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
1.magnitude in three dimensions: a
ship of great bulk.
2.the greater part; main mass or
body: The bulk of the debt was
paid.
3.goods or cargo not in packages or
boxes, usually transported in large
volume, ex. grain, coal, or
petroleum.
Word
Bulk
Bulky (adj)
Meaning
Adjective
4.being or traded in bulk:
bulk grain.
Bulky- thick fabric or yarn
Verb
5.to increase in size;
expand; swell.
Meaning
Verb
To become mixed,
combined, united
Word
mingle
Meaning
Synonym
commingle,
intermingle,
intermix
Meaning
Adjective
1.lacking skill or
dexterity. 2.lacking
grace or ease in
movement: an awkward
gesture; an awkward
dancer.
3.lacking social graces
or manners:
Word
Awkward
Meaning
Antonyms: skillful,
handy, graceful
Synonyms: clumsy,
inept; unskillful,
unhandy,
uncoordinated,
graceless, gawky;
clumsy.
Meaning
Noun
1.Also called pastureland
an area covered with grass or
other plants used or suitable
for the grazing of livestock;
grassland.
Word
Pasture
Meaning
Verb
1. To put livestock
out to graze.
Meaning
Word
Verb
1.to be reluctant or
wait to act because of
fear, or indecision: She
hesitated to take the
job.
2.to have doubts; be
unwilling: He hesitated
to break the law.
3.to pause: I hesitated
before reciting the
next line.
4.to falter in speech;
stammer:
Hesitate
hesitated,
hesitating
Meaning
Meaning
Verb
1.to obscure by with a
smeary substance: The
windows were blurred with
soot.
2.to obscure by making
confused in outline; make
indistinct: The fog blurred
the outline of the car.
3.to dim the perception
Word
Blurred
blurring
Meaning
Synonyms
cloud, dim, darken, veil, mask.
Meaning
Noun
1.angry fury; violent anger.
2.a fit of violent anger.
3.fury or violence of wind, waves,
fire, disease, etc.
4.violence of feeling, desire, or
appetite:
5.a violent desire.
Word
Rage
Idiom
All the rage, fashion
Meaning
Verb
raged, raging.1.to act
or speak with fury;
show or feel violent
anger; fulminate.
2.to move, rush, dash,
or surge furiously.
3. to proceed,
continue, or prevail
with great violence:
The battle raged for
ten days.
Meaning
Verb
1.to drive or force out;
expel, as from a place or
position: The police ejected
the hecklers from the
meeting.
2.to dismiss, as from office
or occupancy.
3.to evict, as from property.
Word
Meaning
Eject
4.to propel oneself from a
damaged or
malfunctioning airplane,
as by an ejection seat:
When the plane caught
fire, the pilot ejected.
Synonyms:
remove, drive
out, cast out,
throw out.
Meaning
Word
Adjective
1.easily seen or noticed;
readily visible or observable:
a conspicuous error.
conspicuous
2.attracting special
attention, as by outstanding
qualities or eccentricities:
He was conspicuous by his
booming laughter.
Meaning
Meaning
Noun
1.vigorous or bitter conflict,
discord, or antagonism: to be at
strife
2.a quarrel, struggle, or clash:
armed strife.
3.competition or rivalry: the strife
of the marketplace.
4.Archaic. strenuous effort.
Word
Meaning
strife
Synonyms
1. difference,
disagreement,
opposition.
2. fight, conflict.
Antonym
1. peace.
Meaning
Word
verb
1.to challenge the power
of; resist boldly or
openly: to defy parental
authority.
2.to offer effective
resistance to: a fort that
defies attack.
3.to challenge (a person)
to do something deemed
impossible: They defied
him to dive off the
bridge.
Defy
defied, defying
Meaning
Meaning
Adjective
1.endowed with sensation;
having perception through
the senses.
2.readily affected by
external influences.
3.having acute mental or
emotional sensibility; aware
of and responsive to the
feelings of others.
4.easily pained or annoyed
Word
sensitive
Meaning
Noun
1. A person who is
sensitive.
Meaning
Noun
1.something intended
to deceive or defraud:
The Swamp monster
was a hoax.
Verb
1.to deceive by a hoax;
hoodwink.
Word
hoax
Meaning
Meaning
Verb
1.to supply or brighten
with light; light up.
2.to make lucid or clear;
throw light on (a subject).
