Vocabulary Unit 10

1. Vocabulary Unit 10 Sophomores Level E

2. Acquiesce • Verb • To accept without protest; to agree or submit • Because they had no choice, the students aquiesced to the test being on Monday.

3. Synonyms Comply with Accede Consent Yield Antonyms Resist Protest Acquiesce

4. Allure • Verb • To entice; tempt; to be attractive to • Noun • A strong attraction; the power to attract or charm • No having to do any work, often allures students into plagiarizing the work of others.

5. Synonyms Verb Begile Tantalize Noun Temptation Enticement Antonyms Verb Repel Turn off Noun Repellent Allure

6. Askew • Adjective, adverb • Twisted to one side, crooked; disapprovingly • Somebody bumped the photographer’s arm causing the image to become askew.

7. Synonyms Awry Lopsided cockeyed Antonyms Straight Symmetrical Askew

8. Blithe • Adjective • Cheerful, lighthearted; casual, unconcerned. • Even though the country is in turmoil, Barrack Obama’s entry into the White House helps attitudes to remain blithe.

9. Synonyms Carefree Nonchalant Indifferent Antonyms Glum Morose Despondent Depressed Blithe

10. Contentious • Adjective • Quarrelsome, inclined to argue • Lawyers are sometimes called contentious because they are highly skilled in the art of the argument.

11. Synonyms Argumentative Disputatious Combative Antonyms Agreeable Amiable Affable Pacific Contentious

12. Covet • Verb • To desire something belonging to another • Feelings of jealous caused the students to covet Mary’s new BMW.

13. Synonyms Crave Yearn for Hunger for Antonyms Disdain Scorn Dispise Covet

14. Crestfallen • Adjective • Discouraged, dejected, downcast • After the students failed the vocabulary test, their attitudes became crestfallen.

15. Synonyms Despondent Disconsolate Antonyms Elated Cheerful Self-satisfied Cocky Crestfallen

16. Disheveled • Adjective • Rumpled, mussed; hanging in disorder • Despite being a brilliant scientist, Albert Einstein’s physical appearance was disheveled.

17. Synonyms Untidy Disarranged Tousled Unkempt Antonyms Tidy Neat Orderly Well-groomed Disheveled

18. Exponent • Noun • One who advocates, speaks for, explains, or interprets; (math) the power to which a number, symbol, or expression is to be raised. • Very few Repulicans are open exponents of the new stimulus plan which has been embraced by Democrats.

19. Synonyms Defender Champion Interpreter Antonyms Critic Adversary Faultfinder Detractor Exponent

20. Garrulous • Adjective • Given to much talking, tediously chatty • Garrulous students cause their fellow classmates to become distracted and detract from their learning.

21. Synonyms Talkative Loquacious Long-winded Antonyms Reticent Mum Taciturn Laconic Reserved Garrulous

22. Insuperable • Adjective • Incapable of being overcome • Blindness is not an insuperable handicap for students since the invention of Braille.

23. Synonyms Invincible Insurmountable Antonyms Surmountable Conquerable Insuperable

24. Lamentable • Adjective • To be regretted or pitied • The shooting of Officer Pawlowski is a lamentable situation, especially because his widow is five-months pregnant.

25. Synonyms Deplorable Regrettable Distressing Antonyms Praiseworthy Commendable Laudable Lamentable

26. Misnomer • Noun • An unsuitable or misleading name • Calling a Yorkshire Terrior a watch dog is a misnomer because the breed is small and slight.

27. Synonyms Misnaming Malapropism Misnomer

28. Profess • Verb • To affirm openly; to state belief in; to claim, pretend • Chris Brown professed his guilt in hitting Rhianna after being arrested and publically shamed.

29. Synonyms Assert Declare Proclaim Purport Antonyms Disclaim Disavow Repudiate Profess

30. Respite • Noun • A period of relief or rest • After swimming the 400-meter individual medley, the racer deserved a respite from the pool.

31. Synonyms Interval Intermission Lull Breather Respite

32. Retribution • Noun • A repayment; a deserved punishment • The parents grounded the young lady as retribution after she stayed out too late.

33. Synonyms Recompense Requital Just deserts Retribution

34. Sinuous • Adjective • Winding, having many curves; lithe and flexible • Because the road is sinuous, the drivers must slow their speed.

35. Synonyms Twisting Convulted Serpentine Supple Antonyms Direct Straight Unbending Stiff Rigid Sinuous

36. Sonorous • Adjective • Full, deep, or rich in sound; impressive in style. • The sonorous voices of the choir exulted in the good works of Jesus.

37. Synonyms Resonant Resounding Grandiloquent Antonyms Tinny Reedy Harsh Grating Sonorous

38. Vanguard • Noun • The foremost part of an army; the leading position in any field. • Harvard University has an esteemed reputation because it remains a vanguard in the education of lawyers.

39. Synonyms Forefront Cutting edge Trailblazers Antonyms Rear guard Stragglers Laggards Vanguard

40. Wastrel • Noun • A wasteful person, a spendthrift; a good-for-nothing • Celebrities are often called wastrels because they are capricious in their spending.

41. Synonym Loafer Idler Squanderer Profligate Antonym Skinflint Tightwad Miser Wastrel