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Wordmasters 3
Vocabulary
25
Language - English
7th Grade
03/13/2015

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Term
Rasp
Definition

raspished

verb


to scrape or rub roughly


Synonym: grate

Antonym: smooth

Analogy: 



Term
Sunder
Definition

to seperate, part, divide, sever


verb

sunderable, sunderance, sunderer


Synonyms:divide


Antonyms:unite

Analogy:

Term
Listless
Definition

having or showing little or no interest


adj.


listlessely, listlessness

Synonym: Languid

Antonym: vivacious

Analogy:

Term
charlatan
Definition

a person who pretends or claims to posses more skill than in reality


charlatanically

 

noun

Synonym: imposter

Antonym: honest

Analogy:

Term
rout
Definition

an overwhelming defeat

noun

 

Synonym: debacle

Antonym: triumph

Analogy:

Term
toothsome
Definition

pleasing to the taste, palatable

adj

toothsomely, toothsomeness

Synonym: palatable

Antonym: disgusting

Analogy: 

Term
smidgen
Definition

a very small amount

noun

 

Synonym: morsel

Antonym: entirety

Analogy: 

Term
deplete
Definition

to decrease the size or abundance of an object

depletable, depletion

verb

Synonym: drain

Antonym: grow

Analogy: do later

Term
morose
Definition

having an expression of gloom

adj

morosely, moroseness

Synonym: gloom

Antonym: bright

Analogy: 

Term

cacophany

 

Definition

harsh discorrdance of sounds

noun

cacophonic

Synonym: dissonance

Antonym: harmony

Analogy: 

Term
splice
Definition

to join together or to unite

verb

spliceable

Synonym: graft

Antonym: divide

Analogy: 

Term
Makeshift
Definition

a temporary substitute

noun

Synonym: expedient

Antonym: permanent

Analogy: 

Term
Smattering
Definition

an introductory knowledge of something

noun

smatteringly

Synonym: modicum

Antonym: lecture

Analogy: 

Term
Loiter
Definition

to linger aimlessely around an area

verb

loiterer, loiteringly

Synonym: dawdle

Antonym: hasten

Analogy: 

Term
cheeky
Definition

impudent, insolent

adj

cheekily, cheekiness

Synonym: bold

Antonym: afraid

Analogy: 

Term
downfall
Definition

descent to a lower position or standing

noun

downfallen

Synonym: deterioration

Antonym: ascent

Analogy: 

Term
splay
Definition

to spread out, expand, or extend

verb

unsplayed

Synonym: deepen

Antonym: narrow

Analogy: 

Term
acrid
Definition

extremely bitter or sour tasting

acridness, acridly

adj

Synonym: bitter

Antonym: toothsome

Analogy: 

Term
fray
Definition

a fight, battle, or skirmish

noun

Synonym: melee

Antonym: accord

Analogy: 

Term
mar
Definition

to damge or spoil to a certain extent

verb

Synonym: deface

Antonym: embellish

Analogy: 

Term
riven
Definition

rent or split apart

adj

unriven

Synonym: rend

Antonym: combine

Analogy: 

Term
harmony
Definition

agrrement, accord

noun

Synonym: consensus

Antonym: discord

Analogy: 

Term
Chisel
Definition

to cheat or swindle someone

verb

chisellike

Synonym: adze

Antonym: honest

Analogy: 

Term

dulcet

 

Definition

pleasant to the ear, melodious

adj

dulcetly, dulcetness

Synonym: melodious

Antonym: cacophonic

Analogy: 

Term
roughhewn
Definition

to give crude form to

roughhew

verb

Synonym: crude

Antonym: pleasant

Analogy: 

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