Vocabulary Quiz

backfire - to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect.

• Verb

• Syn: collapse; flounder

• Ant: achieve; succeed

landlady - a woman who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant.

• Noun

• Syn: proprietor; householder

• Ant: tenant; rentor

deprave - to make someone immoral or wicked.

• verb

• Syn: corrupt; subvert

• Ant: purify; cleanse

animatedly - full of vigor and spirit.

• Adverb

• Syn: lively; playfully

• Ant: dully; boringly

subconscious - of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings.

• Adjective

• Syn: unconscious; latent

• Ant: conscious; expressed

bunch - collect or fasten into a compact group.

bunch - to form a group or cluster.

• Verb

• Syn: cluster; bundle

• Ant: spread out; release

• My family and I bunched into 1 small car.

blackboard - a large board with a smooth, typically dark, surface attached to a wall and used for writing on with chalk, especially by teachers in schools.

• Noun

• Syn: easel; whiteboard

• Ant: tablet; computer

• My Sosa wrote on the blackboard to show us today's notes.

upraise - raise something to a higher level.

• Verb

• Syn: uplift; hoist

• Ant: descend; plunge

• My swim team's tuition was upraised after 50 people left.

unaccustomed - not having acquired a habit or tolerance.

• Adjective

• Syn: unadapted; unadjusted

• Ant: familiar; established

• After being homeschooled for 2 years, Allie felt unaccustomed to waking up early for school.