3.to decorate with lights,
as in celebration.
4.to enlighten, as with
knowledge.
Word
Illuminate
illuminated, illuminating
Meaning
Meaning
Adjective
1.done, operated, worked, etc., by
the hand or hands rather than by
an electrical or electronic device: a
manual gearshift.
2.involving or using human effort,
skill, power, energy, etc.; physical:
manual labor.
3.of or pertaining to the hand or
hands: manual deformities.
Word
Meaning
manual
4.of the nature of a
manual or handbook:
manual instructions.
Noun
5.a small book, especially
one giving information or
instructions: a manual of
mathematical tables.
6.a nonelectric
typewriter; a typewriter
whose keys and carriage
may be powered solely by
the typist's hands.
7. Automotive - manual
transmission.
Meaning
Noun
1.fine, widely dispersed,
solid or liquid particles, in
the atmosphere giving
the air an opalescent
appearance that subdues
colors.
2.vagueness or obscurity,
as of the mind or
perception; confused or
vague thoughts and
feelings: The victims were
still in a haze and couldn't
describe the accident.
Word
Haze
Meaning
Verb
Hazed, hazing.
3.to
make or become hazy.
Meaning
Verb, omitted, omitting.
1.to leave out; fail to
include or mention: to omit
a name from a list.
2.to forbear or fail to do,
make, use, send, etc.: to
omit a greeting.
Word
omit
Meaning
Meaning
Adjective
1.having to do with machinery:
a mechanical failure.
2.being a machine; operated by
machinery: a mechanical toy.
3.caused by or derived from
machinery: mechanical
propulsion.
4.using machine parts only.
Word
Meaning
Mechanical
5.brought about
by friction,
abrasion, etc.:
6.pertaining to the
design, use,
understanding,
etc., of tools and
machinery:
Meaning
Noun
1. having little or no
money, goods, or
means of support;
being poor.
2. deficiency of necessary
ingredients, qualities,
etc. poverty of the soil.
Word
Meaning
poverty
3.scantiness;
Synonyms: inadequacy,
shortage, neediness,
destitution, poor,
insufficient
Antonyms: abundance,
bounty, glut. riches,
wealth, plenty.
Meaning
Verb
1.to confuse or
puzzle completely;
perplex:
These shifting
attitudes bewilder
me.
Word
bewilder
Meaning
Synonym
mystify, nonplus,
confuse, daze,
confound, stagger,
muddle.
Meaning
adjective, .1.deprived of
physical sensation or the ability
to move: fingers numb with cold.
2.manifesting or resembling
numbness: a numb sensation.
3.incapable of action or of feeling
emotion; numb with grief.
4.lacking or deficient in emotion
or feeling; indifferent: She was
numb to their pleas for mercy.
Word
numb
Meaning
Verb
5.to make numb.
Meaning
. Noun
1. a copy or reproduction of a
work of art produced by the
maker of the original or
under his or her supervision.
2.any close or exact copy or
reproduction.
Word
replica
Meaning
Synonyms
duplicate, facsimile;
imitation.
Meaning
Verb
1. to strike the foot against
something, as in walking or running,
so as to stagger or fall; trip.
2.to walk or go unsteadily:
3.to make a slip, mistake, or blunder
4.to proceed in a hesitating or
blundering manner, as in action or
speech (often followed by along).
5.to discover or meet with
accidentally or unexpectedly (usually
followed by on, upon, or across):They
stumbled on a little village.
6.to falter or hesitate, as at an
obstacle to progress or belief.
Word
Stumble
Examples:
to stumble down a
dark passage.
to stumble over a
question
to stumble and fall
from grace.
Meaning
Noun
the act of stumbling.
10.a moral lapse or error.
11.a slip or blunder.
Meaning
Adjective
not stylish; drab; oldfashioned
not neat or tidy; shabby.
Word
Dowdy
Meaning
Synonym
Frumpy
Antonym
Stylish,
fashionable
Meaning
Noun
1. an enclosure or pen for
horses, cattle, etc.
2. a circular enclosure
formed by wagons during
an encampment, as by
covered wagons crossing
the North American plains
in the 19th century, for
defense against attack.
Word
corral
Meaning
Verb
3. to confine in or as if
in a corral.
4.Informal.to seize;
capture.
to collect, gather: to
corral votes.
Meaning
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Word
Meaning