1 / 12

Vocabulary 4a

Vocabulary 4a. adroit - innundate. ADROIT. adjective skillful in coping with difficulty or danger synonyms: shrewd, resourceful Indiana Jones is adroit at escaping traps. adversary. noun person or group that opposes another synonyms: opponent, enemy, foe

alaire
Download Presentation

Vocabulary 4a

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Vocabulary4a adroit - innundate

  2. ADROIT • adjective • skillful in coping with • difficulty or danger • synonyms:shrewd, • resourceful • Indiana Jones is adroit at escaping traps.

  3. adversary • noun • person or group that • opposes another • synonyms:opponent, • enemy, foe • Harry Potter was Voldemort’s greatest adversary.

  4. avert • verb • ward off; avoid • synonyms:prevent, • forestall • Some tragedies can be easily averted.

  5. cogent • adjective • appealing to reason • synonyms:convincing, • logical • People use logic to create cogent arguments. All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

  6. demolish • verb • tear down • synonyms:destroy, • raze • Some buildings must be demolished to make way for new construction.

  7. evaporate • verb • turn into gas or • invisible minute • particles • synonyms:disappear, • vanish • Almost all rain comes from evaporated seawater.

  8. fiscal • adjective • having to do with • money or finance • synonyms:financial, • monetary • Keeping three months salary in the bank makes good fiscal sense.

  9. hamper • verb • hold back; • interfere with • synonyms:hinder, • obstruct • Some dogs wear muzzles to hamper their biting instinct.

  10. humid • adjective • having a perceptible • amount of moisture • synonyms:damp, moist • wet • Tropical rainforests are among the most humid places on earth.

  11. inundate • verb • overspread with • water • synonyms:flood, • deluge • swamp • Hurricane Katrina broke the levees and inundated the city of New Orleans.

  12. Don’t get confused! preys verb to hunt and kill something for food prays verb to speak to a god or deity praise verb to honor; to compliment

More Related