DEFINE WORDS:-
(1) assigned
(2) terrorise
(3) losing streak
(4) hands down
(5) retreated
Answers
- Assigned – Instructed
- Terrorise – Threaten
- Losing streak – A series of losses
- Hands down – Very easily
- Retreated – Moved back
1.
allocate (a job or duty).
"Congress had assigned the task to the agency"
designate or set (something) aside for a specific purpose.
"managers happily assign large sums of money to travel budgets"
Similar:
earmark
appropriate
designate
set aside
set apart
keep
create and maintain a state of extreme fear and distress in (someone); fill with terror.
"he used his private army to terrorize the population"
In sports, a losing streak is an uninterrupted string of contests lost by a team or individual. A losing streak is thus the opposite of a winning streak. A losing streak can last as few as two games, or it may last much longer.
easily and decisively.
"Swindon won hands down"
(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.
"the French retreated in disarray"
Similar:
withdraw
retire
draw back
pull back
pull out
fall back
give way
give ground
recoil
flee
take flight
beat a retreat
beat a hasty retreat
run away
run off
make a run for it
run for it
make off
take off
take to one's heels
make a break for it
bolt
make a quick exit
clear out
make one's getaway
escape
head for the hills
beat it
vamoose
skedaddle
split
cut and run
show a clean pair of heels
turn tail
scram
hook it
fly the coop
skip off
do a fade
do a runner
scarper
do a bunk
leg it
light out
bug out
cut out
peel out
take a powder
skiddoo
go through
shoot through
fly
levant
Opposite:
advance
dig in
move back or withdraw.
"it becomes so hot that the lizards retreat into the shade"
withdraw to a quiet or secluded place.
"after the funeral he retreated to Scotland"