Unit19-20 Flashcards
Inquisitive
Curious asking many questions
Ant: uninterested
Quis
Ask, seek, demand
Acquisitive
Seeking to get things; greedy
Syn demanding
Ant generous
Requisition
Act of ordering or demanding something
To make a request or demand
Spouse/spond
Pledge show support for
Latin
Espouse
V. To support, pledge support to
syn advocate
Ant criticize
Correspond
V. To be similar to compare to
Syn match
Ant differ
Despondent
Adj. lacking all hope
Syn despairing
Ant joyful
Rog
Latin
To ask, or demand
Interrogate
To formally question
Syn grill
Derogatory
Insulting, degrading
Syn belittling
Ant complimentary
Abrogate
V. To cancel, to repeal
Syn abolish
Ant ratify
Prec
Latin
Prayer
Precarious
Adj. threatened or unsafe.
Syn risky
Ant safe
Inpercation
V. A curse
Ant blessing
Deprecate
To show disapproval of
Syn belittle
Ant praise
Mon
Latin to warn
Admonition
N. gentle scolding
Syn chiding
Premonition
N. a vision a warning of something before it happens
Counsil
Bring together, advice
Counsel
To advise; make suggestions to
N advice
Syn discourage
Ant discourage
Conciliatory
Adj. intended to lesson another’s anger
Syn appeasing
Ant defiant, aggressive
Reconcile
To bring back into agreement
Syn harmonize
Ant upset
Caut
Latin
To be careful