Unit 9 Vocabulary Workshop C

Antonym:  hold out;  persist

air; manner; appearance; expression

the greatest in strength or power; most common

Synonym:  irritate, scrape, abrade

to end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

A person can adopt a cheerful ____ in an attempt to hide sorrow or anger.

in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong; out of the right or hoped-for course

Synonyms:  exemption from penalty, immunity

related to the manner at hand, to the point

in bad humor, discontented, annoyed

Bullies must be made to realize that they cannot push other people around with _________.

suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

Synonyms:  intrude, infringe

Antonyms:  pleased, satisfied, content

To carry out his great work, he separated himself from society and live the single life of a __

We hope that scientists are wrong in their _____ predictions of a major earthquake in our area.

Antonym:  soothe, mollify, please, elate

make unclean or dirty, destroy purity of; march in a single line; a narrow passage; gorge;

Synonyms:   reputation, celebrity, prestige

We hiked through the rocky _____________ to get to our campsite.

When I saw that I could not beat my opponent at tennis, I had no choice but to ________.

something wonderful; an unusual feat; child with extraordinary ability or talent; marvelous

dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; act now to stop disasters

Synonym:  cudgel; clobber, clout

having to do with punishment

a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

antonym:   obscurity, infamy, notoriety

It is up to you to make good use of the talents with which nature has seen fit to _______ you.

Antonyms:  cleanse, purify

Synonyms:  grant, bestow, present, bequeath

to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

Synonym:  hermit

to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

Synonyms:  disastrous, ominous, sinister, urgent

Antonyms:  alarming, troubling, disquieting

to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

synonyms:  germane, apropos

Synonyms:  crooked, askew, amiss

Synonyms:  look, bearing

synonym:  disciplinary

charming, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

Antonyms:  take away; deprive

Antonyms:  favorable, auspicious, beneficial

Antonyms:  dumbbell, dunce, dullard

to warm by rubbing; feel annoyance, irk, wear sore by rubbing; strain or press against; 

Synonym:  appropriate, fit, liable

Antonyms:  secondary, minor, subsidiary, rare

My best friend has a most ___________ smile.

Synonyms:  endearing, winning

antonyms:  unrelated, irrelevant, immaterial

freedom from punishment

fame, glory

synonyms:  marvel, wonder, genius

Synonyms:  stave off, cope

Antonyms:  straight, symmetrical

a short club used as a weapon; to used force or strong arguments to gain some point; to strike

Antonym:  inappropriate;  slow

Synonyms:  chief, major, paramount, prevalent

synonyms:  displeased, grumpy, surly

Synonyms:  pollute; contaminate