Unit 3&4 Vocab Douet
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abridge | (v.) to make shorter |
| abridges | Travel by air _____________ the time needed to reach far-distant places. |
| abridge | SYNONYMS: shorten, condense, abbreviate ANTONYMS: expand, enlarge, augment |
| adherent | (n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to |
| adherents | The senator's loyal _______________ campaigned long and hard for her reelection. |
| adherent | Before we could repaint the walls of our living room, we had to remove an ________________ layer of wallpaper. |
| adherent | SYNONYM: (n.) disciple ANTONYMS: (n.) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor |
| altercation | (n.) an angry argument |
| altercation | A noisy ________________ in the next apartment kept me awake for hours. |
| altercation | SYNONYMS: quarrel, dispute, squabble ANTONYMS: agreement, accord |
| cherubic | (adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent |
| cherubic | How well those photographs of the month-old twins capture the _______________ expressions on their faces! |
| cherubic | SYNONYMS: angelic, seraphic, beatific ANTONYMS: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish |
| condone | (v.) to pardon or overlook |
| condone | Our parents have always made it crystal clear to us that they do not _______________ rude behavior. |
| condone | SYNONYMS: ignore, wink at, turn a blind eye to ANTONYMS: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate |
| dissent | (v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement |
| dissent | Justices have an option to ______________ from a ruling issued by a majority of the Supreme Court. |
| dissent | Some people give voice to their ______________ on issues of public policy by writing letters to newspapers. |
| eminent | (adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting |
| eminent | A group of _____________ scientists met to discuss long-term changes in Earth's climate. |
| eminent | SYNONYMS: illustrious, renowned ANTONYMS: obscure, nameless, unsung, lowly, humble |
| exorcise | (v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive |
| exorcise | We must do all we can to ______________ the evils of hatred and prejudice from our society. |
| exorcise | SYNONYMS: expel, dispel |
| fabricate | (v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent |
| fabricate | Threads from the cocoons of caterpillars called silkworms are used to _______________ silk. |
| fabricate | SYNONYMS: put together, devise, contrive, concoct ANTONYMS: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish |
| irate | (adj.) angry |
| irate | Long delays caused by bad weather are likely to make even the most unflappable travelers _____________. |
| irate | SYNONYMS: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid ANTONYMS: calm, composed, cool, unruffled |
| marauder | (n.) a raider, plunderer |
| marauder | Edgar Allen Poe's story "The Gold Bug" concerns treasure buried by the ______________ Captain Kidd. |
| marauder | SYNONYMS: looter, pirate, freebooter |
| obesity | (n.) excessive fatness |
| obesity | Sooner or later, ______________ leads to all sorts of serious health problems. |
| obesity | SYNONYMS: serious overweight, extreme corpulence ANTONYMS: emaciation, gauntness, scrawniness |
| pauper | (n.) an extremely poor person |
| paupers | During the Great Depression, many people were reduced to leading the desperate lives of _______________. |
| pauper | SYNONYM: destitute person ANTONYMS: millionaire, tycoon |
| pilfer | (v.) to steal in small quantities |
| pilfers | An employee who ______________ from the petty cash box will get caught sooner or later. |
| pilfer | SYNONYMS: filch, rob, swipe, purloin |
| rift | (n.) a split, break, breach |
| rift | Failure to repay a loan can be the cause of an angry _____________ between longtime friends. |
| rift | SYNONYMS: crack, fissure, gap, cleft ANTONYM: reconciliation |
| semblance | (n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition |
| semblance | Despite a bad case of stage fright, I tried to maintain a _______________ of calm as I sang my solo. |
| semblance | SYNONYMS: appearance, air, aura, veneer, facade ANTONYMS: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack |
| surmount | (v.) to overcome, rise above |
| surmounted | Wilma Rudolph ________________ childhood illness and physical disabilities to win three Olympic gold medals. |
| surmount | SYNONYMS: conquer, triumph over ANTONYMS: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to |
| terminate | (v.) to bring to an end |
| terminate | If you fail to perform your job satisfactorily, your boss may ________________ your employment. |
| terminate | SYNONYMS: conclude, finish, discontinue ANTONYMS: begin, commence, initiate |
| trite | (adj.) commonplace; overused, stale |
| trite | When you write an essay or a story, be especially careful to avoid using ______________ expressions. |
| trite | SYNONYMS: banal, hackneyed, corny ANTONYMS: original, novel, fresh, innovative |
| usurp | (v.) to seize and hold a position by force or without right |
| usurped | The general who led the coup _______________ the office of the duly elected president. |
| usurp | SYNONYMS: seize illegally, commandeer, supplant |
| abscond | (v.) to run off and hide |
| absconded | The thieves who _______________ with several of the museum's most valuable paintings have never been found. |
