29.03.2013 Views

WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

toward recovery of health,( );<br />

• (replenish)- to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking,<br />

used up, etc., ( , ); The rain<br />

helps to replenish, or refill, our water supply, which is stored underground;<br />

• (retain)- hold back within;<br />

brisk = alert = rattling = spanking = snappy = zippy = peppy<br />

• (brisk)- quick and active; lively, ( , , ); ;<br />

• (rattling)- remarkably good, lively, or fast,( , , ); a<br />

rattling talk; a rattling gallop;<br />

• (spanking)- moving rapidly and smartly, (<br />

);<br />

• quick and vigorous; a spanking pace;<br />

• (snappy)- quick or sudden in action or performance,( , );<br />

• (zippy)- lively; peppy;<br />

• (peppy)- energetic; vigorous; lively, pep ( , );<br />

brisk > briskness = alacrity<br />

• (alacrity)- cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness, ( ,<br />

, ); The rest of the class stepped up to the recitation<br />

with alacrity, and appeared happy and contented. — McGuffey's Fourth<br />

Eclectic Reader;<br />

alert : vigilant > vigilance : surveillance : watch<br />

• (vigilance)- state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness, ( ,<br />

); Eternal vigilance is the price of success as well as of liberty. — The<br />

Book of Business Etiquette;<br />

• (surveillance)- a watch kept over a person, group, etc., esp. over a<br />

suspect, prisoner, or the like, ( );<br />

Utterly unconscious of the surveillance, the islanders gradually sunk into a<br />

morose, stupid silence. — The Man from Brodney's;<br />

spry = agile = nimble ~ speedy = quick > quickness = celerity<br />

• (spry)- active; nimble; agile; energetic; brisk, ( , ); Though the<br />

old lady was pretty spry, herself, she was content to sit still some of the time.<br />

— The Tale of Frisky Squirrel;<br />

• (agile)- quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe, ( , ,<br />

, ); In those days he was a vigorous, agile, slender man, active<br />

and alert, his hair but slightly streaked with gray. — Woodrow Wilson as I<br />

know Him;

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!