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Vocabulary 1.3. English iii Mrs. B. lee. ACQUIESCE. VERB Submit or comply silently or without protest SYN: Consent Agree Comply Submit ANT: Contest Protest Dispute
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Vocabulary 1.3 English iii Mrs. B. lee
ACQUIESCE • VERB • Submit or comply silently or without protest • SYN: Consent Agree Comply Submit • ANT: Contest Protest Dispute • Although I really didn’t feel like cleaning my room, I decided to acquiesce because I knew my mom wouldn’t stop complaining until I did.
AVERSION • NOUN • A strong feeling of dislike • SYN: Distaste Loathing Disgust • ANT: Liking Fondness Preference • Due to the pungent smell of the strong gouda cheese, the lady had an aversion to it and preferred the milder parmesan cheese.
feign • VERB • To represent fictitiously; Put on an appearance of; To imitate • SYN: Pretend Simulate Copy • Possums are known to feign dead when a predator approaches them.
reconcile • VERB • To accept or to be resigned to something not desired; To win over to friendliness • SYN: Appease Accommodate Placate • ANT: Estrange Alienate Quarrel • In order to have peace in the household, the brother and sister decided to reconcile with one another.
REVELRY • NOUN • Merrymaking • SYN: Carousal Festivities Celebration • ANT: Work Somberness • Lost in their revelry, the partygoers were unaware of the time.
UBIQUITOUS • ADJECTIVE • Existing or being everywhere, especially at the same time • SYN: Omnipresent Universal Pervasive • ANT: Rare Limited Scarce • In the South during summertime, mosquitoes are ubiquitous around water and low lying areas.
VACUOUS • ADJECTIVE • Without contents; Lacking in ideas or intelligence • SYN: Unintelligent Obtuse Vapid • ANT: Intelligent Bright Smart • Anna’s boyfriend is completely vacuous and is only concerned with materialistic things.
WANTON • ADJECTIVE • Done, shown, or used maliciously or unjustifiably; Without regard for what it right • SYN: Lewd Foul Unconscionable • ANT: Moral Righteous Decent • The rebellious girl shocked the elder women in the community with her wanton ways.
XENOPHILE • NOUN • A person attracted to what is foreign, especially to foreign people, manners, and culture • ANT: Xenophobe • Coach Lee is a xenophile because he is obsessed with anything dealing with England and Thailand.
ZENITH • NOUN • A highest point or state • SYN: Apex Summit Top Peak • ANT: Valley Depths Pit • After climbing to the zenith of the mountain, the hiker surveyed all that was before him.