Vocabulary Unit 10

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Vocabulary Unit 10

• Sophomores
• Level E

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Acquiesce

• Verb
• To accept without protest to agree or submit
• Because they had no choice, the students
  aquiesced to the test being on Monday.

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Acquiesce

• Synonyms
• Comply with
• Accede
• Consent
• Yield

• Antonyms
• Resist
• Protest

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Allure

• Verb
• To entice tempt to be attractive to
• Noun
• A strong attraction the power to attract or
  charm
• No having to do any work, often allures students
  into plagiarizing the work of others.

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Allure

• Synonyms
• Verb
• Begile
• Tantalize
• Noun
• Temptation
• Enticement

• Antonyms
• Verb
• Repel
• Turn off
• Noun
• Repellent

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Askew

• Adjective, adverb
• Twisted to one side, crooked disapprovingly
• Somebody bumped the photographers arm causing
  the image to become askew.

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Askew

• Synonyms
• Awry
• Lopsided
• cockeyed

• Antonyms
• Straight
• Symmetrical

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Blithe

• Adjective
• Cheerful, lighthearted casual, unconcerned.
• Even though the country is in turmoil, Barrack
  Obamas entry into the White House helps
  attitudes to remain blithe.

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Blithe

• Synonyms
• Carefree
• Nonchalant
• Indifferent

• Antonyms
• Glum
• Morose
• Despondent
• Depressed

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Contentious

• Adjective
• Quarrelsome, inclined to argue
• Lawyers are sometimes called contentious because
  they are highly skilled in the art of the
  argument.

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Contentious

• Synonyms
• Argumentative
• Disputatious
• Combative

• Antonyms
• Agreeable
• Amiable
• Affable
• Pacific

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Covet

• Verb
• To desire something belonging to another
• Feelings of jealous caused the students to covet
  Marys new BMW.

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Covet

• Synonyms
• Crave
• Yearn for
• Hunger for

• Antonyms
• Disdain
• Scorn
• Dispise

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Crestfallen

• Adjective
• Discouraged, dejected, downcast
• After the students failed the vocabulary test,
  their attitudes became crestfallen.

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Crestfallen

• Synonyms
• Despondent
• Disconsolate

• Antonyms
• Elated
• Cheerful
• Self-satisfied
• Cocky

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Disheveled

• Adjective
• Rumpled, mussed hanging in disorder
• Despite being a brilliant scientist, Albert
  Einsteins physical appearance was disheveled.

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Disheveled

• Synonyms
• Untidy
• Disarranged
• Tousled
• Unkempt

• Antonyms
• Tidy
• Neat
• Orderly
• Well-groomed

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Exponent

• Noun
• One who advocates, speaks for, explains, or
  interprets (math) the power to which a number,
  symbol, or expression is to be raised.
• Very few Repulicans are open exponents of the new
  stimulus plan which has been embraced by
  Democrats.

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Exponent

• Synonyms
• Defender
• Champion
• Interpreter

• Antonyms
• Critic
• Adversary
• Faultfinder
• Detractor

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Garrulous

• Adjective
• Given to much talking, tediously chatty
• Garrulous students cause their fellow classmates
  to become distracted and detract from their
  learning.

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Garrulous

• Synonyms
• Talkative
• Loquacious
• Long-winded

• Antonyms
• Reticent
• Mum
• Taciturn
• Laconic
• Reserved

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Insuperable

• Adjective
• Incapable of being overcome
• Blindness is not an insuperable handicap for
  students since the invention of Braille.

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Insuperable

• Synonyms
• Invincible
• Insurmountable

• Antonyms
• Surmountable
• Conquerable

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Lamentable

• Adjective
• To be regretted or pitied
• The shooting of Officer Pawlowski is a lamentable
  situation, especially because his widow is
  five-months pregnant.

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Lamentable

• Synonyms
• Deplorable
• Regrettable
• Distressing

• Antonyms
• Praiseworthy
• Commendable
• Laudable

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Misnomer

• Noun
• An unsuitable or misleading name
• Calling a Yorkshire Terrior a watch dog is a
  misnomer because the breed is small and slight.

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Misnomer

• Synonyms
• Misnaming
• Malapropism

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Profess

• Verb
• To affirm openly to state belief in to claim,
  pretend
• Chris Brown professed his guilt in hitting
  Rhianna after being arrested and publically
  shamed.

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Profess

• Synonyms
• Assert
• Declare
• Proclaim
• Purport

• Antonyms
• Disclaim
• Disavow
• Repudiate

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Respite

• Noun
• A period of relief or rest
• After swimming the 400-meter individual medley,
  the racer deserved a respite from the pool.

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Respite

• Synonyms
• Interval
• Intermission
• Lull
• Breather

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Retribution

• Noun
• A repayment a deserved punishment
• The parents grounded the young lady as
  retribution after she stayed out too late.

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Retribution

• Synonyms
• Recompense
• Requital
• Just deserts

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Sinuous

• Adjective
• Winding, having many curves lithe and flexible
• Because the road is sinuous, the drivers must
  slow their speed.

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Sinuous

• Synonyms
• Twisting
• Convulted
• Serpentine
• Supple

• Antonyms
• Direct
• Straight
• Unbending
• Stiff
• Rigid

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Sonorous

• Adjective
• Full, deep, or rich in sound impressive in
  style.
• The sonorous voices of the choir exulted in the
  good works of Jesus.

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Sonorous

• Synonyms
• Resonant
• Resounding
• Grandiloquent

• Antonyms
• Tinny
• Reedy
• Harsh
• Grating

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Vanguard

• Noun
• The foremost part of an army the leading
  position in any field.
• Harvard University has an esteemed reputation
  because it remains a vanguard in the education of
  lawyers.

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Vanguard

• Synonyms
• Forefront
• Cutting edge
• Trailblazers

• Antonyms
• Rear guard
• Stragglers
• Laggards

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Wastrel

• Noun
• A wasteful person, a spendthrift a
  good-for-nothing
• Celebrities are often called wastrels because
  they are capricious in their spending.

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Wastrel

• Synonym
• Loafer
• Idler
• Squanderer
• Profligate

• Antonym
• Skinflint
• Tightwad
• Miser