Focus on Plays Studyguide
aroma
a distinctive pleasant
smell or fragrance
Example: The
aroma of the baking
bread was wonderful.
antonyms:
stench or stink
sketch
a simply or hastily
executed drawing
or painting
Example: I watched
the artiist make a
sketch of the
golden retriever.
balmy
mild and
refreshing such a
balmy weather.
Example:
We love the
balmy weather
in Florida.
Antonyms:
wintery, cool,
inclement
baffled
confused, bewildered,
perplexed
Example:
I was baffled whether to
go shopping with one
friend or to stay
all night with another
friend.
Antonyms:
clear up or explain
appeal
an earnest request for
sympathy, aid, or mercy;
to beg or plead
Example:
The parents made an
appeal for information about
their missing daughter.
Antonyms: denial, refusal
embossed
a design that appears on
an invitation or napkin
that has a raised pattern.
Example:
For my aunt and uncle’s
50th wedding anniversary,
we ordered embossed
napkins.
violated
negotiator
a person who helps
people come to an
agreement.
Example:
The negotiator helped
my parents agree on
a place for a vacation.
to break or infringe a law,
rule, agreement or promise
Example:
When the man violated the law,
he was arrested by the police.
antonyms:
obey or observe