drawl

Day 79Level 2

drawl

speak slowly

to speak slowly with words running together

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

prolong, chant, extend

Antonyms:

shorten, clip

Example Sentence:

Thomas heard a drawling voice behind him calling his name and when he turned back he was shocked to see his old friend Jim.

Related Words

brutal

BES-chuhl

behaving like a beast; brutal

primary

KAHRD-nul

of basic importance; primary

gullibility

kruh-DOO-li-tee

willingness to trust too readily

perceptive

dih-SUR-ning

able to show good judgment about the quality of something

take off

dof

take off (esp. of a clothing)

assert

mayn-TAYN

to assert