| Tense | agitated | restive | stiff | taut |
| Anxiety | apprehension | concern | disquiet | solicitude |
| Pump | inflate | fill | inject | push |
| Conclusion | deduction | inference | supposition | finale |
| Optimistic | sanguine | roseate | positive | hopeful |
| Practice | exercise | rehearsal | pursue | do |
| Venom | toxin | spite | malice | malevolent |
| Debris | detritus | trash | friction | wreckage |
| Prey | quarry | raven | victim | hunt |
| Puncture | perforation | hole | penetrate | pierce |
| Numb | dead | insensitive | indifferent | dull |
| Resistant | immune | proof | impervious | insusceptible |
| Affable | cordial | friendly | easy-going | amiable |
| Amenable | tractable | acquiescent | responsive | receptive |
| Amiable | genial | amicable | good-natured | affable |
| Apt | suitable | appropriate | inclined | intelligent |
| Semi- | semiconscious | semipermeable | semimonthly | semitrailer |
| Demi- | demigod | demitasse | demi-island | demi-evil |
| Hemi- | hemicycle | hemisphere | | |