Unit 9 Flashcards
assign, allot
Syn. Allocate
Intensive, fervent, avid
Syn. Ardent
Phlegmatic, indifferent, stolid, apathetic
Ant. Ardent
Industrious, unremitting, sedulous
Assiduous
Lackadaisical, shiftless
Ant. assiduous (persistent, attentive, diligent)
impetuous, brazen
Syn. Brash
(prone to act in hasty manners)
Impulsive, fickle, mercurial
capricious
discipline, censure
chatise
to inflict physical punishment as means of correction; scorld severely
ample, profuse, bountiful
Syn. Copious
inadequate, meager, scanty, concise
Ant. copious
commend
Ant. Chatise
veer, swerve
Syn. Deviate
conform to, abide by, orthodox
Ant. Deviate
whithered, shriveled
Syn. emaciated
plump, corpulent
Ant. emaciated
mope, sulk, regret, rue, lament
Ant exult
misshapen
gnarled
unblemished
Ant. gnarled
compensation, reparation
indemnity
payment for danmage or loss
intimation
inkling
intelligible
limpid
murky, opaque
Ant. limpid
heartrending, melancholy
poignant
deeply affecting, touching; sharp taste
vapid, insipid
Ant. poignant
animosity, enmity, bitterness
rancor
goodwill, harmony, rapport, amity
Ant of rancor
pretentious, superficial, fatuous
Sophomoric
judicious, knowledgeable
ant of sophomoric
unpremediatated, impromptu
Spontaneous
premeditated, contrived
Ant. spontaneous