VOCABULARY UNIT 10

ACQUIESCE

• (V.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit
• Synonyms- comply with, accede, consent, yield
• Antonyms- resist, protest
• The little boy reluctantly acquiesced to his father's order to clean his room.

ALLURE

• (V.) to entice, to tempt; to be attractive to
• (N.) a strong attraction; the power to attract; charm
• Synonyms- (v.): beguile, tantalize. (n.): temptation,enticement
• Antonyms- (v.): repel, turn off. (N.): repellant
• The phone was so alluring to the man that he felt the immediate need to buy it.

ASKEW

• (Adj, adv.): twisted to one side, crooked, disapprovingly
• Synonyms- awry, lopsided, cockeyed
• Antonyms- straight, symmetrical.
• The bumper on my car seemed to be askew after the collision I had.

BLITHE

• (Adj.): cheerful, lighthearted, casual, unconcerned
• Synonyms- carefree, nonchalant, indifferent
• Antonyms- glum, morose, despondent, depressed
• That father who dropped his child off at day care looks very blithe.

CONTENTIOUS

• (Adj.) quarrelsome, inclined to argue
• Synonyms- argumentative, disputatious, combative
• Antonyms- agreeable, amiable, affable, pacific
• The contentious man started an argument with the cashier because he had been waiting in line for over an hour.

COVET

• (V.) to desire something belonging to another
• Synonyms- crave, yearn for, hunger for
• Antonyms- disdain, scorn, despise
• Sometimes he notices himself coveting things his friends get, like new phones or new games.

CRESTFALLEN

• (Adj.) discouraged, dejected, downcast.
• Synonyms- despondent, disconsolate
• Antonyms- elated, cheerful, self-satisfied, cocky.
• The crestfallen student had no desire to go to school after he failed the math test he took the other day.

DISHEVELED

• (Adj.): rumpled, mussed, hanging in disorder
• Synonyms- untidy, disarranged, touseled
• Antonyms- tidy, well-groomed
• My brother's room is incredibly disheveled, he has half of his clothes on the floor and his sheets are off of his bed.

EXPONENT

• (N.) one who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interperets
• (Math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised.
• Synonyms- defender, champion, interpreter
• Antonyms- critic, adversary, faultfinder, detractor
• The exponent for the soccer game explained and interpreted every single play during the full game.

GARRULOUS

• (Adj.) given to too much talking, tediously chatty
• Synonyms- talkative, loquacious
• Antonyms- reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic
• The garrulous teacher wouldn't let her students start the class work she had assigned because she wouldn't stop talking about useless information.

INSUPERABLE

• (Adj.) incapable of being overcome
• Synonyms- invincible, insurmountable
• Antonyms- surmountable, conquerable.
• The insuperable team showed that they couldn't lose by recovering from a 2-0 deficit.

LAMENTABLE

• (Adj.) to be regretted or pitied
• Synonyms- deplorable, regrettable, distressing
• Antonyms- praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
• The lamentable soldier flew home with a sad face because he knew he'd mistakenly gotten most of his squad injured.

MISNOMER

• (N.) an unsuitable or misleading name
• Synonyms- misnaming, malapropism
• The man's shirt was a misnomer, it said "tough guy", but he was smaller than I am.

PROFESS

• (V.) to affirm openly, to state belief in, to claim, pretend
• Synonyms- assert, proclaim, purport
• Antonyms- disclaim, disavow, repudiate
• The teacher professed her love for chemistry, she said that it has always been her favorite subject.

RESPITE

• (N.) a period of relief or rest
• Synonym- interval, intermission, lull, breather
• After the triathlon, the athlete had to have a period of respite so that her body recovered.

RETRIBUTION

• (N.) a repayment, a deserved punishment
• Synonyms- recompense, requital, just deserts
• The man who sold the woman fake diamonds got his retribution, he is now in jail for several years.

SINUOUS

• (Adj.) winding, having many curves, lithe and flexible
• Synonyms- twisting, convoluted, supple
• Antonyms- direct, unbending, stiff, rigid
• To be a dancer, you must be sinuous, or else you cannot bend like every other dancer does.

SONOROUS

• (Adj.) full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style.
• Synonyms- resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
• Antonyms- tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
• The good part about full orchestras is the fact that they are, for the most part, very sonorous due to the many instruments.

VANGUARD

• (N.) the foremost part of an army, the leading position in any field.
• Synonyms- forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
• Antonyms- rear guards, stragglers, laggards
• The vanguard of the United States Army were mostly horse riders, as they were the bravest and mostly died first.

WASTREL

• (N.) a wasteful person, spendthrift, good-for-nothing
• Synonyms- loafer, idler, profigate
• Antonyms- skinflint, tightwad
• The boy seemed very happy that his wastrel father just bought him a new Mercedes.