Unit 7 Vocab Words

Accel English 10 with Heaton at Hollis Brookline High School

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Abhor

(verb)
To regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

Syn: detest, despise, abominate
Ant: admire, cherish, respect, relish

Amend

(verb)
To change in a formal way; to change for the better

Syn: modify, improve, correct

Buffet

(verb)
To slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty
(noun)
a slap or blow

Syn: batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about

Chaos

(noun)
great confusion and disorder

Syn: anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium
Ant: order, regularity, tranquility

Commodious

(adj)
roomy, spacious

Syn: comfortable, ample, capacious
Ant: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient

Corrosive

(adj)
eating away gradually, acid like; bitterly sarcastic

Syn: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful
Ant: bland, mild, benign, amiable

Discern

(verb)
to see clearly, recognize

Syn: perceive, detect, distinguish
Ant: overlook

Extant

(adj)
still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost

Syn: surviving, in existence
Ant: extinct, defunct, vanished

Implicate

(verb)
to involve in; to connect with or be related to

Syn: incriminate, entangle
Ant: absolve, exculpate

Inter

(verb)
to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

Ant: unearth, exhume

Martinet

(noun)
a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

Syn: taskmaster, slave driver

Obviate

(verb)
to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

Syn: preclude, forestall, ward off

Renegade

(noun)
one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw
(adj)
traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

Syn: turncoat, defector, heretic
Ant: loyalist, patriot

Reprehensible

(adj)
deserving blame or punishment

Syn: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious
Ant: commendable, blameless, meritorious

Somber

(adj)
dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

Syn: mournful, dismal
Ant: bright, sunny, lighthearted, cheerful, jaunty

Squalid

(adj)
filthy, wretched, debased

Syn: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject
Ant: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty

Turbulent

(adj)
disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

Syn: tumultuous, unruly, agitated
Ant: calm, placid, tranquil, still

Vociferous

(adj)
loud and noisy; compelling attention

Syn: clamorous, uproarious, blustering
Ant: quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued

Voluminous

(adj)
of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

Syn: bulky, massive, copious, plentiful
Ant: scant, meager, brief, succinct

Waive

(verb)
to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

Syn: decline, relinquish, forgo
Ant: claim. accept

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