Vocabulary Workshop Level F: Unit 5

amnesty

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(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

SYNONYM: reprieve

Image: amnesty

(n.) self-government, political control

SYNONYM: home rule
ANTONYMS: dependence, subjection

Image: autonomy

(adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle

SYNONYM: taken for granted
ANTONYMS: questionable, dubious

Image: axiomatic

(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely

SYNONYMS: broadcast, trumpet
ANTONYMS: hide, conceal, bury

Image: blazon

(n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

SYNONYMS: admonition, word to the wise

Image: caveat

(adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice

SYNONYMS: right, reasonable, evenhanded
ANTONYMS: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate

Image: equitable

(v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

SYNONYMS: disentangle, extract
ANTONYMS: enmesh, entangle

Image: extricate

(v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

SYNONYMS: pilfer, purloin, swipe

Image: filch

(v.) to mock, treat with contempt

SYNONYMS: sneer at, snicker at, scorn
ANTONYMS: obey, honor

Image: flout

(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable

SYNONYMS: refractory, recalcitrant peevish
ANTONYMS: docile, tractable, cooperative

$Image: fractious$

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