UNIT 10 VOCAB

ACQUIESCE

• Verb
• Syn: comply with, accede consent, yield
• Ant: resist, protest
• I acquiesced the homework even though I thought it was
• too much.

ALLURE

• Verb and Noun
• Syn: (V) beguile, tantalize. (N) temptation, enticement
• Ant: (V) repel, turn off. (N) repellent
• I allured him to the kitchen with the smell of the dinner.

ASKEW

• Adj and Adv.
• SYn: awry, lopsided cockeyed
• Ant: straite symmetrical.
• The painting on the wall looks askew, so I
• moved so it looked straight.

BLITHE

• Adj
• Syn: carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
• Ant: glum, morose, despondent, depressed
• The blithe party was so fun and cheerful, that
• everyone wants to make it an annual event.

CONTENSIOUS

• Adj
• Syn: argumentative, disputations, combative
• Ant: agreeable, amiable, affable, pacific
• The defence lawer is so contentious, that no one can interupt
• him while he is speaking without him yelling at you.

COVET

• Verb
• Syn: crave, yearn for, desire
• Ant: disdain, scorn, despise
• When I saw the watch he was wearing, I wanted to covet it
• so I habe one of my own.

CRESTFALLEN

• Adj
• Syn: despondent, disconsolate
• Ant: elated, cheerful, self-satisfied
• When I was cut from the basketball team, I felt crestfallen
• and sad so did not want to talk to anyone at all.

DISHEVELED

• Adj
• Syn: untidy, dissarranged, tousled
• Ant: tidy, well-groomed
• The disheveled interviewer was surly mot going to get the
• because he came in jeans and a t-shirt.

EXPONENT

• Noun
• Syn: defender, champion, interpreter
• Ant: critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor
• The man who talked to the school about drugs, exponented to us
• bad side affects of using them.

GARRULOUS

• Adj
• Syn: talkative, loquacious
• Ant: reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic
• My brother is known for being very garrulous,
• so at graduation he was given the chatterbox award for talking too much.

INSUPERABLE

• Adj
• Syn: invincible, insurmountable
• Ant: surmountable, conqerable
• The really mean kid thinks that he is insuperable and
• that no one can do anything to him.

LAMENTABLE

• Adj
• Syn: deplorable, regrettable, distressing
• Ant: praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
• The city streets have so many pot-holes that it is lamentable to
• be fixed.

MISMOMER

• Noun
• Syn: misnaming, malapropism
• The word taxonomy is a misnomer because people
• think it has something to do with taxes, when it has
• to do with biology and evolution.

PROFESS

• Verb
• Syn: assert, proclaim, purport
• Ant: disclaim, disavow, repitude
• The priest professes our faith in prayers
• hoping that we will get the message.

RESPITE

• Noun
• Syn: interval, intermission, lull, breather
• During the hockey game, I went to get a burger during intermission
• so I made sure I would not miss any of the game.

RETRIBUTION

• Noun
• Syn: recompense, requital, just deserts
• When I broke my neighbor's window I offered a retribution
• for the window I broke, but he said the window was not
• expensive so my neighbor could pay for it.

SINUOUS

• Adj
• Syn: twisting, convoluted, supple
• Ant: direct, unbending, stiff, rigid
• The sinuous band feeling great around my wrist
• because its so confortable and flexible.

SONOROUS

• Adj
• Syn: resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
• Ant: tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
• The new headphones I got for my birthday have such
• a sonorous sound quality, that I can hear all the instruments and the singing.

VANGUARD

• Noun
• Syn: forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
• Ant: rear guard, stragglers, laggards
• When we ran into the battle, Andrew was the vanguard
• leading us into the front lines.

WASTREL

• Noun
• Syn: loafer, idler, profligate
• Ant: skinflint, tightward
• The person who threw out an uneaten lunch was told
• he was a wastrel and cant eat the school lunches anymore.