Unit 2 Flashcards
Ameliorate
VERB
SYN: amend, better, improve
ANT: worsen, aggravate, exacerbate
Aplomb
NOUN
SYN: composure, self-possession, levelheadedness
ANT: confusion, embarrassment, abashment.
Bombastic
ADJECTIVE
SYN:inflated, highfalutin, high-flown, pretentious
ANT:unadorned, simple, plain, austere
Callow
ADJECTIVE
SYN: green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced
ANT: mature, grownup, polished, sophisticated
Drivel
NOUN & VERB
SYN: N) balderdash, hogwash, tommyrot
V) Slaver
Epitome
NOUN
SYN: abstract, digest, model, archetype
Exhort
VERB
SYN: entreat, implore, adjure
ANT: discourage, advise against, deprecate
Ex officio
ADJECTIVE & ADVERB
By virtue of holding a certain office
Infringe
VERB
SYN: encroach, impinge, intrude, poach
ANT: stay in bounds
Ingratite
VERB
SYN: cozy up, curry favor with
ANT: alienate, humiliate oneself, mortify oneself
Interloper
NOUN:
SYN: Trespasser, meddler, buttinsky
Intrinsic
ADJECTIVE
SYN: immanent, organic
ANT: extrinsic
Inveigh
VERB
SYN: rail, harangue, fulminate, remonstrate
ANT: acclaim, glorify, extol
Lassitude
NOUN
SYN: fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor
ANT; energy, vitality, animation, liveliness
Millennium
NOUN:
SYN: chiliad, golden age, prosperity, peace
ANT: doomsday, day of judgement
Occult
ADJECTIVE & VERB & NOUN
SYN: (adj) supernatural, esoteric, abtruse, arcane
ANT: (adj) mundane, common, public, xoteric
Permeate
VERB:
to spread through, penetrate, soak through
Precipitate
VERB & ADJ & NOUN:
SYN: (v) provoke, produce, (adj) reckless, impetuous
ANT: (adj) wary, cautious, circumspect
Stringent
ADJECTIVE:
SYN: Stern, rigorous, tough, urgent, imperative
ANT: Lenient, mild, lax permissive
Surmise
VERB & NOUN
SYN: (v) infer, gather, (n) inference, presumption.
