Unit 1 Flashcards
Assuage
To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench
Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay
Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate
Approbation
The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval
Synonyms: commendation, sanction
Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure
Coalition
A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose
Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine
Antonyms: splinter group
Decadence
Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence
Synonyms: degeneration, corruption
Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation
Elicit
To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)
Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe
Antonyms: repressed, quash, squelch, stifle
Expostulate
To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning
Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain
Hackneyed
Used to so often as to lack freshness or originality
Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny
Antonyms: new, fresh, novel, original
Hiatus
A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
Synonyms: pause, lacuna
Antonyms: continuity, continuation
Innuendo
A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)
Synonyms: insinuation, intimation
Antonym: direct statement
Intercede
To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third-party or go-between in a disagreement
Emmons: intervene, mediate
Jaded
Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)
Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed
Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed
Lurid
Causing shock, horror, or revision; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint
Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly
Antonyms: present, attractive, appealing, wholesome
Meritorious
Worthy, deserving recognition and praise
Synonyms: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable
Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable
Petulant
Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset
Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish
Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable
Prerogative
A special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
Synonyms: perquisite, perk
Simulate
To make a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
Synonyms: feign, pretend, effect
Transcend
To rise above or beyond, exceed
Synonyms: surpass, outstrip
Umbrage
Shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; and overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; they do suspicion
Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance
Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction
Unctuous
Excessively smooth or smug; trying to hard to get an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, funding, greasy
Antonyms: gruff, blunt
Provincial
Pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or Outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, clean design originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of you; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony
Synonyms: narrowminded, parochial,insular, naive
Antonyms: cosmopolitan, Catholic, broad-minded
