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
Noun
an adult male
horse, especially
one used for
breeding
Word
Stallion
Meaning
Meaning
Verb
•
to adhere closely; stick
to:
Ex: The wet paper clings
to the glass.
• to hold tight, as by
grasping or embracing;
cleave:
Ex: The children clung to
each other in the dark.
• to be or remain close:
Ex: he child clung to her
mother's side.
4. to remain attached, as
to an idea, hope, memory,
etc.:
Ex: Despite the
predictions, the candidate
clung to the belief that he
would be elected.
Word
cling
Meaning
Noun
• the act of clinging;
adherence;
attachment.
Synonyms
clutch, grab, hug.
Meaning
Verb
• to roar and be
tumultuous, as
wind.
• to be loud, noisy,
or swaggering;
utter loud, empty
menaces or
protests:
Ex: He blusters about
revenge but does
nothing.
Word
Bluster-Verb
Blustery-Adj
Meaning
Noun
• boisterous noise
and violence:
Ex: the bluster of the
streets.
• noisy, empty threats
or protests; inflated
talk: bluff and
bluster.
Meaning
Noun
• an apparatus for striking
a bell so as to produce a
musical sound, as one at
the front door of a house
by which visitors
announce their presence.
• Often, chimes. a. a set of
bells or of slabs of metal,
stone, wood, etc.,
producing musical tones
when struck.
• a musical instrument
consisting of such a set,
especially a glockenspiel.
• the musical tones thus
produced.
• harmonious sound in
general; music; melody.
• harmonious relation;
accord: the battling duo,
in chime at last.
Word
Chime
Meaning
Verb
• to sound
harmoniously or in
chimes, as a set of
bells:
Ex:The church bells
chimed at noon.
• to produce a
musical sound by
striking a bell, gong,
etc.; ring chimes:
Ex: The doorbell
chimed.
7. to speak in cadence
or singsong.
8. to harmonize; agree:
The scenery chimed
perfectly with the
play's eerie mood.
Meaning
Verb
• to growl
threateningly
or viciously,
especially with
a raised upper
lip to bare the
teeth, as a
dog.
• to speak in a
surly or
threatening
manner
suggestive of a
dog's snarl.
Word
snarl
Meaning
Noun
• the act of
snarling.
• a snarling
sound or
utterance
Meaning
Noun
• a person bearing
two X chromosomes
in the cell nuclei
• a girl or woman.
Word
female
Meaning
Adjective
• of, pertaining to, or
being a female
animal or plant.
• of, pertaining to, or
characteristic of a
female person;
feminine: female
suffrage; female
charm.
• composed of
females: a female
readership.
Meaning
Noun
the cup-shaped depression or
cavity on the surface of the
earth or other heavenly body
marking the orifice of a
volcano.
2. Also called impact crater,
meteorite crater. (on the
surface of the earth, moon,
etc.) a bowl-shaped
depression with a raised rim,
formed by the impact of a
meteoroid.
4. the bowllike orifice of a
geyser.
5. the hole or pit in the ground
where a bomb, shell, or
military mine has exploded.
Word
crater
Meaning
Verb
• to make craters in:
Bombs had cratered
the landscape.
Slang . a. to cancel,
abandon, or cast aside:
to crater the new
project.
• to destroy or ruin:
Ex: One more
disappointment won't
crater me.
Meaning
Verb
• to draw down
or contract the
brows in a
sullen,
displeased, or
angry manner.
• to have a
gloomy or
threatening
look.
Word
scowl
Meaning
Noun
a scowling
expression, look,
or aspect.
Meaning
Adjective
• characterized
by the
presence of
haze; misty:
hazy weather.
• lacking
distinctness or
clarity; vague;
indefinite;
confused:
Ex: a hazy idea.
Word
hazy
Meaning
Synonyms:
foggy, smoggy,
overcast
hazily, adverb
haziness, noun
unhazily, adverb
unhaziness, noun
unhazy, adjective
Meaning
Noun
• Also called blood
feud. a bitter,
continuous
hostility, especially
between two
families, clans,
etc., often lasting
for many years or
generations.
• 2. a bitter quarrel
or contention
Ex: a feud between
labor and
management.
Word
feud
Meaning
Meaning
Verb
• to make known;
disclose;
divulge: to
reveal a secret.
• to lay open to
view; display;
exhibit.
Word
reveal
Meaning
Noun
• an act or instance
of revealing;
revelation;
disclosure.
Meaning
Adjective
• bulky in figure; heavily built;
thickset; fat:
EX: She is getting too stout for
her dresses.
• .bold, brave, or dauntless: a
stout heart; stout fellows.
Synonyms: valiant, gallant,
intrepid, fearless,
indomitable, courageous,
stouthearted. Antonyms:
cowardly, timid, fearful,
timorous, craven.
• firm; stubborn; resolute: stout
resistance. Synonyms:
obstinate, steadfast,
unwavering.
• forceful; vigorous: a stout
argument; a stout wind.
Synonyms: intense, sharp,
violent.
• strong of body; hearty;
sturdy: stout seamen.
Word
Stout
Synonyms: big, rotund,
stocky, portly, fleshy.
Brawny
Antonyms: thin, lean,
slender, slim; skinny,
scrawny.
