Level F, Unit 14 (copy)

amenable

(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible
*SYNONYMS:* agreeable, compliant, docile
*ANTONYMS:* unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant

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Since Kaylee is our leader we are ____ to her opionons since we always listen to her.

berate

(v.) to scold sharply
*SYNONYMS:* chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand
*ANTONYMS:* praise, compliment, pat on the back

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When Reilly got in trouble I ____ her so she wouldnt do it again.

carnage

(n.) large-scale slaughter or loss of life
*SYNONYMS:* butchery, boodbath, massacre

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In Final Destination you could say there is complete ____ as many characters at the beginning.

credulous

(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived
*SYNONYMS:* gullible
\*ANTONYMS:\*dubious, skeptical

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It was easy to fool the _____ Amy since she was easily decieved.

criterion

(n.) a rule, test; a standard for judgment or evaluation
*SYNONYMS:* yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

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After looking at the ____ I relized I do not fit any of them!

deplete

(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly
*SYNONYMS:* exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt
*ANTONYMS:* replenish, refill, restock, resupply

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After a spending spree all my money was ____.

expatiate

(v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely
*SYNONYMS:* elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam
*ANTONYMS:* sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

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In my journals I like to _____ on movies and shows.

extraneous

(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant
*SYNONYMS:* incidental, extrinsic
*ANTONYMS:* intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

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I dont know why you brought up blue to our discussion of brains as it is ____

inception

(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.
*SYNONYMS:* commencement, inauguration, outset
*ANTONYMS:* completion, conclusion, termination

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In the ____ of evolution humans started as apes.

infirmity

(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)
*SYNONYMS:* affliction, malady, defect

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Achilies ____ was his heel.