Ranson Vocab 6

SYNONYMS: /made amends/ for their misdeeds

atoned

Lincoln said, "Familiarize yourself with the chains of ____________ and you prepare your own limbs to wear them."

bondage

Through /diligent/ research, tenacious scientists produced new strains of wheat, rice, corn, and other grains. The meaning of diligent is...?

careful

SYNONYMS: gave us a /plausible/ excuse for being late

credible

To help ________________ the expenses that I would incur on the senior class trip to Washington, Susan worked as a baby-sitter.

defray

ANTONYMS: gained a reputation as a /lazy/ individual

diligent

SYNONYMS: writes /melancholy/ songs about lost love

doleful

I shall never forget the ______________ sight that greeted us when we arrived at the scene of the accident.

ghastly

SYNONYMS: restrictions that /impede/ progress

hamper

ANTONYMS: lived in an /affluent/ neighborhood

impoverished

When the stock market crashed in 1929, many wealthy speculators found themselves __________________ after losing nearly everything.

impoverished

ANTONYM: the /occasional/ honking of horns

incessant

Since my home is located at a busy intersection, I have been forced to accustom myself to the _____________ hum of traffic outside.

incessant

Our football team would do a great deal better if we mastered a few simple plays, instead of trying to use all those _______________ formations.

intricate

SYNONYMS: a /clear/ explanation of what is at stake

lucid

Through diligent research, /tenacious/ scientists produced new strains of wheat, rice, corn, and other grains. Tenacious most nearly means...?

persistent

In a touching scene on the steps of the Capitol, the president awarded _______________ Medals of Honor to soldiers who had recently fallen in defense of the country.

posthumous

Royalties from a novel that is published ________________________ normally go to the author's estate.

posthumously

ANTONYM: a rather /lax/ attitude toward the rules

prim

That village is famous all over the world for its demure cottages, well-manicured lawns, and ___________ gardens.

prim

The wily old senator derived a certain amount of _____________ amusement from watching his enemies turn on and destroy one another.

sardonic

ANTONYM: provided /vital/ information

superfluous

The penniless adventurer is a character so familiar to fiction readers that to render further description of the type would be ______________________.

superfluous

During World War II, artificial rubber began to ____________ natural rubber in American automobile tires.

supplant

A woman of strong character and noble bearing, she endured the jibes and ___________ of her adversaries with great patience and fortitude.

taunts