WordMasters 5th Grade Gold List 1
WordMasters 5th Grade Gold List 1 |Name: | | |abridge
transitive verb
| |to shorten without removing basic contents; condense. |
| |synonyms: |
| |compress, condense, curtail, cut, cut down, digest, shorten, truncate |
| |antonyms: |
| |amplify, expand, extend, lengthen |
| |similar words: |
| |abstract, brief, contract, epitomize, summarize, synopsize |
bar1
noun
| |a length of solid material, usu. rectangular or cylindrical. |
| |synonyms: |
| |bolt, cake, rail, rod, stick |
| |similar words: |
| |block, crowbar, ingot, jimmy, lever, pole, rail, railing, shaft, stake |
bar2
noun
| |a unit of pressure equal to one million dynes per square centimeter. |
calamity
noun
| |an event causing extreme harm, suffering, or destruction; disaster. |
| |synonyms: |
| |cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy |
| |antonyms: |
| |blessing, godsend, miracle |
| |similar words: |
| |accident, adversity, affliction, blow, cataclysm, earthquake, flood, misfortune, mishap |
caravan
noun
| |a band of people traveling together for safety, esp. across a desert. |
conduit
noun
| |a channel, ditch, or pipe used to convey water or other liquid. |
| |synonyms: |
| |aqueduct, drain, gully, trunk |
deceive
transitive verb
| |to lead (a person) to believe something that is untrue; mislead; trick; defraud. |
| |synonyms: |
| |betray, bilk, bluff, cheat, chicane, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misinform, mislead, mock, play |
| |someone false, trick, victimize |
| |antonyms: |
| |disillusion, undeceive |
| |similar words: |
| |bamboozle, beguile, bluff, con, cozen, double-cross, entrap, fast-talk, flimflam, gull, jive, lead on, mock, outwit, rook, |
| |shaft, snooker, sucker, swindle, two-time |
embellish
transitive verb
| |to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| |synonyms: |
| |adorn, decorate, enrich, garnish, grace, ornament, trim |
| |similar words: |
| |bedizen, elaborate, enrich, festoon |
façade [or] facade
noun
| |the front of a building. |
| |synonyms: |
| |face, front |
| |similar words: |
| |aspect, exterior |
hypocrite
noun
| |one who states or pretends to hold beliefs or principles he or she does not actually practice. |
| |synonyms: |
| |whited sepulcher |
| |similar words: |
| |deceiver, faker, pharisee, phony, pretender |
hypocritical
adjective
| |marked by, tending toward, or engaged in hypocrisy. |
jovial
adjective
| |heartily cheerful, friendly, and merry; convivial. |
| |synonyms: |
| |convivial, gleeful, jocose, jocular, jocund, jolly, merry, mirthful |
| |antonyms: |
| |cheerless, gloomy, morose |
| |similar words: |
| |buoyant, cheerful, convivial, effervescent, festive, friendly, frolicsome, gay, happy, lighthearted, lively, sociable, |
| |vivacious |
menagerie
noun
| |a collection of usu. wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| |synonyms: |
| |zoo |
miserly
adjective
| |of, like, or characteristic of a miser; penurious or stingy. |
| |synonyms: |
| |cheap, churlish, close-fisted, niggard, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, skimpy, sordid, stingy, tight, tightfisted |
| |antonyms: |
| |liberal |
| |similar words: |
| |avaricious, frugal, mercenary, thrifty |
morose
adjective
| |gloomy or sullen. |
| |synonyms: |
| |atrabilious, dour, gloomy, saturnine, sullen, unhappy |
| |antonyms: |
| |blithe, cheerful, ebullient, jovial, merry |
| |similar words: |
| |cheerless, dejected, depressed, dismal, dispirited, doleful, funereal, glum, grim, lugubrious, moody, sad, somber, sulky |
morsel
noun
| |a bite-sized amount; small piece or bit. |
| |synonyms: |
| |bit, bite, crumb, nibble, snippet, taste |
| |similar words: |
| |bite, mouthful, pinch, scrap, shred, taste |
persnickety
adjective
| |(informal) fussy or demanding. |
| |synonyms: |
| |dainty, fastidious, fussy, particular |
| |antonyms: |
| |easygoing |
| |similar words: |
| |choosy, exacting, finicky, hypercritical, picky, squeamish |
pilfer
transitive verb & intransitive verb
| |to steal, esp. trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| |synonyms: |
| |purloin |
portal
noun
| |a doorway or entrance, esp. a large and imposing one. |
| |synonyms: |
| |door, doorway, entrance, entranceway |
| |similar words: |
| |foyer, narthex, porch, portico, threshold, vestibule |
quell
transitive verb
| |to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| |synonyms: |
| |choke, conquer, put down, quash, repress, stifle, suppress |
| |similar words: |
| |crush, dispel, extinguish, repress, squash, squelch, stamp out, subdue |
repast
noun
| |a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| |synonyms: |
| |feast, feed, meal, refection, spread |
slipshod
adjective
| |carelessly done or constructed. |
| |synonyms: |
| |careless, perfunctory, ragged, remiss, slapdash, sloppy |
| |antonyms: |
| |diligent, painstaking |
| |similar words: |
| |casual, haphazard, hurried, inferior, negligent |
spendthrift
noun
| |one who is extravagant or wasteful with money; squanderer. |
| |synonyms: |
| |prodigal, profligate, squanderer |
| |antonyms: |
| |miser, penny pincher |
stifle
transitive verb
| |to hold back; inhibit. |
| |synonyms: |
| |check, inhibit, repress, restrain, smother, suppress, throttle |
| |antonyms: |
| |kindle |
| |similar words: |
| |constrain, contain, curb, mute, repress, restrict, stay, still, suppress |
thrifty
adjective
| |practicing thrift; economical. |
| |synonyms: |
| |economical, frugal, provident, sparing |
| |antonyms: |
| |extravagant, improvident, prodigal, profligate, thriftless, wasteful |
| |similar words: |
| |careful, miserly, parsimonious, prudent, saving, stingy |
vain
adjective
| |not leading to a desirable or lasting effect; futile; fruitless. |
| |synonyms: |
| |abortive, bootless, fruitless, futile, hopeless, idle, ineffectual, inefficacious, nugatory, pointless, unavailing, |
| |unsuccessful, useless |
| |antonyms: |
| |fruitful, successful |
| |similar words: |
| |idle, ineffective, nugatory, unproductive |
veto
noun
| |the right or power of one official authority or body, esp. the chief executive, to reject or cancel something enacted by |
| |another, such as a law or budget authorization approved by a legislature. |
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