Directional prefixes (at, ad, de, dis,
con,ex, pre, pro, sub, in)
Negative prefixes (Un, in, im, il,
non)
Intensifying prefixes
At, ad= to, toward, add to (advance)
De= down, off (depart)
Dis= apart, in different directions
Con= with, together
Ex= out of (Ex. Exit sign)
Pro= forward, ahead
Re= back, again (redo an assignment)
Sub= under, below (submarien)
In= in, into
Meaning
Adjective
of a deep, lustrous
black.
Word
ebony
Meaning
Noun
1.a hard, heavy,
durable wood, most
highly prized when
black, from various
tropical trees of
southern India and Sri
Lanka, used for
cabinetwork,
ornamental objects,
etc.
2. any tree yielding
such wood.
3. any of various similar
woods or trees.
4. a deep, lustrous
black.
Meaning
Noun
1.a container or
machine in
which cream or milk is
agitated to make
butter.
2. any of various
containers or machines
similar in shape or
action to a butter
churn, as a device for
mixing beverages.
3. British . a large milk
can.
4. an act of churning
stocks by a stockbroker.
Word
churn
Meaning
Verb
5.to agitate in order to
make into butter: to
churn cream.
6. to make (butter) by
the agitation of cream.
7. to shake or agitate
with violence or
continued motion: The
storm churned the sea.
8. (of a stockbroker) to
trade (a customer's
securities) excessively
in order to earn more
in commissions.
Meaning
Adjective
1.conducive to moral
or general well-being;
salutary; beneficial:
wholesome recreation;
wholesome
environment.
2. conducive to bodily
health; healthful;
salubrious: wholesome
food; wholesome air;
wholesome exercise.
3. suggestive of
physical or moral
health, especially in
appearance.
4. healthy or sound.
Word
wholesome
Meaning
Synonyms
helpful; good. 2.
nourishing, nutritious.
Meaning
Noun
1.a large system of
stars held together by
mutual gravitation and
isolated from similar
systems by vast regions
of space.
Milky Way.
2. any large and
brilliant or impressive
assemblage of persons
or things: a galaxy of
opera stars.
Word
galaxy
Meaning
Meaning
Verb
1.to destroy or expend
by use; use up.
2. to eat or drink up;
devour.
3. to destroy, as by
decomposition or
burning: Fire consumed
the forest.
4. to spend (money,
time, etc.) wastefully.
5. to absorb; engross:
consumed with
curiosity.
verb (used without
object) 6. to undergo
destruction; waste
away.
7. to use or use up
consumer goods.
Word
consume
Meaning
Synonyms
exhaust, deplete. 4.
squander, dissipate
Meaning
Adjective
1.late; behind
time; not on
time: How tardy
were you today?
2. moving or
acting slowly;
slow; sluggish.
3. delaying
through
reluctance.
Word
Tardy
Antonym: punctual
Meaning
Synonym
slack.
Meaning
Noun
1.Anything built or
serving to bar passage,
as a railing, fence, or the
like: People may pass
through the barrier only
when their train is
announced.
2. any natural bar or
obstacle: a mountain
barrier.
3. anything that restrains
or obstructs progress,
access, etc.: a trade
barrier.
4. a limit or boundary of
any kind: the barriers of
caste.
5. Physical Geography .
an antarctic ice shelf or
ice front.
Word
barrier
Meaning
Synonym
obstruction, hindrance
Meaning
Verb
1.to prevent injury,
decay, waste, or loss of:
Conserve your strength
for the race.
2. to use or manage
(natural resources)
wisely; preserve; save:
Conserve the
woodlands.
3. Physics, Chemistry .
to hold (a property)
constant during an
interaction or process:
4. to preserve (fruit) by
cooking with sugar or
syrup.
Word
Conserve
Meaning
Synonym:
preserve
Meaning
Adjective
1.having gray or partly
gray hair.
2. gray or partly gray.
Word
grizzled
Meaning
Verb
to make or become
gray or partly gray
Noun
gray or partly gray hair.
a gray wig.
Meaning
noun,
1. the power to determine
or settle issues or
disputes; jurisdiction; the
right to control,
command, or determine.
2. a power or right
delegated or given;
authorization:
3. a person or body of
persons in whom
authority is vested, as a
governmental agency.
4. Usually, authorities.
persons having the legal
power to make and
enforce the law;
government:
5. an accepted source of
information, advice, etc
Word
Authority
Antonym:
Powerless
Meaning
law
a judicial decision,
statute, or rule of law
that establishes a
principle; precedent
b. legal permission
granted to a person to
perform a specified act.
Who has the authority
to grant permission?
Meaning
Noun
1. the upper edge of
anything hollow; rim;
brink: the brim of a
cup.
2. a projecting edge:
the brim of a hat.
3. margin.
Word
Brim
Synonym- rim
Meaning
Verb
to be full to the brim.
Meaning
Verb
1. to overpower or dim
the vision of by intense
light: He was dazzled
by the sudden sunlight.
2. to impress deeply;
astonish with delight:
The glorious palace
dazzled him.
to shine or reflect
brilliantly: gems
dazzling in the sunlight.
4. to be overpowered
by light: Her eyes
dazzled in the glare.
5. to excite admiration
by brilliance: Once one
is accustomed to such
splendor, it no longer
dazzles.
