Unit 3 & 4 Vocabulary Words

Pre ap English with Carter at McGill Toolen Catholic High School

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adversary

noun

an enemy, opponent

S: antagonist, rival, foe

A: friend, ally, supporter, confederate

alienate

verb

to turn away; to make indifferent or hostile; to transfer, convey

S: separate, drive apart, estrange

A: befriend, attract, captivate, reconcile

artifice

noun

a skillful or ingenious device; a clever trick; a clever skill; trickery

S: ruse, stratagem, contrivance

coerce

verb

to compel, force

S: pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain

A: persuade, cajole

craven

1. adj.

2. noun

1. cowardly

2. a coward

S: 1. fearful, fainthearted, pusillanimous

A: 1. brave, courageous, valiant

culinary

adj.

of or related to cooking or the kitchen

delete

to erase, wipe out, cut out

S: remove, cancel, expunge

A: insert, add, retain, include

demise

noun

a death, especially of a person in a lofty position

S: decease, passing away

A: birth, beginning, commencement

exhilarate

verb

to enliven, cheer, give spirit or liveliness to

S: stimulate, excite, gladden

A: discourage, dispirit, dishearten, inhibit

fallow

1. adj

2. noun

3. verb

1. plowed but not seeded; inactive; reddish-yellow

2. land left unseeded

3. to plow but not seed

S: 1. unproductive, inert, dormant

A: 1. productive, fertile, prolific

harass

verb

to disturb, worry; to trouble by repeated attacks

S: annoy, pester, bedevil, beleaguer

inclement

adj

stormy, harsh; severe in attitude or action

S: blustery, tempestuous, implacable

A: mild, gentle, balmy, tranquil

muse

verb

to think about in a dreamy way, ponder

S: meditate, contemplate, daydream

negligible

adj

so unimportant that it can be disregarded

S: trivial, inconsequential, insignificant

A: significant, crucial, momentous

perpetuate

verb

to make permanent or long lasting

S: continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely

A: discontinue, abolish, abandon

precedent

noun

an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

S: guide, tradition, model

punitive

adj.

inflicting or aiming at punishment

S: penalizing, retaliatory

redress

1. verb

2. noun

1. to set right, remedy

2. relief from wrong or injury

S: 1. rectify, correct, mitigate

sojourn

1. noun

2. verb

1. a temporary stay

2. to stay for a time

S: 1. visit, stopover, brief stay

urbane

adj

refined in manner or style, suave

S: elegant

A: crude, uncouth, boorish

affliated

adj, part

associated, connected

S: attached, related, joined

A: dissociated, unconnected

ascertain

verb

to find out

S: discover, determine, establish

attainment

noun

an accomplishment, the act of achieving

S: achievement, fulfillment

A: failure, defeat, frustration

bequeath

verb

to give or pass on as an inheritance

S: transmit, bestow, hand down

cogent

adj

forceful, convincing; relevant, to the point

S: persuasive, compelling

A: weak, unconvincing, ineffective, irrelevant

converge

verb

to move toward one point, approach nearer together

S: meet, unite, intersect, merge

A: diverge, separate

disperse

verb

to scatter, spread far and wide

S: break up, dispel

A: collect, congregate, assemble, muster

esteem

1. verb

2. noun

1. to regard highly

2. a highly favorable opinion or judgment

S: 1. respect, admire, honor, revere

A: 1. disdain, scorn

2. contempt

expunge

verb

to erase, obliterate, destroy

S: delete, efface, annihilate

A: insert, mark, imprint, impress

finite

adj

having limits; lasting for a limited time

S: bounded, measurable

A: unlimited, immeasurable, everlasting, eternal

invulnerable

adj

not able to be wounded or hurt; shielded against attack

S: impregnable, impervious, immune

A: exposed, unprotected, defenseless

malevolent

adj

spiteful, showing ill will

S: malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant

A: kind, benevolent, compassionate

nonchalant

adj

cool and confident, unconcerned

S: composed, unruffled, indifferent, blase

A: perturbed, agitated, disconcerted, abashed

omniscient

adj

knowing everything; having unlimited awareness or understanding

S: wise, all-knowing

A: ignorant, unknowing

panacea

noun

a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems

S: universal cure, easy solution

scrupulous

adj

exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details; having high moral standards, principled

S: painstaking, meticulous, conscientious

A: careless, negligent, remiss, dishonest

skulk

verb

to move about stealthily; to lie in hiding

S: lurk, slink, prowl

supercilious

adj.

proud and contemptuous; showing scorn because of a feeling of superiority

S: snobbish, patronizing, overbearing

A: humble, meek, deferential, servile

uncanny

adj

strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation

S: eerie, inexplicable, spooky

venial

adj

easily excused; pardonable

S: excusable, forgivable

A: inexcusable, unforgivable, unpardonable

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