Vocabulary Workshop - Units 7-9

synonyms - remember, recollect

synonyms - scrub, search, comb

POS - immerse - to plunge or dip into a fluid

Let's all agree to _____ by the fountain on Saturday afternoon.

a person who has committed a crime or is guilty

POS - partition - something that divides

likely to spoil or decay

enjoyment, satisfaction; to enjoy greatly

POS - pathetic - marked by strong emotion, especially pity or sorrow

antonyms - lawful, permissible, proper

antonyms - skinny, thin, small

synonyms - plunge, rush, tumble

left to one's own choice; not required

tightly drawn, tense

The pot roast was delicious, but it won't be any fun trying to ______ the burned roasting pan.

I wonder if Congress will ever _____ Americans to cast their votes online.

My ____ friend is very entertaining and is always the life of the party.

antonyms - superior, higher, chief

something new, a change; the act of introducing a new method

antonyms - imprison, shackle, bind

to make twisting or turning movements in a way that suggests pain

synonyms - rational, sensible

synonyms - flinch, duck, fawn, shrink

quick and skillful in movement; agile

synonyms - plug away, pursue, stick to it

POS - sinister - appearing evil, wicked

POS - sluggish - lazy slow moving

Which museum houses the painting, The Mona Lisa?

a statement that speaks to a person's character 

dizzy, lightheaded; lacking seriousness

a pattern, typically in the form of metal, wood, or plastic

Are you ____ enough to believe everything you read on the internet?

the point at which something happens or begins

POS - retrieve - to bring back

antonyms - movable, nimble, agile

Before the outbreak of the Civil War, southern states ______ from the Union.

Bad spending habits and unexpected expenses left my aunt in _____.

antonyms - gloomy, cheerful, festive

POS - onset - the beginning, the start

the smallest possible amount

You must keep _____ foods chilled, or they will spoil.

POS - writhe

POS - expend

POS - immobile

In what year was the Rubik's cube invented?