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VOCABULARY 1:2

VOCABULARY 1:2 . AP ENGLISH III / ENGLISH III MRS. B. LEE. PERTURBATION. NOUN The act of disturbing or agitating; the act of throwing into great disorder SYN: (1) Commotion (2) Disturbance ANT: (1) Calm (2) Tranquility

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VOCABULARY 1:2

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  1. VOCABULARY 1:2 AP ENGLISH III / ENGLISH III MRS. B. LEE

  2. PERTURBATION • NOUN • The act of disturbing or agitating; the act of throwing into great disorder • SYN: (1) Commotion (2) Disturbance • ANT: (1) Calm (2) Tranquility • The perturbation of the teacher was caused by the boys incessant talking and laughing.

  3. PRISTINE • ADJECTIVE • Having its original purity; Uncorrupted or unsullied • SYN: (1) Natural (2) Immaculate • ANT: (1) Dirty (2) Marred • The antique car was in pristine condition because the old man had always taken care of it.

  4. REDRESS • NOUN • The setting right of what is wrong; Relief from wrong or injury • VERB • To set right; To remedy or repair • SYN: (1) Reparation (2) Restitution • ANT: (1) Destruction (2) Damage • Dr. Rimes plans to redress the 15/15 rule for tardiesbecause of the many complaints from the students.

  5. REQUITE • VERB • To make repayment or return for service; To avenge; To make retaliation • SYN: (1) Reciprocate (2) Redeem (3) Repay • ANT: (1) Deny (2) Fail • The children will requite you for the love that you show them.

  6. SANCTITY • NOUN • Holiness, saintliness, or godliness; Sacred or hallowed character; A sacred thing • SYN: (1) Divinity (2) Righteousness (3) Solemnity • ANT: (1) Meanness (2) Wickedness • The sanctity of St. Paul’s Catholic Church is revered by the church’s congregation.

  7. SURFEIT • NOUN • Excess; Overindulgence in eating or drinking; General disgust caused by excess • VERB (used without object) • To eat or drink to excess; To indulge to excess in anything • SYN: (1) Plethora (2) Bellyful (3) Cram (4) Gorge • ANT: (1) Deprive (2) Fast (3) Lack • We have a surfeit of canned goods at the homeless shelter.

  8. SURMISE • NOUN • A matter of conjecture; An idea or thought of something; An opinion • VERB (used with object) • To think or infer without certain or strong evidence • SYN: (1) Guesstimate (2) Assumption (3) Hypothesis • ANT: (1) Certainty (2) Proof (3) Fact • Mom and Dad will surmise the punishment for their teenage daughter who came home late.

  9. TEMPESTUOUS • ADJECTIVE • Tumultuous; Turbulent; Characterized by or subject to a violent windstorm or commotion • SYN: (1) Heated (2) Impassioned • ANT: (1) Calm (2) Indifferent • Meg and Drew’s tempestuous relationship is always fodder for gossip.

  10. HALLOWED • ADJECTIVE • Regarded as holy, venerated, sacred • SYN: (1) Blessed (2) Anointed (3) Consecrated • ANT: (1) Unholy (2) Unsanctified (3) Irreligious • Our Father, who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name.

  11. DILATED • VERB • To make wider or larger; To spread out; Cause to expand • SYN: (1) Expound (2) Stretch (3) Augment • ANT: (1) Abridge (2) Condense (3) Contract • A sign of be intoxicated is having dilated pupils.

  12. EMULATE • ADJECTIVE • To try to equal or excel; Imitate with effort to equal or surpass • SYN: (1) Mimic (2) Imitate (3) Mirror • ANT: (1) Neglect • Maddox is constantly trying to emulate his daddy by copying his daddy’s mannerisms.

  13. ENSUE • VERB • To follow in order; Come afterward, especially in immediate succession • SYN: (1) Arise (2) Proceed (3) Follow • ANT: (1) Precede (2) Antecede • If there is no government, chaos will ensue, and life as we know it will cease to exist.

  14. FRAUDULENT • ADJECTIVE • Involving or proceeding from deceit, trickery, or breach of confidence • SYN: (1) Counterfeit (2) Deceitful (3) Phony • ANT: (1) Genuine (2) Trustworthy (3) Moral • The fraudulent bills were given to the cashier; however, the cashier recognized the bills as fraud and alerted security.

  15. INSATIATE • ADJECTIVE • Incapable of being satisfied or appeased • SYN: (1) Greedy (2) Impatient (3) Selfish • ANT: (1) Benevolent (2) Charitable

  16. OBLIQUE • ADJECTIVE • Neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; Diverging from a given straight line; Not straight or direct, as a course • SYN: (1) Bent (2) Diagonal (3) Evasive • ANT: (1) Straight (2) Straightforward (3) Forthright

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