Chapter 5 Flashcards
To echo back
Giveaway: echo
SYN: echo, resound, recoil
ANT: quiet
Reverberated
In a wary manner(watchful, cautious, alert)
Giveaway: wary
SYN: careful, cautious
ANT: carelessly
Warily
Total
Giveaway: total
SYN: addition, sum, total
Summation
To be thickly set or filled with something suggestive of bristles
Giveaway: bristles
SYN: stiff
Bristling
Feeling, or expressing sorrow or grief
Giveaway: sorrow
SYN: anguished, sad, depressed
ANT: happy, excited
Mournful
Harsh; throaty; a sound articulated in the back of the mouth
Giveaway: mouth
SYN: growl, raspy
ANT: whisper
Guttural
Not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified
Giveaway: pacified
SYN: cruel, merciless
ANT: compassionate, kind
Implacable
A moving force; impulse; stimulus
Giveaway: force
SYN: catalyst, momentum
ANT: block, hinder
Impetus
To shake or wave
Giveaway: shake
SYN: wield, flash, shake
ANT: abandon, conceal
Brandished
Very slightly, gradual, subtle
Giveaway: subtle
SYN: slowly, subtly
ANT: quickly
Imperceptibly
A gentle mild breeze
Giveaway: gentle
SYN: air, breeze
Zephyr
A destructive fire
Giveaway: fire
SYN: blaze, inferro, wildfire
Conflagration
To relieve temporarily
Giveaway: relieve
SYN: hiatus, recess, lull
ANT: continuation, advance
Respite
Wearisome uniformily or lack of variety
Giveaway: variety
SYN: dull, boring, repetitive
ANT: different, exiting, new
Monotony
Having a kindly disposition; gracious
Giveaway: gracious
SYN: gentle, mild
ANT: harsh, rough
Benign
