UNIT 10 VOCABULARY

ACQUIESCE

• (verb) to accept without protest; to agree or submit
• SYN: comply with, accede, consent, yield
• ANT: resist, protest
• It takes a knowing man to be able to acquiesce what his wife wants.

ALLURE

• (verb) to entice, tempt; to be attracted to
• (noun) a strong attraction; the power to attract, charm
• SYN: (v.) beguile, tantalize; (n.) temptation, enticement
• ANT: (v.) repel, turn off; (n.) repellent
• Women tend to allure men into loving them.

ASKEW

• (adj., adv.) twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly
• SYN: awry, lopsided, cockeyed
• AYN: straight, symmetrical
• There is a sort of art to graffiti, people draw in askew patterns.

BLITHE

• (adj.) cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned
• SYN: carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
• ANT: glum, morose, despondent, depressed
• Young blithe children ran all around the house not caring about what they were doing.

CONTENTIOUS

• (adj.) quarrelsome, inclined to argue
• SYN: argumentative, disputatious, combative
• ANT: agreeable, amicable, affable, pacific
• Two parties arguing against each other tend to be contentious.

COVET

• (v.) to desire something belonging to another
• SYN: crave, yearn for, hunger for
• ANT: distain, scorn, despise
• Jimmy's basketball shoes are exuberant, so Chris was wanting to covet them.

CRESTFALLEN

• (adj.) discouraged, dejected, downcast
• SYN: despondent, disconsolate
• ANT: elated, cheerful, self-satisfied
• After loosing the game Tim came out the locker room with a crestfallen face.

DISHEVELED

• (adj.) rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder
• SYN: untidy, disarranged, tousled
• ANT: tidy, well-groomed
• My mom often tells me my room is disheveled.

EXPONENT

• (n.) one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets
• (math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised
• SYN: defender, champoin, interpreter
• AYN: critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor
• Exponent is an American engineering and scientific consulting firm that provides solutions to complex technical problems.

GARRULOUS

• (adj.) given to much talking, tediously chatty
• SYN: talkative, loquacious
• ANT: reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic
• Women tend to be garrulous and never stop chatting no matter how hard you try.

INSUPERABLE

• (adj.) incapable of being overcome
• SYN: invincible, insurmountable
• ANT: surmountable, conquerable
• Superman is insuperable, he can not be killed or harmed.

LAMENTABLE

• (adj.) to be regretted or pitied
• SYN: deplorable, regrettable, disstressing
• ANT: praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
• Villains are lamentable, they are not praise worthy.

MISNOMER

• (n.) an unsuitable or misleading name
• SYN: misnaming, malapropism
• Saying that a movie is the best in the world is a misnomer because i have heard a many movies say that.

PROFESS

• (v.) to affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend
• SYN: assert, proclaim, purport
• ANT: disclaim, disavow, repudiate
• I profess my faith in Christianity by telling people the word of God.

RESPITE

• (n.) a period of relief or rest
• SYN: interval, intermission, lull, breather
• In football and basketball there are four quarters, and half way through there is a respite called halftime.

RETRIBUTION

• (n.) a repayment; a deserved punishment
• SYN: recompense, requital, just deserts
• Criminals need to pay for what they have done, justice demands retribution!

SINUOUS

• (adj.) winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible
• SYN: twisting, convoluted, supple
• ANT: direct, unbending, stiff, rigid
• Sinuous roads tend to have many curves.

SONOROUS

• (adj.) full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style
• SYN: resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
• ANT: tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
• Saxophones have a rich sound, they are sonorous.

VANGUARD

• (n.) the foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field
• SYN: forefront, cutting edge, trailblazzers
• ANT: rear guard, stragglers, laggards
• The vanguard of the army led his country from the front of the army.

WASTREL

• (n.) a wasteful person, spendthrift; a good-for-nothing
• SYN: loafer, idler, profligate
• ANT: skinflint, tightward
• When doing a group project the people that do nothing are wastrel.