VOCAB UNIT 7 BY CHRIS CHOJNACKI

ABHOR

• To regard with horror or loathing,to hate deeply
• Synonyms: detest,despise
• Antonyms: admire, cherish, respect,relish
• Some people abhor football because of the many serious injuries that occur.

AMEND

• To change in a formal way;to change for the better
• Synonyms: modify,improve,correct
• After getting in trouble the young man promised to amend his behavior so he would not get in trouble again.

BUFFET

• To slap or cuff, to strike repeatedly, to drive or force with blow, to force ones way with difficulty, a slap,blow
• Synonyms: sock,thump,pummel,toss about
• The boxer kept hitting the opponent with a buffet of blows.

CHAOS

• Great confusion, disorder
• Synonyms: anarchy,turmoil
• Antonyms: order,regularity,tranqulity
• The massive snow storm caused chaos to the people who were trapped in their houses.

COMMODIOUS

• Roomy, spacious
• Synonyms: comfortable,ample,capcious
• Antonyms: cramped claustrophobic, insufficient
• The commodious suite allowed each person to have two rooms to themselves

CORROSIVE

• Eating away gradually,acidlike; bitterly sarcastic
• Synonyms: caustic,mordant,acidulous, spiteful
• Antonyms:bland,mild,benign,amiable
• The acid was corrosive and ate away the metal at the bottom of the car

DISCERN

• To see clearly,recognize
• Synonyms: perceive,detect,distinguish
• Antonyms: overlook
• The forgiving man made a discerning descisonand forgave the man for what he had done

EXTANT

• Still existing; not exterminated,destroyed,or locked
• Synonyms: surging, in existence
• Antonyms: extinct,vanished
• The cave paintings were not discerned even after thousands of years

IMPLICATE

• To involve in,to connect with or be related to
• Synonyms:incriminate, entangle
• Antonym: absolve,exculpate
• The DNA implicated that he was the murderer.

INTER

• To bury,commit to the earth,to consign to oblivion
• Antonyms: unearth,exhume
• The gold that was once inter in the ground were now found.

MARTINET

• A strict disciplinary, a stickler for rules
• Synonyms: taskmaster, slave driver
• The martinet rulers that the teacher posted on her board no one liked

OBVIATE

• To anticipate and prevent, to remove, dispose of
• Synonyms: preclude,forestall,ward off
• The intelligence of a disaster obviates it from happening

RENEGADE

• One who leaves a group,a deserter,a outlaw, traitorous,unconventional, unorthodox
• Synonyms: turncoat,heretic
• Antony,s: loyalist,patriot
• The boy was considered a renegade because he found new and better friends

REPREHENSINLE

• Deserving blame or punishment
• Synonyms: objectionable,blameworthy, culpable,odious
• Antonyms: commendable,blameless, meritorious
• The innocent victim was charged with many reprehensible crimes that he did not commit

SOMBER

• Dark,gloomy;depressed or melancholy in spirit
• Synonyms: mournful, dismal
• Antonyms: bright,sunny,lighthearted, jaunty
• The funeral service was somber and everyone payed there respects

SQUALID

• Filthy,wretched,debased
• Synonyms: dingy,sordid,foul,vile,abject
• Antonym: neat,spruce,exalted,lofty
• The boys squalid room disgusted his mother and he had to clean his room immediately

TURBULENT

• Disorderly,riotous,violent, stormy
• Synonyms: tumultuous,unruly,agitated
• Antonyms: calm,placid,tranquil,still
• The plane going through a turbulent part of the sky made all the passengers sick

VOCIFEROUS

• Loud and noisy;compelling attention
• Synonyms: clamorous,uproarious, blustering
• Antonyms: quiet,soft spoken,muted,subdued
• The vociferous crowd at the football game made the opposing team jump off sides.

VOLUMINOUS

• Of great size,numerous,writing or speaking at great length
• Synonyms: bulky,massive,plentiful
• Antonyms: scant,meager
• The voluminous speech made everyone in the audience fall asleep

WAIVE

• To do without,give up voluntarily,to put off temporarily,deter
• Synonyms: decline,relinquish,dorgo
• Antonyms: claim,accept
• The player agreed to waive his contact so he could sign with another team