Review Lessons 17 through 24   -   edHelper.com
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Word List
disseminate
dissent
dissociate
distaste
distinct
distinction
distinctive
diurnal
diverge
divert
divulge
domestic
domineer
dormant
droll
drowsy
dunce
dune
duplicity
durable
duration
dutiful
dwindle
dynamic
eccentric
eclipse
ecstasy
edifice
effervescent
eject
element
elementary
elicit
eloquent
elucidate
elusive
embark
embellish
embezzle
embody
emission
emulate
enact
encompass
encore
encounter
endanger
endeavor
endow
engender
engulf
enigma
enmity
entice
entrepreneur
enumerate
envelop
eon
ephemeral
epic
epigram
epitaph
equanimity
era
eradicate
erode
erratic
erudite
eschew
esoteric
espouse
essay
esteem
eternal
ethereal
eulogy
euphemism
evacuate
evaporate
evasive
evoke
evolve
exacerbate
exact
exalt
excavate
excerpt
excise
excursion
exemplary
exemption
exhort
exhume
exonerate
exorcise
exotic
expedite
expel
explicit
exquisite
extend
extensive
extinguish
extol
extract
extraneous
extravagant
extricate
exult
facet
facilitate
faction
faculty
fallacious
fallible
fallow
falter
fanatic
fanciful
fastidious
fathom
fatuous
feasible
feeble
feign
ferment
fertile
fervent
fiasco
fickle
fidget
finesse
finite
fitful
flabby
flagrant
flamboyant
fleeting
flexible
flourish
fluent
foment
foolhardy
forego
forerunner
foresee
forestall
formidable
formulate
forsake
forthright
fortify
fortuitous
fragile
frail
frenzy
frigid
frivolous
frugal
fruitless
fugitive
furrow
furtive
futile
galaxy
galling
gamely
garble
garish
garner
generalize
generate
generation
genre
geology
germane
glacier
goad
grandiose
gratify
gratis
gratuitous
gregarious
gross
guile
gulf
gullible
gusty
habitat
hamper
haphazard
harass
harbinger
harbor
hardy
hazard
heed
hemisphere
herald
heretic


Matching

Match each definition with a word.

      dormant 1. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance; prepatent; lurking
___________________________ 2. belonging to the select few; profound; secret; abstruse
___________________________ 3. to expel (a demon or evil spirit).
___________________________ 4. to disagree with or reject something, esp. prevailing or official views, doctrines, customs, or the like; divide; differ
___________________________ 5. a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract.
___________________________ 6. to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate; trim; prank; adorn
___________________________ 7. a mark or feature that distinguishes or sets apart; difference; discrepancy; dissimilitude; otherness
___________________________ 8. admitting of no irregularity; undeviating; pinch; wrest; wrench
___________________________ 9. an obscure, seemingly contradictory, or ambiguous phenomenon, statement, drawing, or the like; mystery; closed; why
___________________________ 10. a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents; harborage; cover; shelter
___________________________ 11. hanging loosely or limply, as flesh or muscles; flaccid; floppy; sleazy; flimsy
___________________________ 12. of or relating to first principles; irreducible; fundamental; rudimentary; rudimental
___________________________ 13. half-asleep; sleepy; nodding; slumberous
___________________________ 14. dislike or repugnance; disliking; displeasure; indisposition
___________________________ 15. to increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate; embitter; envenom
___________________________ 16. occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. (Cf. nocturnal.); daily; quotidian
___________________________ 17. plainly seen, heard, or understood; unmistakable or evident; various; discrete
___________________________ 18. deceitful speech or action; guile; dissemblance
___________________________ 19. to develop, achieve, or devise gradually; derive; excogitate
___________________________ 20. spending much more than is necessary or wise; wasteful; fantastic; wild
___________________________ 21. a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence.
___________________________ 22. having no fixed course or direction; wandering; devious; errant
___________________________ 23. defined or formulated clearly and completely; clear-cut; clean-cut; definitive
___________________________ 24. the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism; animus; rancor
___________________________ 25. amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish; comic; laughable; comical