Nearpeer Vocabulary -25

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144 Disquieting fuss, perturb, calm, The bad news

undo, unhinge, compose, disquieted him.


inducing unsettle, upset, quiet, settle,
feelings of weird out, worry soothe,
anxiety or tranquilize
worry.
145 Limp halt, inflexible, She wasn't impressed
hobble, resilient, by his limp
walk with droopy, rigid, handshake.
difficulty, flaccid, stiff,
typically floppy, sturdy,
because of a lank, tense
damaged or stiff yielding
leg or foot.
146 Augury presaging, experience, These sales figures are
prognosis, science, a good augury for
a sign of what prognostic, observation another profitable
will happen in prognosticating, year.
the future; an prognostication,
omen. prophecy,
soothsaying
147 Playwright dramatist, Non-author, Shakespeare is quite
screenwriter, non-writer possibly the most
a person who scriptwriter, well-known
writes a play auto biographer, playwright in the
memoirist, world.
memorialist
148 Solicitor baiter, defendant, The one job I hated
seducer, accused more than any other was
a member of the advocate, offender, as a telephone solicitor
legal profession articled clerk, perpetrator where I hounded people
qualified to deal solicitor general prisoner, to buy a service.
with legal attorney general, suspect
matters law agent
149 Canopied awning, exposed, shade The trees canopied
ceiling, less, sunny their heads.
covered or cover, bedazzling,
provided with a roof, tent bright,
canopy. brightened
150 Monotone humdrum, tuneful, In the mornings, I
monotonousness melodious usually speak in a
a continuing monotony, harmonious, monotone voice until
sound that is sameness musical I obtain energy from
unchanging in colourlessness, pleasing, my first cup of coffee.
pitch and continuance sonorous
without continuity, symphonic
intonation. dreariness
dryness,
dullness

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