1 / 22

ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 15

ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 15. (THE LAST ONE!). Adamant. ( adj ) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n) an extremely hard substance Ant : flexible , pliable. *Brouhaha.

susan
Download Presentation

ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 15

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 15 (THE LAST ONE!)

  2. Adamant • (adj) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n) an extremely hard substance • Ant: flexible, pliable

  3. *Brouhaha • (n) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified • Syn:tumult, pandemonium

  4. *Bulwark • (n) a strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense; (v) to provide such defense or protection • Syn: stronghold, citadel • Ant: breach, weakness

  5. Choleric • (adj) easily angered, bad-tempered • Syn: testy, bilious • Ant: affable, genial

  6. *Cloy (v) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit • Ant: stimulate, whet

  7. Curtail • (v) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce • Syn:abbreviate, abridge • Ant: protract, extend

  8. Deference • (n) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior • Syn: respect, consideration • Ant: contempt, disdain

  9. Definitive • (adj) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done • Syn: exhaustive, authoritative • Ant: tentative, inconclusive

  10. Demeanor • (n) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc.; facial appearance, mien • Syn: conduct, bearing

  11. Enigmatic • (adj) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood • Syn: baffling, mysterious • Ant: intelligible, fathomable

  12. Impromptu • (adj, adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation • Syn: spontaneous, unrehearsed • Ant: prepared, premeditated POP QUIZ!

  13. *Mawkish • (adj) excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor • Syn: maudlin, mushy • Ant: callous, insensitive

  14. Mollify • (v) to soften make gentle, pacify; to calm, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity • Ant: enrage, anger

  15. Onus • (n) something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigmaor blame • Syn: obligation, duty

  16. *Presentiment • (n) a vague sense of approaching misfortune; foreboding • Syn: premonition, hunch

  17. *Profligate • (adj) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant; (n) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending • Syn: prodigal, improvident • Ant: penny-pinching, frugal

  18. Remit • (v) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon; to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer • Syn: absolve, abate

  19. Requisite • (adj) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable • Syn: obligatory, incumbent • Ant: nonessential, superfluous

  20. *Sartorial • (adj) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men’s)

  21. Thwart • (v) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate • Syn: foil, baffle • Ant: assist, abet

  22. NO MORE VOCABULARY!

More Related