units 1-3 vocab Flashcards
sensation; causing horror or revulsion is the definition for:
lurid
the approbation of the coach. an antonym for approbation in this sentence could be:
criticism
elicit is what part of speech:
verb
a petulant reply. an antonym of petulant is:
amiable
the word “unctuous” is a:
adjective
the writer was instructed to replace the blank expression “as fresh as a daisy” with an original phrase
hackneyed
to make a pretense of, or to imitate is the definition for:
simulate
a hiatus of two years. a synonym of hiatus is:
gap
he made an intimation that he could give me a ride this afternoon, but he was gone when i got there. a substitute for intimation in this sentence would be:
innuendo
her eyes told me that more than a few well-chosen words would be needed to blank her hurt feelings
assuage
transcending human powers. a synonym for transcending is:
exceeding
bombastic is which part of a speech?
adjective
by the time he finished his long, drawn out story, it sounded like:
drivel
much of his talk about the occult seems grounded in nonsense. an antonym for occult is:
mundane
even people who usually are active and energetic may be overcome by blank during the dog days of summer
lassitude
a callow youngster. an antonym for callow is:
mature
he delivered a bombastic speech that didn’t even address our issues. a synonym for bombastic is:
pretentious
to spread throughout, penetrate:
permeate
to rail against a harmless mistake. a synonym for rail is:
inveigh
ameliorate the situation. an antonym for ameliorate is:
exacerbate
a stringent budget. an antonym for stringent is:
lenient
they are only surmising the final product. a synonym for surmising is:
guessing
the tension that blank during these meetings is so palpable that you can almost reach out and touch it
permeates
instead of being timid, she carried herself with great blank during the competition
aplomb
a summary of condensed account
epitome
“let me see if i can’t blank matters,” i said, “by cutting through all the red tape that is tying up this project”
expedite
a vitriolic statement. an antonym for vitriolic is:
saccharine
wheedled them into making a contribution. a synonym for wheedled is:
cajoled
it may have only been 4 miles as the crow flies, but it must have been 8 by the blank route they told us to take
circuitous
a time of ferment in our nation’s history. a synonym for ferment is:
turbulence
a direct order to; to prohibit is to:
enjoin
to steal; to take improperly for ones own use
peculate
resulting from chance, accidental
adventitious
every immigrant group newly arrived in another country goes through a slow process of blank
acculturation
dictators begin their reigns by searching out and silencing blank opinion
seditious
he showed a proclivity for space study. an antonym of proclivity is:
incapacity
movies heroes usually show such sangfroid. an antonym for sangfroid is:
flappability
you may blank this graffiti to the neighbors, but i think you secretly did it
ascribe
