Red book - lesson 9

Question 1

WAFT (to get WAFTED out to sea in a RAFT isn’t necessarily a pleasant surprise)

Answer 1

verb: move gently by wind or waves; a gently breeze
syn: drift, float
ant: hold, keep
eg: A gentle morning breeze WAFTED through the open window.

Question 2

AWRY (Ed’s first attempt to TIE a TIE went AWRY)

Answer 2

adj: refer to something that does not go the way it is supposed to go or is not the way it should be; wrong, amiss
syn: askew, astray
ant: on course
eg: The wind blew the window shades AWRY.

Question 3

PERTURB (It highly PERTURB hornets when you DISTURB their nests)

Answer 3

verb: to make uneasy; to upset
syn: agitate, alarm, annoy, confuse
ant: aid, assist, assure, calm, comfort
eg: The manager told his salesmen that he was PERTURBED about the drop off in sales of the year.

Question 4

BULLETIN (the mob’s BULLET BULLETIN board)

Answer 4

noun: a brief announcement of pubic interest
syn: announcement, notice, publication
eg: Our teacher posted the tet results on her BULLETIN board.

Question 5

FELON (FELON MELONS going off to jail)

Answer 5

noun: a person convicted of a serious crime
syn: convict, lawbreaker, offender, delinquent
ant: police, law-abiding citizen
eg: a person convicted of a FELONY may be punished by imprisonment in a state prison.

Question 6

STIFLE (a STIFLED RIFLE)

Answer 6

verb: to hold back
syn: curb, muzzle, suppress, silence, smother, squelch
ant: allow, encourage, free, let go, release
eg: The jungle heat of Costa Rica was STIFLING and we sought shelter in a cave.

Question 7

POROUS (POOR US, we get POROUS every hunting season)

Answer 7

adj: filled with holes
syn: spongy, spongelike, absorptive, permeable
ant: impermeable
eg: Natural sponges are POROUS marine creatures used for soaking up liquid.

Question 8

LIMBER (LUMBER from the rubber tree is very LIMBER)

Answer 8

adj: flexible
syn: agile, nimble, pliable, resilient
ant: clumsy, hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff
eg: Ballet dancers have LIMBER muscles

Question 9

ENAMOR (Daddy is ENAMORED with HAMMER)

Answer 9

verb: to cause a feeling of fondness or love, captivate
syn: bewitch, enchant, enthrall, entice, infatuate
ant: disenchant, disgust, displease, repel, repulse
eg: John McCain was ENAMORED with the idea of going to Naval Academy and becoming an admiral

Question 10

UTTER (when the BUTTER begins to UTTER)

Answer 10

verb: to speak; absolute; complete
syn: articulate, assert, express, deliver, proclaim, recite
ant: be quiet, conceal, hide, mumble
eg: I asked the twin not to UTTER another word until I heard my wife’s side of the story.