Lesson 17

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  1. agile
    moving quickly and lightly
    Being agile helps when you are rock climbing.
    Synonyms: active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, bustling, clever, dexterous, easy-moving, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively
    Antonyms: brittle, clumsy, stiff
  2. dawdle
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
    The students dawdled between classes and received pink slips being late.
    Synonyms: amble, bum around, dally, diddle-daddle, dilly-dally, drag, fool around, fritter away, get no place fast, goof off, hang around, hang out*
    Antonyms: forward, hasten, hurry, push, rush, speed
  3. distort
    twist and press out of shape
    The rain outside distorted the satellite TV signal.
    Synonyms: alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*
    Antonyms: beautify, shape nicely, straight
  4. itinerary
    an established line of travel or access
    I showed my itinerary to my friends and they were really excited.
    Synonyms: beat, circuit, course, guide, guidebook, journey, line, outline, path, program, route, run, schedule, tour, way
  5. mobilize
    make ready for action or use
    The group mobilized early in the day and was finished with its work in the early evening.
    Synonyms: activate, actuate, animate, assemble, call to arms, call up, catalyze, circulate, drive, gather, get ready, impel, make ready, marshal, muster, organize, prepare, propel, put in motion, rally, ready, set in motion, set off
    Antonyms: check, demobilize, end, halt, hold back, stop
  6. modify
    cause to change; make different
    Almost all great works of writing must be modified several times before they reach their final form.
    Synonyms: adapt, adjust, become, convert, correct, customize, doctor, mutate, recast, redo, refashion, reform, remodel, reorganize, repair, reshape, revise, rework, shift gears, switch over, transfigure, transform, transmogrify, transmute, turn, turn one around
    Antonyms: leave alone, stagnate
  7. quiver
    shake with fast, tremulous movements
    He quivered because of the intense pressure of job.
    Synonyms: convulsion, flash, glimmer, glitter, oscillation, palpitation, pulsation, shake, shimmer, shiver, shudder, sparkle, spasm, throb, tic, tremble, tremor, twinkle
    Antonyms: quiet, stillness
  8. recede
    pull back or move away or backward
    The tide receded and revealed a lonely collection of sea shells.
    Synonyms: abate, back, close, decline, decrease, depart, die off, diminish, drain away, draw back, drop, dwindle, ebb, fade, fall back, flow back, go away, go back, lessen, reduce, regress, retire, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, return, shrink, sink, subside, taper, wane
    Antonyms: advance, forge, forward, increase
  9. supplant
    take the place or move into the position of
    Books might eventually be supplanted by tablet computers.
    Synonyms: back up, bounce, cast out, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, fill in, force, force out, front for, oust, outplace, overthrow, remove, ring, ring in, sit in, stand in, substitute, succeed, supersede, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp
  10. traverse
    journey across or pass over
    The group traversed the mountains for three days before they were able to see the Himalayas.
    Synonyms: bisect, bridge, cover, crisscross, cross, cut across, decussate, do, go across, go over, intersect, move over, negotiate, pace, pass over, pass through, perambulate, peregrinate, ply, quarter, range, roam, span, track, transverse, travel over, tread, walk, wander
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