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Vocabulary Level D Unit 12 Words Collection

Improve your language skills with ninth-grade vocabulary words from Unit 12. Learn meanings, synonyms, antonyms, and roots for each term.

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Vocabulary Level D Unit 12 Words Collection

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  1. Ninth Lit. Vocabulary Level D Unit 12

  2. appreciable • (adj) sufficient to be noticed or measured • Synonyms: perceptible, detectable, considerable • Antonyms: slight, trivial, inconsequential, negligible

  3. autocratic • (adj) absolute in power or authority • Synonyms: domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, bossy • Antonyms: democratic, egalitarian, lenient, permissive, indulgent

  4. blanch • (v) to remove the color from; to make or turn pale, to parboil • Synonyms: bleach, drain, wash out, go white • Antonyms: color, dye, infuse, blush, flush

  5. blasphemy • (n) an act, utterance; or writing showing contempt for something sacred • Synonyms: curse, profanity, sacrilege, imprecation • Antonyms: reverence, veneration, devotion, respect

  6. brawny • (adj) strong, muscular • Synonyms: broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly • Antonyms: slight, frail, delicate, puny

  7. concerted • (adj) planned or performed in cooperation with others • Synonyms: joint, cooperative, combined, consolidated • Antonyms: unorganized, unilateral, diffused

  8. contend • (v) to fight, struggle; to compete, to argue • Synonyms: battle, dispute, vie, maintain, assert • Antonyms: yield, acquiesce, submit, relinquish

  9. humane • (adj) kind, merciful • Synonyms: sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted • Antonyms: cruel, merciless, unfeeling, brutal, heartless

  10. illustrious • (adj) very famous, distinguished • Synonyms: eminent, renowned, prominent, celebrated • Antonyms: unknown, obscure, nameless, anonymous

  11. intolerable • (adj) unbearable • Synonyms: insufferable, unendurable, outrageous • Antonyms: enjoyable, pleasant, pleasing

  12. irreverent • (adj) disrespectful • Synonyms: profane, impious, sacrilegious, flippant • Antonyms: awed, respectful, devout, pious, deferential

  13. laborious • (adj) not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking • Synonyms: arduous, difficult, strenuous, wearisome • Antonyms: easy, effortless, facile

  14. lithe • (adj) bending easily, limber • Synonyms: supple, flexible, pliant, lissome • Antonyms: stiff, rigid, inflexible, taut

  15. maltreat • (v) to abuse, use roughly or crudely • Synonyms: misuse, mistreat, harm, aggrieve • Antonyms: coddle, pamper, indulge

  16. ponder • (v) to consider carefully, reflect on • Synonyms: think over, ruminate, contemplate

  17. subversive • (adj) intended to undermine or overthrow; (n) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system • Synonyms: (adj) treasonous, traitorous; (n) a revolutionary • Antonyms: (adj) patriotic, loyal, true-blue

  18. synthetic • (adj) made or put together by people; (n) something artificial • Synonyms: (adj) artificial, ersatz • Antonyms: (adj) natural, genuine

  19. temperate • (adj) mild, moderate • Synonyms: composed, balanced, mellow, fair • Antonyms: immoderate, extreme, excessive, harsh

  20. venomous • (adj) poisonous; spiteful, mean • Synonyms: nasty, malicious, virulent, malevolent • Antonyms: harmless, innocuous, benign

  21. wily • (adj) sly, shrewd, cunning • Synonyms: clever, tricky, artful, foxy, cagey • Antonyms: dull-witted, dense, artless, straightforward

  22. ROOT: hydr • Water • Hydration • Dehydrate

  23. ROOT: hyper • Over; above; beyond • Hyperactive • Hyperbole

  24. ROOT: hypo • Below; beneath • Hypothermia; Hypothetical

  25. ROOT: logy • To study • Biology, psychology

  26. ROOT: meter/metr • Measure • Thermometer • Perimeter

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