Vocabulary Workshop A

synonym: attire, garmets, clothing, deck out

• dispatch

• apparel

• hypocrite

• vow

Samuel was ______________ with worry after looking at his poor grades on Alma.

• denounced

• encompassed

• besieged

• slaked

a folded cloth or pad applied to an injury

• hypocrite

• enigma

• compress

• illusion

antonym: hail, claim, praise

• forsake

• denounce

• ruffle

• billow

We'll ___________________ a repair crew to your home right away to fix your leaky pipes.

• encompass

• waylay

• forsake

• dispatch

synonym: submerge, soak, dunk, immerse, extinguish

• libel

• douse

• recede

• mimic

At the meeting, the parents ____________ stated their approval of students wearing school uniforms.

• instantaneously

• serenely

• expressly

• sagely

synonym: hungry, starving, ravenous

• gainful

• groundless

• incomprehensible

• famished

I will never _______________ my children, no matter what they do or say.

• forsake

• mimic

• manipulate

• compress

Because it was 90 degrees outside, people were sweaty and thirst, so my lemonade stand was extremely _____________.

• immense

• ingenious

• gainful

• arid