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Vocab Unit 12 Level D
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop
Level D
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| appreciable | (adj) sufficient to be noticed or measured (syn) perceptible, detectable, considerable (ant) slight, trivial, inconsequential, negligible |
| autocratic | (adj) absolute in power or authority (syn) domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, bossy (ant) democratic, egalitarian, lenient, permissive, indulgent |
| blanch | (v) to remove the color from; to make or turn pale; to parboil (syn) bleach, drain, wash out, go white (ant) color, dye, infuse, bluch, flush |
| blasphemy | (n) an act, utterance, or writing showing contempt for something sacred (syn) curse, profanity, sacrilege, imprecation (ant) reverence, veneration, devotion, respect |
| brawny | (adj) strong, muscular (syn) broad-shouldered, strapping, husky, burly (ant) slight, frail, delicate, puny |
| concerted | (adj) planned and performed in cooperation with others (syn) joint, cooperative, combined, consolidated (ant) unorganized, unilateral, diffused |
| contend | (v) to fight, struggle; to compete, to argue (syn) battle, dispute, vie, maintain, assert (ant) yield, acquiesce, submit, relinquish |
| humane | (adj) kind, merciful (syn) sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted (ant) cruel, merciless, unfeeling, brutal, heartless |
| illustrious | (adj) very famous, distinguished (syn) eminent, renowned, prominent, celebrated (ant) unknown, obscure, nameless, anonymous |
| intolerable | (adj) unbearable (syn) insufferable, unendurable, outrageous (ant) enjoyable, pleasant, pleasing |
| irreverent | (adj) disrespectful (syn) profane, impious, sacrilegious, flippant (ant) awed, respectful, devout, pious, deferential |
| laborious | (adj) not easy, requiring hard work; hardworking (syn) arduous, difficult, strenuous, wearisome (ant) easy, effortless, facile |
| lithe | (adj) bending easily, limber (syn) supple, flexible, pliant, lissome (ant) stiff, rigid, inflexible, taut |
| maltreat | (v) to abuse, use roughly or crudely (syn) misuse, mistreat, harm, aggrieve (ant) coddle, pamper, indulge |
| ponder | (v) to consider carefully, reflect on (syn) think over, ruminate, contemplate |
| subversive | (adj) intended to undermine or overthrow, (n) one who advocates or attempts to undermine a political system (syn) (adj) treasonous, traitorous; (n) a revolutionary (ant) (adj) patriotic, loyal, true-blue |
| synthetic | (adj) made or put together by people; (n) something artificial (syn) (adj) artificial, ersatz (ant) (adj) natural, genuine |
| temperate | (adj) mild, moderate (syn) composed, balanced, mellow, fair (ant) immoderate, extreme, excessive, harsh |
| venomous | (adj) poisonous; spiteful, mean (syn) nasty, malicious, virulent, malevolent (ant) harmless, innocuous, benign |
| wily | (adj) sly, shrewd, cunning (syn) clever, tricky, artful, foxy, cagey (ant) dull-witted, dense, artless, straightforward |
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