Red book - lesson 15

Question 1

PACIFY (PACIFIERS are great for PACIFYING crying babies)

Answer 1

verb: to have a calming effect
eg: the nurse is unable to PACIFY the husband when he learned his wife has been injured in an auto accident.
syn: to allay, to ameliorate, to soothe, to smooth over
ant: to aggravate, to agitate, to incite, to provoke, to upset

Question 2

BILK

Answer 2

verb: to defraud, to cheat or to swindle; to escape paying one’s debt
eg: Laura’s sister BILKED the cookie jar until she was finally caught.
syn: to con, to deceive, to swindle
ant: to be honest, to give, to aid, to assist

Question 3

EXPEDITE

Answer 3

verb: to speed up the process
eg: when the covid pandemic broke out, the president had to invoke DPA to EXPEDITE the production of personal protective equipments.
syn: to accelerate, to hasten, to quicken, to facilitate
ant: to delay, to hinder, to slow, to halt

Question 4

COMMUTER

Answer 4

noun: a person who travels from home to work and back
eg: Students in Alaska often COMMUTE a hundred miles each day because schools are so far away.
syn: driver, traveler

Question 5

MAR

Answer 5

verb: to hurt, to damage
eg: Dad, don’t get excited; your CAR is only MARRED a tiny bit

Our vacation was MARRED by stormy weather.

syn: to bruise, to harm, to impair, to ruin, to stain
ant: to aid, to assist, to help, to adorn, to beautify

Question 6

GENTEEL (manta rays are GENTEEL in nature and don’t mind a friendly FIN FEEL)

Answer 6

adj: polite, cultured
eg: Jane was born into a high society where the people are thought to be GENTEEL
syn: aristocratic, elegant, noble, polite, stylish
ant: uncivilized, unrefined, unsophisticated, unfashionable

Question 7

RUE (Hillbilly Bob RUED the day he agreed to wear SHOES into town)

Answer 7

verb: to regret
eg: Jenny told Bob that he would RUE the day he stepped on her toes.
syn: to grieve, to mourn, to be sorry for, to feel remorse
ant: to be happy, to delight, to praise

Question 8

PLUMB (whenever you give the “THUMBS up” sign, your THUMB is PLUMB.

Answer 8

adj: vertical
eg: the telephone line stood PLUMB to the ground.

Question 9

PRONE

Answer 9

adj: lying flat or tending to do something
eg: from a PRONE position, it is difficult to skip rope.

parents are PRONE to worry about their children.

syn: flat, horizontal, level, recumbent
ant: upright, straight up, vertical

Question 10

WILT (flowers TILT when they begin to WILT)

Answer 10

verb: to become limp, to droop down, to be deprived of energy
eg: we WILTED after climbing the hill in summer heat.
syn: to cave in, to melt, to dwindle, to succumb
ant: to grow, to extend, to expand, to increase, to rise