Vocab Words 61-70 Flashcards
counteract
to work in opposition to
no amount of running can counteract the effects of eating two large pizzas every day
adversarial
relating to hostile opposition
penelope has had an adversarial relationship with the media for quite a while
frankly
directly, clearly
quite frankly, penelope didnt like his friends
disparage
to belittle or speak down to
hayden disliked how his brother tended to disparage his teammates
quirk
a strange habit
penelope knew that the quirk of her mouth had given her away.
provocative
intending to provoke, inspire, or arouse
in his provocative speech, he critisized the entire school system
plausible
reasonable and possibly true
her story sounded perfectly plausible
analogous
similar but not identical
the two processes were not, in fact, analogous.
devise
to come up with (a plan)
she began to devise ways to slay the dragon.
annihilate
to destroy or cause devastating destruction
her entire village had been annihilated due to the dragons fire breath.
