Warm Up 3/21

COMBUSTION: The process of burning something.

SYNONYMS: Burning, Ignition ANTONYMS: Calm, Peace

EXAMPLE: The combustion was caused by the oxygen in the air and the carbon in the wood.

Warm Up 3/9

CAROUSE: Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way. 

SYNONYMS: Party, Revel ANTONYMS: Breach, Chant

EXAMPLE: He caroused deep into the night at his own house.

Warm Up 3/3

EQUIVOCATE: Use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.

SYNONYMS: Prevaricate, Hedge ANTONYMS: Confront, Face

EXAMPLE: The salesman went out of his way to equivocate the sales terms to the couple.

Warm Up 3/2

KNELL: The sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.

SYNONYMS: Toll, Dong ANTONYMS: Bellow

EXAMPLE: What means that little word? What death knell rings in it, that old Ahab shakes as if he were the belfry.