UNIT 1 (SYNS + ANTS) Ms. Peters English Honors
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 approbation | (syn) commendation, sanction (ant) disapproval, condemnation, censure |
| assuage | (syn) mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay (ant) intensify, aggravate, exacerbate |
| coalition | (syn) alliance, league, federation, combine (ant) splinter group |
| decadence | (syn) degeneration, corruption (ant) rise, growth, development, maturation |
| elicit | (syn) call forth, evoke, extract, educe (ant) repress, quash, squelch, stifle |
| expostulate | (syn) protest, remonstrate, complain |
| hackneyed | (syn) banal, trite, commonplace, corny (ant) new, fresh, original, novel |
| hiatus | (syn) pause, lacuna (ant) continuity, continuation |
| innuendo | (syn) insinuation, intimation (ant) direct statement |
| intercede | (syn) intervene, mediate |
| jaded | (syn) sated, surfeited, cloyed (ant) unspoiled, uncloyed |
| lurid | (syn) gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly (ant) pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome |
| meritorious | (syn) praiseworthy, laudable, commendable (ant) blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable |
| petulant | (syn) irritable, testy, waspish (ant) even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable |
| prerogative | (syn) perquisite, perk |
| provincial | (syn) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive (ant) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded |
| simulate | (syn) feign, pretend, affect |
| transcend | (syn) surpass, outstrip |
| umbrage | (syn) irritation, pique, annoyance (ant) pleasure, delight, satisfaction |
| unctuous | (syn) mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy (ant) gruff, blunt |
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