Antonym: bold, brash, audacious; self-confident, jaunty
Antonym: to disagree, differ, dissent
Antonym: harshness, severity, cruelty, inflexibility
Antonym: crude, uncouth, churlish, loutish
Antonym: selfish, self-centered
Antonym: a surplus, oversupply, glut, abundance
Antonym: a misanthrope; a malefactor
Antonym: convergence; agreement, consistency
We were all impressed by his ______ use of unusual words and expressions that he had learned only a few hours before.
As soon as the passenger had _____, the captain ordered the ship to get underway.
assent
dearth
embarked
chivalrous
facile
altruistic
discrepancy
clemency
benefactor
diffident
2006-07-16 13:53:50 · 7 answers · asked by saad 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Sunday night panic? Need this for tomorrow? Get a dictionary. Best place to start is 'A' for antonym. You'll learn nothing if somebody else does your homework.
2006-07-16 14:03:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Saad, I don't understand why you have given antonyms. Are you supposed to find a word from the list below the two sentences that is an antonym of one of the words above? That's fairly confusing. It would be better to look for synonyms, I think.
Find a dictionary and look up the meaning of the ten words until you find one that fits your sentences. While you are looking, watch for parts of speech. The first sentence needs an adjective and the second sentence needs a verb. If you are not supposed to change the words in any way, that will help you narrow your search.
For example: "assent" is a verb and a noun. It means "to agree, to say yes" or "agreement". Does it fit the first sentence? Nope. It CAN be a verb, so it might fit the second sentence, but the meaning doesn't work. So, go on.
Good luck.
By any chance are you learning English as another language, not as your first language? It's hard, but it's worth it. Don't give up.
2006-07-16 14:39:03 · answer #2 · answered by Rosemary S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as the passenger embarked
Selfish, Self-centered = alturistic
To disagree, differ, dissent = assent
a surplus, oversupply, glut, abundance = dearth
2006-07-16 13:58:31 · answer #3 · answered by Deana G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a thesaurus, or at least a dictionary.
2006-07-16 14:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do your own homework
2006-07-16 13:57:20 · answer #5 · answered by parental unit 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what is the question
2006-07-16 13:58:29 · answer #6 · answered by MYRAJEAN 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
huh?
2006-07-16 13:57:41 · answer #7 · answered by I ♥ Kurt Cobain 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