Unit 10
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ACQUIESCE
- To accept without protest;to agree or submit
- Syn:comply with, accede, consent, yeild
- Ant:resist, protest
ALLURE
- To entice, tempt;to be attractive to
- Syn:beguile, tantalize,temptaion, enticement
- Ant:repel,turn off, repellent
ASKEW
- Twisted to one side, crooked;disapprovingly
- Syn:awry, lopsided, cockeyed
- Ant:straight, symmetrical
BLITHE
- Cheerful, lighthearted;casual, unconcerned
- Syn:carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
- Ant:glum, morose, despondent, depressed
CONTENTIOUS
- Quarrelsome, inclined to argue
- Syn:argumentative, disputatious, combative
- Ant: agreeable, amiable, affable, pacific
COVET
- To desire something belonging to another
- Syn:crave, yearn for, hunger for
- Ant:disdain, scorn, despise
CRESTFALLEN
- Discouraged, dejected, downcast
- Syn:despondent, disconsolate
- Ant:elated, cheerful, self-satisfied, cocky
DISHEVELED
- Rumpled, mussed;hanging in disorder
- Syn:untidy, disarranged, tousled, unkempt
- Ant:tidy, neat, orderly, well-groomed
EXPONENT
- One who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets
- Syn:defender, champion, interpret
- Ant:critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor
GARRULOUS
- Given to much talking, tediously chatty
- Syn:talkative, loquacious, long-winded
- Ant:reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic, reserved
INSUPERABLE
- Incapable of being overcome
- Syn:invincible, insurmountable
- Ant:surmountable, conquerable
IAMENTABLE
- To be regretted or pitied
- Syn:deplorable, regrettable, distressing
- Ant:Praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
MISNOMER
- An unsuitable or misleading name
- Syn:misnaming, malapropism
PROFESS
- To affirm openly;to state belief in;to claim, pretend
- Syn:assert, declare, proclaim, purport
- Ant:disclaim,disavow, repudiate
RESPITE
- A period of relief or rest
- Syn:interval, intermission,lull, breather
RETRIBUTION
- A repayment;a deserved punishment
- Syn:recompense, requital, just desert
SINUOUS
- Winding, having many curves;lithe amd flexible
- Syn:twisting, convoluted, serpentine, supple
- Ant:direct, straight, unbending, stiff, rigid
SONOROUS
- Full, deep, or rich in sound;impressive in style
- Syn:resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
- Ant:tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
VANGUARD
- The foremost part of an army;the leading position in any field
- Syn:forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
- Ant:rear guard, stragglers, laggards
WASTREL
- A wasteful person, spendthrift;a good-for-nothing
- Syn:loafer, idler, squanderer, profligate
- Ant:skinflint, tightwad, miser
