Reading Vocab Quiz Flashcards
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- Too Difficult to understand 2. Apart from concrete, real things
abstract
- Movies or motion pictures 2. A movie theater
Cinema
- enormous; Huge; vast
colossal
- tending to find fault or judge harshly
critical
- To pretend 2. to give false appearance
feign
having the power to invent or call to mind new images, pictures, or ideas
Imaginative
without ability
Incapable
a person, place, or thing that provokes thought or emotion or that aids creation
inspiration
- To speak or shout mockingly 2. To tease or laugh at
Jeer
- expressing feelings in strong, emotional words. 2. poetic
lyrical
- having a moderate vision of one’s value; humble 2. not extreme
modest
choice or the right to choose
option
more desirable
preferable
- a suggested plan or scheme 2. the act of suggesting something
proposal
- a piece of sports equipment with a handle and a round or an oval frame with tightly laced strings, used to hit a ball 2. a loud noise 3. an illegal business
racket
to return someone to confidence
reassure
- to withdraw 2. to cancel
revoke
- stern, harsh, or strict 2. of an extreme, sharp, or violent nature
severe
- a place or container for sacred relics 2. a place dedicated to honor someone who has died
shrine
the state of being anxious as a result of uncertainty 2, the state of mental uncertainty; indecision
suspense
A medicine used to fight against infection
Antibiotic
a substance used to work against poison
antidote
a fluid used in an automobile to work against freezing
antifreeze
to do something against
counteract
to say the opposite of
counterbalance
rotating to the left or the opposite way of a clock
counterclockwise