| abscond | SYNONYMS: bolt, make off, skip town |
| access | (n.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain |
| Access | _________________ to information on a seemingly unlimited number of topics is available over the Internet. |
| access | You need a password in order to ________________ your e-mail accounts. |
| access | SYNONYMS: (n.) entry, admittance, entrée ANTONYM: (n.) total exclusion |
| anarchy | (n.) a lack of government and law; confusion |
| anarchy | In the final days of a war, civilians may find themselves living in _________________. |
| anarchy | SYNONYMS: chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium ANTONYMS: law and order, peace and quiet |
| arduous | (adj.) hard to do, requiring much effort |
| arduous | No matter how carefully you plan for it, moving to a new home is an _______________ chore. |
| arduous | SYNONYMS: hard, difficult, laborious, fatiguing ANTONYMS: easy, simple, effortless |
| auspicious | (adj.) favorable; fortunate |
| auspicious | My parents describe the day that they first met as a most ________________ occasion. |
| auspicious | SYNONYMS: promising, encouraging, propitious ANTONYMS: ill-omened, ominous, sinister |
| biased | (adj.) favoring one side unduly; prejudiced |
| biased | Athletes in certain sports may complain that judges are ______________ toward particular competitors. |
| biased | SYNONYMS: unfair, partial, bigoted ANTONYMS: fair, impartial, unprejudiced, just |
| daunt | (v.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage |
| daunt | Despite all its inherent dangers, space flight did not _______________ the Mercury program astronauts. |
| daunt | SYNONYMS: dismay, cow ANTONYMS: encourage, embolden, reassure |
| disentangle | (v.) to free from tangles or complications |
| disentangle | Rescuers worked for hours to ________________ a whale from the fishing net wrapped around its jaws. |
| disentangle | SYNONYMS: unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl ANTONYMS: tangle up, ensnarl, snag |
| fated | (adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune |
| fated | The tragic outcome of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is ________________ from the play's very first scene. |
| fated | SYNONYMS: destined, preordained, doomed ANTONYMS: accidental, fortuitous, chance, random |
| hoodwink | (v.) to mislead by a trick, deceive |
| hoodwink | Many sweepstakes offers ______________ people into thinking they have already won big prizes. |
| hoodwink | SYNONYMS: dupe, put one over on ANTONYMS: undeceive, disabuse, clue in |
| inanimate | (adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit |
| inanimate | Although fossils are ______________, they hold many clues to life on Earth millions of years ago. |
| inanimate | SYNONYMS: lifeless, dead, inert, spiritless ANTONYMS: living, alive, energetic, lively, sprightly |
| incinerate | (v.) to burn to ashes |
| incinerate | Because of environmental concerns, many cities and towns no longer _______________ their garbage. |
| incinerate | SYNONYMS: burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes |
| intrepid | (adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable |
| Intrepid | _______________ Polynesian sailors in outrigger canoes were the first humans to reach the Hawaiian Islands. |
| intrepid | SYNONYMS: valiant, courageous, audacious, daring ANTONYMS: timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous |
| larceny | (n.) theft |
| larceny | Someone who steals property that is worth thousands of dollars commits grand ______________. |
| larceny | SYNONYMS: stealing, robbery, burglary |
| pliant | (adj.) bending readily; easily influenced |
| pliant | The ______________ branches of the sapling sagged but did not break under the weight of the heavy snow. |
| pliant | SYNONYMS: supple, flexible, elastic, plastic ANTONYMS: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone |
| pompous | (adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious |
| pompous | Political cartoonists like nothing better than to mock ______________ public officials. |
| pompous | SYNONYMS: pretentious, highfalutin, bombastic ANTONYMS: unpretentious, unaffected, plain |
| precipice | (n.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster |
| precipice | During the Cuban missile crisis, the world hovered on the ________________ of nuclear war. |
| precipice | SYNONYMS: cliff, crag, bluff, promontory, ledge ANTONYMS: abyss, chasm, gorge |
| rectify | (v.) to make right, correct |
| rectify | The senators debated a series of measures designed to _______________ the nation's trade imbalance. |
| rectify | SYNONYMS: remedy, set right ANTONYMS: mess up, botch, bungle |
| reprieve | (n.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement |
| reprieve | A vacation is a kind of ______________ from the cares and responsibilities of everyday life. |
| reprieve | A judge may ______________ a first-time offender from jail time until sentencing. |
| reprieve | SYNONYMS: (n.) stay, respite; (v.) postpone, delay ANTONYM: (v.) proceed |
| revile | (v.) to attack with words, call bad names |
| reviles | The enraged King Lear ______________ the daughter who have cast him out into a fierce storm. |
| revile | SYNONYMS: inveigh against, malign, vilify, denounce ANTONYMS: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize |
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