Vocabulary 27

Noun a medicine that is taken to counteract a poison. Verb to counteract the effects of poison.

• antidote

• antibacterial

• antibiotic

• antifreeze

Noun liquid added to water to lower freezing point, used in radiator of a motor vehicle.

• antifreeze

• antidote

• antibiotic

• antibacterial

Verb to find a way around; evade an obstacle; sidestep; dodge; avoid; bypass.

• circumvent

• circumnavigate

• circumstance

• circumpolar

Adjective situated around or inhabiting one of the earth’s poles.

• circumpolar

• circumnavigate

• circumvent

• circumspect

Adjective active against bacteria.

• antibacterial

• antidote

• antiseptic

• antibiotic

Noun a deep feeling of dislike; aversion; distaste; abhorrence; unadulterated loathing.

• antipathy

• antiseptic

• antithesis

• anticlimactic

Noun a person or thing that is the direct opposite of something else; contrary; converse.

• antithesis

• antipathy

• anticlimactic

• antibiotic

Noun a company of acrobats, trained animals, and clowns that give performances in a large tent.

• circus

• circumvent

• circumnavigate

• circumstance

Verb to sail all the way around something; to sail around the world.

• circumnavigate

• circumvent

• circumspect

• circumpolar

Noun the enclosing boundary of a curved geometric figure that goes round and round and round.

• circumference

• circus

• circumstance

• circumspect