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Unit 12 Vocab

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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APPRECIABLE

  • Adj- Sufficient to be noticed or measured
  • Syn- detectable
  • Ant- slight
  • The snow may cause an appreciable effect.
2.

AUTOCRATIC

  • Adj- absolute in power or authority
  • Syn- domineering
  • Ant- democratic
  • The man had a very autocratic management style.
3.

BLANCH

  • V- to remove the color from
  • Syn- bleach
  • Ant- color
  • The chef was told to blanch the vegetables.
4.

BLASPHEMY

  • N- an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred
  • Syn- curse
  • Ant- veneration
  • In Mosaic Law, death by stoning was the punishment for blasphemy.
5.

BRAWNY

  • Adj- strong, muscular
  • Syn- strapping
  • Ant- slight, frail
  • Hockey players need to be brawny in able to make hits.
6.

CONCERTED

  • Adj- planned or performed
  • Syn- cooperative
  • Ant- Unorganized
  • The team concerted together to create offense.
7.

CONTEND

  • V- to fight, struggle
  • Syn- battle
  • Ant- yield
  • I tried to
  • The animal contended its way out of going into its cage.
8.

HUMANE

  • Adj- kind, merciful
  • Syn- sympathetic
  • Ant- cruel
  • The humane boy did a good thing for a good cause.
9.

ILLUSTRIOUS

  • Adj- very famous, distinguished
  • Syn- eminent
  • Ant- unknown
  • Eminem may not be liked by many, but it is impossible to say that he is not illustrious.
10.

INTOLERABLE

  • Adj- unbearable
  • Syn- insufferable
  • Ant- pleasant
  • The actions by the class were very intolerable.
11.

IRREVERENT

  • Adj- disrespectful
  • Syn- profane
  • Ant- awed
  • The boy was punished for talking in a very irreverent tone.
12.

LABORIOUS

  • Adj- not easy, requiring hard work
  • Syn- arduous
  • Ant- easy
  • He hated that his weekend contained much laborious work.
13.

LITHE

  • Adj- bending easily, limber
  • Syn- flexible, pliant
  • Ant- rigid, inflexible, taut
  • The gymnast was very lithe, but did not have much talent.
14.

MALTREAT

  • V- to abuse, use roughly or crudely
  • Syn- misuse
  • Ant- coddle
  • Slaves were maltreated by their owners.
15.

PONDER

  • V- to consider carefully, reflect on
  • Syn- ruminate, contemplate
  • The man pondered his thoughts when he was told very important news.
16.

SUBVERSIVE

  • Adj- intended to undermine or overthrow; N- one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system
  • Syn- traitorous
  • Ant- patriotic, loyal
  • The woman was arrested for using subversive statements.
17.

SYNTHETIC

  • Adj- made or put together by people; N- something artificial
  • Syn- arti
  • The bowling lanes are not wood anymore, they are now called "synthetic" due to the use of many man made materials.
18.

TEMPERATE

  • Adj- mild, moderate
  • Syn- composed
  • Ant- immoderate
  • The climate in Tampa Bay was very temperate this summer.
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VENOMOUS

  • Adj- poisonous; spiteful, mean
  • Syn- nasty
  • Ant- harmless
  • The snake that bit me was venomous.
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WILY

  • Adj- sly, shrewd, cunning
  • Syn- tricky, artful
  • Ant- dull-witted, dense
  • Tom cat cannot seem to catch Jerry Mouse with his wily antics.

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