Weitere ähnliche Inhalte Kürzlich hochgeladen (20) 2. (v) To hold oneself back:
forbear, hold off, keep,
refrain, withhold
1b
4. (v) To make impure or
inferior by deceptively
adding foreign substances:
debase, doctor, load,
sophisticate
2b
6. (n) Lack of emotion or interest:
disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity,
incuriousness, indifference, insensibility,
insensibleness, lassitude, lethargy,
listlessness, phlegm, stolidity, stolidness,
unconcern, uninterest, unresponsiveness
3b
8. (adj) Having or showing courage: bold,
brave, courageous, dauntless, doughty,
fearless, fortitudinous, gallant, game,
hardy, heroic, intrepid, mettlesome,
plucky, stout, stouthearted, unafraid,
undaunted, valiant, valorous
4b
10. (adj) Following no predictable pattern:
changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical,
fickle, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant,
mercurial, temperamental, ticklish,
uncertain, unpredictable, unstable,
unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical
5b
12. (v) To present evidence in
support of: back (up),
buttress, substantiate
6b
14. (v) To make or become free
of moisture: dehydrate, dry
(out), exsiccate, parch
7b
16. (v) To cause to come into
existence: beget, breed,
create, father, hatch, make,
originate, parent, procreate,
produce, sire, spawn
8b
18. (adj) Lasting or existing only for
a short time: evanescent, fleet,
fleeting, fugacious, fugitive,
momentary, passing, short-
lived, temporal, temporary,
transient, transitory 9b
20. (adj) Easily imposed on or
tricked: credulous,
dupable, easy, exploitable,
naive, susceptible
10b
24. (adj) Marked by or consisting
of few words that are carefully
chosen: brief, compendious,
concise, lean, short, succinct,
summary, terse
12b
26. (adj) Deserving honor, respect, or
admiration: admirable, commendable,
creditable, deserving, estimable,
exemplary, honorable, meritorious,
praiseworthy, reputable, respectable,
worthy
13b
28. (adj) Given to
conversation: chatty,
conversational, garrulous,
talkative, talky, voluble
14b
30. (v) To make less severe or
more bearable: allay,
alleviate, assuage, comfort,
ease, lessen, lighten,
palliate, relieve
15b
32. (n) One who pays undue
attention to book learning
and formal rules
16b
34. (adj) Having or indicating an awareness of
things as they really are: down-to-earth,
hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact,
objective, practical, pragmatical, prosaic,
realistic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic
17b
38. (v) To move back and forth
or from side to side, as if
about to fall: oscillate,
sway, teeter, totter, waver,
weave, wobble
19b
40. (adj) Following no predictable
pattern: capricious, changeable,
erratic, fantastic, fantastical, fickle,
freakish, inconsistent, inconstant,
mercurial, temperamental, ticklish,
uncertain, unpredictable, unstable,
unsteady, variable, whimsical
20b
