Red book - lesson 6 Flashcards
SUCCOR (Cheerleaders giving SUCCOR to an injured SOCCER player)
noun: help, relief, assistance, aid, support
ant: blockage, hindrance, obstruction, hurt
eg: Doctors provide SUCCOR to their patients.
FOWL (a FOWL was hit by a FOUL ball)
noun: any bird raised or hunted for food
syn: chicken, goose, hen, bird
eg: Turkey is the FOWL of choice during Thanksgiving dinner.
RUNT (the RUNT laid down a BUNT)
noun: a very small person
syn: midget, homunculus, Lilliputian
eg: Silver was my RUNT pony, but I loved him all the same.
PREVAIL (the boat with biggest SAIL PREVAILS)
verb: to be victorious, to persuade
syn: beat, succeed, overcome, triumph, win
ant: fail, forfeit, surrender, lose
eg: “Justice PREVAILS” is an expression that means good has won over evil.
FERVOR (Babe Ruth had such FERVOR for baseball he even played with a FEVER)
noun: ardor, zeal, earnestness, passion, sincerity
ant: apathy, indifference, disinterest, lethargy
eg: Avid sport fans have such FERVOR for their teams they often argue during the games.
WAD (a big WAD of SOD)
noun: a ball of soft material
syn: chunk, clump, lump, bundle
eg: The detective found a small WAD stained with blood behind the sofa.
AVERT (the quarterback found a way to AVERT getting HURT)
verb: to ward off; to turn away; to keep from happening
syn: avoid, deter, fend off, prevent, halt
ant: aid, allow, assist, help, support
eg: The truck driver AVERTED an accident by driving onto the grassy bank
ZIGZAG (when playing TAG, ZIGZAG to avoid being TAGGED)
verb/noun: turn in different direction that nevertheless proceed in a general direction
syn: crooked,
eg: The blind man zigzagged his way across the unfamiliar room.
WHIMSICAL (a SWIMMING POPSICLE is a WHIMSICAL notion)
adj: playful, fanciful
syn: amusing, comical, eccentric, funny
ant: boring, common, regular, normal, sad
eg: Grandpa’s suggestion to have a grape catching contest with our mouths was a WHIMSICAL idea.
SCAMPER (the laundry HAMPER SCAMPERED to the finish line)
verb: to run, or to go hastily
syn: bolt, dart, scurry, hurry, zip, sprint, scurry
ant: dawdle, slow, walk, stroll
eg: The dog SCAMPERED across the lawn to the house.
