UNIT 10

ACQUIESCE

• (V): to accept without protest; to agree or submit
• Syn: comply with, accede, yield
• Ant: rebel, turn off; (n) repellent
• We acquiesce the new school rule about our dress code.

ALLURE

• (V) to entice , tempt, to be attractive to; (n) a strong attraction; the power to attaract, charm
• Syn: beguile, tantalize; (n) temptation, enticement
• Ant: repel, turn off; (n) repellent
• I am allured to the dog which had the most beautiful hair.

ASKEN

• (Adj, adv) twisted to one side, cooked, disapprovingly
• Syn: awry, lopsided, cockeyed
• Ant: straight, symmetrical
• Hitler had an askewed mind against the jews.

BLITHE

• (Adj) cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned
• Syn: carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
• Ant: glum, morose, despon, depressed
• Your blithe attitude cheers me up.

CONTENTIOUS

• (Adj) Quarrelsome, incline to argue
• Syn: argumentive, disputations, combative
• Ant: agreeable, amiable, affable, pacific
• The contentious child in the store gave me a headache.

COVET

• (V) to desire something beloning to another
• Syn: crave, yearn for, hunger for
• Ant: disdain, score, despire
• I covet the new Lamborghini my friend just baught.

CRESTFALLEN

• (Adj) discouraged, dejected, downcast
• Syn: despondent, disconsolate
• Ant: elated, cheerful, self-satisfied, cocky
• The crestfallen student stared at his test with disbelief.

DISHEVELED

• (Adj) rumple, mussed; hanging in disorder
• Syn: untidy, disarranged, tousled
• Ant: tidy, well-groomed
• After running to school in th rain, she showed up disheveled.

EXPONENT

• (Adj) one who advocates, speaks for, or explains, or interprets the power to which a number, symbol, or epression is to be raised
• Syn: defender, champion, interpreter
• Ant: critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor
• For the equation, i needed to solve the exponent to get the answer.

GARRULOUS

• (Adj) given to much talking, tediously chatty
• Syn: talkative, loquacious
• Ant: reticents, mum, taciturn, laconic
• Girls are always garrulous about there drama.

INSUPERABLE

• (Adj) incapable of being overcome
• Syn: invincible, insurmountable
• Ant: surmountable, comqueable
• My homework seemed insuperable because i was too lazy to do it by myself.

LAMENTABLE

• (Adj) to be regretted or pitied
• Syn: deplorable, regrettable, distressing
• Any: praiseworthy, commenable, laudable
• The lamentable cello breaking ruined my day.

MISNOMER

• (N) an unsuitable or misleading name
• Syn: misnaming, malapropism
• The directions were leading to the wrong restaurant which means its a misnomer.

PROFESS

• (V) to affirm openly; to state belief in, to claim, pretend
• Syn: assert, proclaim, purport
• Ant: disclaim, disavow, requdiate
• He will profess his love for her for the rest of his life.

RESPITE

• (N) a period of relief or rest
• Syn: interval, intermission, lull , breather
• The Guy running the marathon needed a long peroid of respite.

RETRIBUTION

• (N) a repayment, a deserved punishment
• SYn: recompense, requital, just deserts
• If i do something wrong i will get retribution for my wrong doings.

SINUOUS

• (Adj) winding, having many surves, lithe and flexible
• Syn: twisting, convoluted, supple
• Ant: direct, unbending, stiff, rigid
• The sinuous metal can bend when its extremely hot.

SONOROUS

• (Adj) full, deep, rich in sound, impressive in sound
• SYn: resonate, resounding, grandiloquent
• Ant: tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
• When we went to the concert, the cello players had sonorous sound.

VANGUARD

• (N) the foremost part of an army, the leading position in ant field
• Syn: forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
• Ant: rear guard, stragglers, laggards
• The vanguards we breaking trough all of the defensive barries.

WASTREL

• (N) a wastful person, spendthrift, a good-for-nothing
• Syn: loafer, idler, profligate
• Ant: skinflint, tightwad
• The wastrel just sat there while i did the project by myself.