Unit 10 Vocabulary

President Theodore Roosevelt was one of the first ___ of conservation.

forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers

(n.) a repayment; a deserved punishment

(adj.) given to much talking, tediously chatting

#2

invincible, insurmountable

awry, lopsided, cockeyed

It is difficult to deflate the ___ optimism of the young.

DEFINITIONS: (adj., adv.) twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly

(adj.) quarrelsome, inclined to argue

With her lipstick smeared and her hat _, she certainly was a strange sight.

(n.) a period of relief or rest

SYNONYMS: assert, declare, proclaim, purport

SENTENCES: Those who __ the good fortune of others are likely to be unhappy with their life.

SPELLING: #1

#3

(v.) to entice, tempt; to be attractive to; (n.) a strong attraction; the power to attract

(adj.) incapable of being overcome

(adj.) winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible

(v.) to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend

If you are conversing with a ___ person, you may find it hard to get a word in.

ANTONYMS: critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor

(n.) a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing

glum, morose, despondent, depressed

resonant, resounding, grandiloquent