blight

Day 69Level 2

bliet

destroy

to destroy

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

ruin, decay, afflict

Antonyms:

prosperity, boon, health

Example Sentence:

The farmers feared that the birds would blight their crops, so they used scarecrows as a decoy to scare them.

Related Words

effete

ey-KAHR-puhs

no longer fertile; not fruitful

mixture of pictures

kuh-LAHZH

art of making picture by sticking pieces of material, cloth etc. on a surface ; a collection of similar or diverse things

abundant

KOH-pee-uhs

in large amounts

cowardly

KRAY-vuhn

lacking any courage ; cowardly

condemn

dih-KRAHY

to condemn; denounce as worthless

agreeable

PAL-uh-tuh-buhl

pleasant to taste; agreeable