Meaning
Noun
• a dark, sweet brew
made of roasted malt
and having a higher
percentage of hops than
porter.
• porter of extra strength.
• a stout person.
• a garment size designed
for a stout man.
• a garment, as a suit or
overcoat, in this size
Meaning
Noun
• a loose outer
garment, as a
cape or coat.
• something
that covers or
conceals;
disguise;
pretense:
EX: He conducts
his affairs under a
cloak of secrecy.
Word
cloak
Meaning
Verb
• to cover with
or as if with a
cloak:
EX: She arrived at
the opera
cloaked in green
velvet.
• to hide;
conceal:
EX: The mission
was cloaked in
mystery
Meaning
Verb
• to smile broadly,
especially as an
indication of
pleasure,
amusement, or
the like.
• to draw back the
lips so as to show
the teeth, as a
snarling dog or a
person in pain.
• to show or be
exposed through
an opening,
crevice, etc.
Word
grin
Meaning
Noun
a broad smile.
6. the act of
producing a broad
smile.
7. the act of
withdrawing the lips
and showing the
teeth, as in anger or
pain.
Meaning
Noun
• a boy or man
• Botany . a
staminate plant.
Word
male
Meaning
Adjective
• of, pertaining to, or being a
male animal or plant.
• pertaining to or characteristic
of a male person; masculine: a
male voice.
• composed of males: a male
choir.
• Botany . a. designating or
pertaining to a plant or its
reproductive structure
producing or containing
microspores.
• (of seed plants) staminate.
• Machinery . made to fit into a
corresponding open or
recessed part: a male plug.
Compare female .
Meaning
Noun
• a person who feels enmity,
hatred, or malice toward
another; enemy:
Ex: a bitter foe.
• a military enemy; hostile
army.
• a person belonging to a
hostile army or nation.
• an opponent in a game or
contest; adversary: a
political foe.
• a person who is opposed
in feeling, principle, etc.,
to something: a foe to
progress in civil rights.
Word
Foe
Meaning
Synonyms
See enemy, opponent,
antagonist.
Antonyms
1–3. friend.
Meaning
Verb
• to disturb or
bother (a person)
in a way that
displeases,
troubles, or
slightly irritates.
• to harm.
Word
annoy
Meaning
Noun
• an annoyance.
Meaning
Adjective
Word
Soggy
• thoroughly
wet; sodden.
• damp and
heavy, as
poorly baked
bread.
• spiritless,
heavy, dull, or
stupid: a soggy
novel.
soggier,
soggiest.
soaked
Meaning
Meaning
noun,
plural does, doe.
the female of the
deer, antelope,
goat, rabbit, and
certain other
animals.
Word
doe
Meaning
Meaning
verb
• to remove a veil
or other covering
from; display;
reveal: The
woman unveiled
herself.
• to reveal or
disclose by or as
if by removing a
veil or covering:
• to unveil a
monument; to
unveil a secret; to
unveil a truth.
Word
unveil
Meaning
Meaning
Adjective
• slender, as in
girth or form;
slight in build or
structure.
• poor or inferior: a
slim chance; a
slim excuse.
• small or
inconsiderable;
meager; scanty: a
slim income.
• sized for the
thinner than
average person.
Word
slim
Meaning
Verb
• to become slim.
• to try to become
more slender,
especially by
dieting.
noun
• a garment size
meant for a thin
person.
• slim down, a. to lose
weight, especially
intentionally.
• (of a business) to
reduce operating
expenses;
economize
Meaning
Noun
• a natural elevation of
earth; a knoll.
• an artificial elevation of
earth, as for a defense
work or a dam or
barrier; an
embankment.
• a heap or raised mass:
a mound of papers; a
mound of hay.
• Baseball . the slightly
raised ground from
which the pitcher
delivers the ball.
• an elevation formed of
earth, sand, stones,
etc., especially over a
grave or ruins.
Word
Mound
Meaning
Verb
• to form into a
mound; heap up.
• to furnish with a
mound of earth, as
for a defense.
Meaning
Word
Verb
• to make a loud, harsh noise:
The gears of the old car
clashed and grated.
• to come together or collide,
especially noisily: The
cymbals clashed.
• to conflict; disagree: Their
stories of the accident
clashed completely.
• to be offensive to the eye.
• to engage in a physical
conflict or contest, as in a
game or a battle (often
followed by with ): The
Yankees clash with the
Synonym:
White Sox for the final
disagreement, dispute,
game of the season.
struggle
Antonym: agreement,
cooperation
Clash
Meaning
Noun
• a loud, harsh noise, as
of a collision: The
automobiles collided
with a terrible clash.
• a collision, especially a
noisy one.
• a conflict; opposition,
especially of views or
interests: a clash
between nations.
• a battle, fight, or
skirmish: The clash
between the border
patrols left three men
dead.
Meaning
adjective,
• excessively
thin; lean;
scraggy: a
long, scrawny
neck.
Word
Scrawny
Meaning
Synonyms:
gaunt, emaciated.
Antonyms
fleshy, plump.
Scrawnier
scrawniest
Meaning
Noun
• a fully
mature female
horse or other
equine animal.
Word
mare
Meaning