Vocabulary Workshop Level E Unit 1 SYNONYMS & ANTONYMS, Vocab Level E Unit 1 Completing the Sentence
fortitude
America's earliest settlers faced the hardships of life on the frontier with faith and _________________.
deployed
An experienced baseball manager _______________ his outfielders according to the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing batters.
dour (ant)
Ant: cheery, inviting, genial
ambidextrous (ant)
Ant: clumsy, all thumbs
gibe (ant)
Ant: compliment, praise
tentative (ant)
Ant: conclusive, confirmed
augment (ant)
Ant: decrease, diminish
stolid (ant)
Ant: emotional, oversensitive
fortitude (ant)
Ant: fearfulness, faintheartedness
insidious (ant)
Ant: frank, ingenuous, aboveboard
pliable (ant)
Ant: inflexible, recalcitrant
verbatim (ant)
Ant: paraphrased
opulent (ant)
Ant: poverty-stricken, wretched, destitute
adulterate (ant)
Ant: purify, purge, expurgate
warily (ant)
Ant: recklessly, heedlessly, incautiously
bereft (ant)
Ant: replete, well provided
unkempt (ant)
Ant: well-groomed, tidy
gaped
As the magician's assistant seemed to vanish into thin air, the entire audience _______________ in amazement.
reiterate
At the risk of being boring, let me ___________________ my warning against careless driving.
warily
Having learned to respect the power in his opponent's fists, the boxer moved ____________ around the center of the ring.
intimation
Her unchanging facial features and controlled voice as she receive the news gave no _________________ of her true feelings.
adulterated
How can you tell whether the chopped-meat patty you ate for lunch had been _________________ with artificial coloring and other foreign substances?
verbatim
I recorded the speaker's presentation, but now I wish I had a software program that could help me transcribe the speech ______________ so that I can find appropriate quotations to use in my report
guise
In Shakespeare's famous tragedy "Othello," in the ____________ of a friend but proves to be a deadly enemy.
ambidextrous
Many ballplayers can bat from either side of the plate, but they cannot throw well with each hand unless they are __________________.
opulent
Perhaps I would be bored with the ________________ lifestyle of a milllionaire, but I'm willing to try it.
tentative
Since his acceptance of the invitation was only ________________, the hostess may be one man short at the dinner party.
pliable (syn)
Syn: adaptable, resilient
bereft (syn)
Syn: bereaved
intimation (syn)
Syn: clue, inkling
adulterate (syn)
Syn: contaminate, pollute, sully
guise (syn)
Syn: costume, semblance, pretense
insidious (syn)
Syn: cunning, dastardly, perfidious
verbatim (syn)
Syn: exact, precisely
dour (syn)
Syn: harsh, bleak, forrbbiding, saturine
stolid (syn)
Syn: impassive, phlegmatic
gape (syn)
Syn: ogle
tentative (syn)
Syn: provisional, inconclusive
warily (syn)
Syn: prudently, gingerly
fortitude (syn)
Syn: resolve, steadfastness, mettle
reiterate (syn)
Syn: restate, recapitulate
opulent (syn)
Syn: rich, plentiful, abundant
gibe (syn)
Syn: ridicule, mock, deride, jeer
unkempt (syn)
Syn: sloppy, disordered, rough
deploy (syn)
Syn: station, organize
augment (syn)
Syn: supplement, amplify
ambidextrous (syn)
Syn: versatile, flexible
dour
The ____________ expressions on the jurors' faces as they grimly filed back into the courtroom did not bode well for the defendant.
augment
The company commander called his troops together and asked for more volunteers to __________________ the strength of the raiding party.
pliable
The twigs that were to be woven into the basket were soaked in water to make them more _________________.
insidious
To this day, historians are still debating whether or not Aaron Burr was guilty of a(n) _________________ plot to break up the United States.
stolid
We learned that beneath his ____________ exterior there was a sensitive, highly subtle, and perceptive mind.
bereft
What a tragedy that in the twilight of her life the unfortunate woman should be _______________ of all her loved ones!
gibes
Why should I be the object of all those ____________ just because I'm wearing a three piece suit on campus?
unkempt
Why would someone who is usually so neat and tidy appear in public in such a(n) _________________ state?