Unit 4 Flashcards
acquit
(v) to declare NOT GUILTY
Synonyms: exonerate, dismiss
Antonyms: convict, declare guilty
deem
(v) to think, believe; to consider, have an opinion
Synonyms: judge, regard
devastate
(v) to destroy, lay waste, leave in ruins
Synonyms: wreck, desolate
Antonyms: develop, improve
discredit
(v) to throw doubt upon, to damage in reputation
(n) a loss or lack of belief or confidence
Synonyms: (v) disparage
Antonyms: (v) confirm, corroborate, bolster
elusive
(adj) difficult to catch or hold on to: hard to explain or understand
Synonyms: slippery, wily, fleeting, puzzling, baffling
generate
(v) to bring into existence; to be the cause of
Synonyms: create, produce, beget, cause
Antonyms: end, terminate, extinguish, stifle
idolize
(v) to worship as an idol, make an idol of; to love very much
Synonyms: adore, revere
Antonyms: despise, scorn, disdain, detest
ingratitude
(n) a lack of thankfulness
Synonyms: thanklessness, ungratefulness
Antonyms: thankfulness, gratefulness, recognition
keepsake
(n) something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir
Synonyms: reminder, memento
mortal
(n) a being that must eventually die (adj) of of relating to such a being; causing death, fatal; possible, conceivable
Synonyms: (n) human (adj) fleeting, extreme
Antonyms
ovation
(n) an enthusiastic public welcome, an outburst of applause
Synonyms: cheers, bravo, hurrahs
Antonyms: boos, jeers
petty
(adj) unimportant, trivial; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor
Synonyms: insignificant, piddling
Antonyms: important, major, significatn, weighty
plight
(n) a sorry condition or state; (v) to plege, promise solemnly
repent
(v) to feel sorry for what one has done or has failed to do
Synonyms: regret
Antonyms: rejoice over
reverie
(n) a daydream; the condition of being lost in thought
Synonyms: fantasy, meditation
