Vocabulary you must know for the SLO

1. Vocabulary you must know for the SLO

2. Determination • the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose. boldness, bravery, certainty, conviction, courage, dedication, Yet there was something moving in his determination  to keep on working.

3. Solitude • the state of being or living alone; seclusion His solitude  did not help his case as he tried to raise funds. confinement, detachment, emptiness, isolation, loneliness, peace and quiet, privacy, seclusion, separateness, silence, solitariness, withdrawal

4. Bewilderment • state of surprise, shock or confusion amazement, astoundment, awe, confusion, dumbfoundment, shock, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment And when the realization hits, the response usually is one of bewilderment .

5. Relaxation • abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc. But it also brings on a relaxation  quality, they use it for meditation. alleviation, amusement, assuagement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, loosening, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, requiescence, rest

6. Visage • 1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance. • 2. aspect; appearance. The strain was increasingly evident in his gaunt and saddened visage aspect, cast, demeanor, expression, face, features, kisser, look, looks, mask, mien, mug, poker face, potato, puss, visage

7. Invaluable • beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth; priceless: beyond price, costly, dear, expensive, helpful, inestimable, precious, serviceable, valuable The opportunity to give early information is an invaluable  way of enhancing  your service to your readership.

8. Nostalgic • experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation. Though, the colonial-style lobby and grand staircase retain the hotel's nostalgic  charm. down memory lane, drippy, homesick, like yesterday, lonesome, longing, mushy, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, syrupy, wistful, yearning

9. Envious • full of, feeling, or expressing envy or jealousy: envious of a person's success; begrudging, coveting, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, greedy, green with envy, green-eyed, grudging, longing for, wishful, yearning, jealous, resentful People were not envious  of him being rich, never, because he was generous.

10. Appreciative • feeling or showing appreciation The audience was a large, first-night gathering, appreciative  of the many excellences of the performance.

11. Somber • gloomy, depressing, or dismal Sometimes it's frantic and up-tempo and other times it's jumpy and swinging and  other times it's slow and somber . black, bleak, blue*, caliginous, cloudy, dark, depressive, dim, dingy, dire, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, down, drab, dragged, dreary, dull, dusky, earnest, funereal, gloomy, grave, grim, hurting, joyless, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, sedate, sepulchral, serious, shadowy, shady, sober, solemn, sourpuss, staid, tenebrous, weighty

12. Fleeting • swift; rapid They range from fleeting  glimpses of bears to close encounters. ambiguous, baffling, cagey, deceptive, difficult to catch, elusory, illusory, imponderable, incomprehensible, indefinable, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery, stonewalling, subtle, transient, transitory, tricky, unspecific, volatile

13. Endurance • the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance. Running long distances gives me the power of endurance . ability, backbone, capacity, continuing, courage, enduring, forebearance, fortitude, grit, guts, heart*, moxie*, patience, perseverance, persistence, resignation, resistance, resolution, spunk, stamina, standing, starch, strength, tenacity, tolerance, undergoing, vitality, will, withstanding

14. Civil Disobedience • the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes. If you're afraid of the consequences, you can't really engage in civil  disobedience. action, antagonism, antithesis, aversion, clash, combat, competition, con, conflict, confronting, contention, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, counteraction, counterattack, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, unfriendliness, violation, war, warfare

15. Complacency • a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc. It's all too easy to get lulled into complacency  by the easy visual pickings. arrogance, complacence, consequence, immodesty, narcissism, pomposity, pride, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-exaltation, self-importance, self-love, self-regard, smugness, snottiness, stuffiness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vainness, vanity

16. Apartheid • any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc. (in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population. bias, bigotry, discrimination, illiberality, one-sidedness, partiality, racialism, sectarianism, segregation, unfairness

17. Indignities • an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury. His bald head gleamed, as if still feverish under the indignity  of second place  on the ticket. embarrassment, humiliation, abuse, affront, backhanded compliment, discourtesy, dishonor, disrespect, insult, outrage, put-down, reproach, slap, slight, slur, snub, take-down, taunt

18. Plight • a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in a sorry plight. • Many hands have been wrung about the plight  of overextended kids. • bad news, circumstances, condition, corner*, double trouble, extremity, fix*, hole*, impasse, jam, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, predicament, quandary, scrape*, spot*, state*, straits, tight situation, trouble

19. Indifference • lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty. It was his refusal to be labelled as angry, or as anything else, and his indifference  to literary acclaim. aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, cold shoulder, cold-blooded, detachment, disdain, disinterest, disregard, impassivity, inattention, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, noninterference, unconcern, unmindfulness

20. Ascertain • to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to make certain or clear I'd ask to speak with the student about the quiz and try to ascertain  what the word meant to the student. catch on, confirm, determine, discover, double-check, establish, find out, fix, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, identify, learn, learn the ropes, look-see, make certain, make sure, peg, pick up on, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, size up, tell, verify

21. Delineated • to portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care. The aims of these groups could be politically delineated . characterize, chart, define, depict, detail, draft, draw, figure, lay out, limn, mark, plot, portray, represent, sketch out, trace

22. Revenue • the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income. The three main sources of general revenue  are personal income, sales and corporate income taxes. income, profit

23. Proactive • serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime. It's a very powerful proactive  way to deal with health. full of enthusiasm, fired up, intense, keyed up, lively, passionate

24. Derelict • a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum. • Nautical . a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning. On land, unwanted buildings are left derelict  or torn down. She dressed like a derelict .

25. Negligent • guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty; lazily careless; offhand: Because no plaintiff can claim ignorance of tobacco's hazards, its  manufacturers cannot be held negligent  for selling it. careless, indifferent

26. Convey • to communicate; impart; make known: The purpose of writing papers is to convey  a message. announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit

27. Integral • necessary to the completeness of the whole After all, the house is meant to be an integral  part of the land. necessary, basic

28. Deforestation • to divest or clear of forests or trees: Cutting down trees to fire primitive cook stoves is also a cause of deforestation clear-cutting