Word
Dazzlingadj
Dazzle-v
Meaning
Synonym: bright
Antonym: dull, dim
Meaning
Noun
1.a narrow groove
made in the ground,
especially by a plow.
2. a narrow groovelike
or trenchlike
depression in any
surface: the furrows of
a wrinkled face.
Word
Furrow
Synonym
Groove
wrinkle
Meaning
Verb
3.to make a furrow or
furrows in.
4. to make wrinkles in
(the face): to furrow
one's brow
Meaning
Verb
1. to increase the
apparent size of, as a
lens does.
2. to make greater in
actual size; enlarge: to
magnify a drawing in
preparing for a fresco.
3. to cause to seem
greater or more
important; attribute
too much importance
to; exaggerate: to
magnify one's
difficulties.
4. to make more
exciting; intensify;
dramatize; heighten:
The playwright
magnified the conflict
to get her point across.
Word
Magnify
Meaning
Synonyms:
Increase
Amplify
Antonyms
Reduce
Minimize
shrink
Meaning
adjective,
excessively
proper;
affectedly
correct; prim.
Word
Meaning
Prissy
Prissier
Prissiest
Antontym:
rugged
Meaning
Noun
Word
Muzzle
1.the mouth, or end for
discharge, of the barrel Synonyms:
silence, quiet, still,
of a gun, pistol, etc.
2. the projecting part
suppress
of the head of an
animal, including jaws,
mouth, and nose. See
diag. under dog.
3. a device, usually an
arrangement of straps
or wires, placed over
an animal's mouth to
prevent the animal
from biting, eating,
Meaning
Verb
4. to put a muzzle on
(an animal or its
mouth) so as to
prevent biting, eating,
etc.
5. to restrain from
speech, the
expression of opinion,
etc.: The censors
muzzled the press.
Meaning
Verb
1.to make whiter or
lighter in color, as by
exposure to sunlight or
a chemical agent;
remove the color from.
2. Photography . A
process to remove the
image or to change its
tone.
Word
Bleach
Meaning
Noun
3.a bleaching agent.
4. degree of paleness
achieved in bleaching.
5. an act of bleaching.
Meaning
Adjective
1.neat, orderly, or trim,
as in appearance or
dress: a tidy room; a
tidy person.
2. clearly organized and
systematic: a tidy mind;
a tidy way of working.
3. tolerably good;
acceptable: They
worked out a tidy
arrangement agreeable
to all.
4. fairly large;
considerable: a tidy
sum.
Word
Tidy
Synonym:
clean up, neaten,
square away,
straighten, straighten
out
Meaning
Verb
to make tidy or neat
Antonym
Untidy
Messy
toussled
Meaning
Noun
1.the highest point or
part, as of a hill, a
line of travel, or any
object; top; apex.
2. the highest point of
attainment or
aspiration: the summit
of one's ambition.
3. the highest state or
degree.
4. the highest level of
diplomatic or other
governmental officials:
a meeting at the
summit.
5. summit meeting.
Word
Summit
Synonyms
peak, pinnacle, zenith,
culmination
Antonyms
base
Meaning
Adjective
6.of or pertaining to a
summit meeting:
summit talks.
Verb
7.to take part in a
summit meeting.
8. to reach a summit:
summited after a 14hour climb.
Meaning
Verb
To confine or keep
within limits, as of
space, action, choice,
intensity, or quantity.
Some drivers licenses
are restricted.
Word
restrict
Meaning
Synonym
Curb, restrain
Antonym
free
Meaning
Adjective
1. of a dark, dull, or
dirty color or aspect;
lacking brightness or
freshness.
2. shabby; dismal.
Word
dingy
Meaning
Synonym
Dirty, discolored
Antonym
Bright
bleach
Meaning
Noun
1.a cut and polished
precious stone or pearl
fine enough for use in
jewelry.
2. something likened to
or prized as such a
stone because of its
beauty or worth: His
painting was the gem
of the collection.
3. a person held in
great esteem or
affection.
Word
gem
Meaning
Synonym
Treasure, prize, jewel
Meaning
Verb
to increase in extent,
size, volume, scope,
etc.
2. to spread or stretch
out; unfold:
3. to express in fuller
form or greater detail;
develop:
4. Mathematics
a. to rewrite (a
mathematical
expression) as a sum,
product, etc., of terms
of a particular kind:
Word
Expand
Meaning
Synonyms
Extend
Enlarge
Increase
Examples:
Heat expands most
metals.
He hopes to expand his Antonym
shrink
company.
A bird expands its
wings.
to expand a short story
into a novel.
To write a number in
expanded notation
200=100+100
Meaning
Adjective
1.having a defect or
flaw; faulty; imperfect:
2. Psychology .
characterized by
subnormal intelligence
or behavior.
Word
Defective
Example:
a defective machine.
Meaning
Noun
a defective person or
thing
Synonym
Incomplete deficient
Antonym
Perfect, complete
Meaning
Noun
Word
Bond
1. something that
Example:
binds, fastens,
My word is my bond
confines, or holds
together.
2. a cord, rope, band,
or ligament.
3. something that binds
a person or persons to
a certain circumstance
or line of behavior: the
bond of matrimony.
4. something, as an
agreement or
friendship, that unites
individuals or peoples
into a group; covenant:
the bond between
nations.
5. binding security; firm
assurance:
Meaning