petrify

Day 41Level 1

PE-truh-fahy

make hard

to make hard rocklike; to benumb with strong emotion

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

solidify, set

Antonyms:

soften, melt

Example Sentence:

Locals petrified of nuclear radiation.

Related Words

contamination

uh-duhl-tuh-REY-shuhn

making impure in quality; contamination

leniency

KLEH-muhn-see

merciful leniency

aware

KOG-nuh-zuhnt

being fully informed or aware of

quarrelsome

kun-TEN-shuhs

causing argument; quarrelsome

cranky person

kuhr-MUH-juhn

a cranky, bad-tempered person

to depict

dih-LIN-ee-eyt

to describe or explain something in detail