| A | B |
|---|
| uncommunicative | antonym of communicative |
| ail | to cause sickness or pain or trouble |
| ails | “What _______ you?” the doctor asked. |
| ailment | an illness; a disease |
| ailment | Measles is a common childhood ________. |
| ailing | in poor health |
| banish | to force someone out of the country |
| banish | to get rid of completely |
| banished | Lawbreakers were ________ to Siberia when the tsars ruled Russia. |
| banished | The student was ________ from the Valentine’s Day party for jumping on the tables. |
| livelihood | One’s _______ is the way one makes a living. |
| communicate | to give or exchange information |
| communicate | We ________ mostly by telephone because I hate to write letters. |
| communication | the exchange of information between people |
| communication | The misunderstanding was caused by a lack of ________ between us. |
| communicative | willing to speak |
| communicative | eager to talk |
| communicative | She was often not very ________ and remained silent when called on to answer questions. |
| console | to make less sad |
| console | to comfort |
| console | My parents tried to ________ me when my best friend moved away. |
| consolation | comfort |
| consolation | I knew I could always turn to my aunt for ________ whenever I was upset. |
| disconsolate | incapable of being consoled |
| disconsolate | She was ________ and nothing I could say could comfort her. |
| consolable | able to be comforted |
| disconsolate | antonym of consolable |
| cower | to shrink from as if from fear |
| cower | I knew the poor dog's owner was cruel when I saw it ________. |
| cowering | shrinking from in fear |
| deliberate | carefully thought out; not hasty |
| deliberate | an antonym of precipitous |
| deliberated | We ________ a long time before making our decision. |
| deliberate | to think carefully before making up one’s mind |
| depth | distance from top to bottom or front to back |
| depth | deepness |
| depth | The pool reached a ________ of twelve feet. |
| depths | The treasure chest lay buried in the ________ of the ocean. |
| depth | Something with little ________ is shallow. |
| desire | to wish for |
| desire | to want very much |
| desire | Columbus’s ________ for gold and riches led him to try to said around the world to India. |
| desire | a strong wish |
| desires | A person who is famished ________ just one thing—food. |
| desirable | pleasing or agreeable |
| desirable | My school is in a ________ location. |
| livelihood | the means of supporting oneself |
| livelihood | Your ________ is provided by your parents. |
| misfortune | bad luck |
| misfortune | He had the ________ to break his leg right before the big game. |
| misfortune | an unlucky event |
| orphan | a child whose parents are dead |
| precipice | a very high and steep cliff |
| precipice | We stood watchfully on the edge of the ________ and looked down. |
| precipitous | very steep |
| precipitous | The Two-Mile Terror ski trail has many ________ slopes. |
| precipitous | reckless; careless |
| precipitous | hasty; abrupt; done without careful thought |
| precipitous | an antonym of deliberate |
| precipitous | He completed his test in a ________ manner and received a poor grade. |
| precipitous | Joining the Army so suddenly was a ________ act. |
| precipitous | a synonym of hasty |
| regain | to get back |
| regained | an antonym of lost |
| regained | She _______ her health by following the doctor's orders. |
| slay | to kill violently |
| slain | The dragon was ________ by the knight in battle. |
| symptom | a sign of something |
| symptoms | Fever and body aches can be ________ of the flu. |
| disconsolate | synonym of inconsolable |
