is a morsose person if he is sleepy.

Term
cacophony
Definition

n. a harsh sound that is bad to hear

My parents and I agree that rock and roll is a cacophny to hear.

syn:bad to hear

ant:pleasant sounds

Term
splice
Definition

v.1. to connect with a rope by interweaving the strands 2. to join ropes on the end parts of timber

Two workers spliced the block of wood

syn:join with a block of wood

ant: to disconnect from a rope

 

 

Term
makeshift
Definition

adj. a tempory object used for a short amount of time

A homeless person used a piece of hollow log as a makeshift shelter.

syn:tempory
ant:permanent 

Term
downfall
Definition

n. loss of power,proseperity,or status

The Roman government suffered form a downfall.

syn:ruin

ant:rise

Term
splay
Definition

1.v. to trust things. 2.a. n. to broaden b. surface making an obliques angle with another ,such as the splayed side of a window3. adj to widen

 1.I splayed to ball to my friend

2. I splayed the image so that it can be huge.

3. The wall began to splay.

syn:wide spread

ant:narrow

Term
acrid
Definition

adj. to suprise badly

The rotten apple made gave us a acriud shock

syn:bad,nasty

ant:good

Term
fray
Definition

1.v. cheap fabric 2. to fight 

1. We brought the fray form the dollar store.

2. The two ,drunkmen started the fray near the bar.

syn:battle

ant:peaceful

Term
mar
Definition

v. an ugly scar 

When I fell, I noticed that the marred area on my leg was bleeding.

syn:hurt

ant: to not hurt

Term
deplete
Definition

v.to use up or consume; to diminish

I depleted the food at lunch.

syn: to drain

ant: to increase

flood:augment::drain:deplete

synomyms

Term
smattering
Definition

n. to know a little of a lanuage or any subject

Jack can only speak a smattering bit of English because he is from a different country.

syn:smidgen

ant: to know a lot of

hard:difficult::smidgen:smattering

synonyms

Term
loiter
Definition

v.to be idle

 I saw a classmate loiter over his home work. 

syn: dawdle

ant:hurry

run:walk::loiter:advance

 

Term
cheeky
Definition

adj. insolent behavior

Jim was sent to the office due to his cheeky behavior

syn:brash

ant:fearful

happy:sad::scared:cheeky

Term
riven
Definition

V. to tear something up

Mickey had rivened the papers.

syn:divide

ant:repair

fix :repair::riven:demolish

Term
harmony
Definition

n. 1.a beautiful sound2. to agree

The harmony of the band playing was an amazing sight to see. I harmonied with the dealer that I would have to sign the contract.

syn:an agreement

ant:disagree

hear:sound::hamony :agreement

 

 

Term

chisel

 

Definition

v.to cheat

Garry chiseled 3 dollars out of Ken.

syn:scam

ant:honest

money:steal::chisel:scam

Term
dulcet
Definition

adj.plesant to the ear;plesant

The singing ofthe choir was dulcet.

syn:musical

ant:cacophony

loud:soft::dulcet:cocophony

Term
roughhewn
Definition

adj. a crude shape

syn:not perfect,sharp

ant:smooth,perfect

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