VOCABULARY, INTENSIVE READING(Yenda M Mejia)

Dire

adjective

Causing or involving great fear or suffering

indicating trouble disaster or urgent

SYNONYMS: Urgent, terrible,awfu, unfortunate...

ANTONYMS: Calm, placid, peaceful, optimistic...

Example: He was in dire need of help

Crashing down

Verb and adjective

Break or fall to pieces with noise/ to move force or drive with violence and noise/ To collapse or fail suddenly.

SYNONYMS: Fall, collapse, precipitate, break down...

ANTONYMS:Calm down, defend...

EXAMPLE: The glass crashed down to the floor=Verb

TRAP

Noun and verb

A trick for catching a person by surprise /An unpleasant situation which it's difficult to scape/ A contrivance used for catching game or other animals as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.

SYNONYMS: Trick, stragem, device, catch...

ANTONYMS: Free and liberate

EXAMPLE: I suspect Mary may be walking into a trap considering retaliation.(Noun)

Straits

Noun and adjective

Ofen a position of difficulty, distress or need

A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water / A placer of limited spatial capacity, narrow or cramped

SYNONYMS: Narrows, channel, difficulty ...

ANTONYMS: Wide, large,well being ...

EXAMPLE: Redundancy left him in severe financial straits’(noun)

Smash

Verb, adjective and noun

Move so as to hit or collide with something with great force and impact/ Relating to a great sucess/ crash in several damage.

SYNONYMS: Fracture, break, destroy, crack....

ANTONYMS: Make up, put up together, repair...

EXAMPLE: Their plan smashed into a mountain side(Verb)