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Vocabulary 11: Lesson 4-6 - Synonyms
Vocabulary 11 Lessons 4 through 6 Synonyms in Flashcard Format
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Affable | Genial, Amicable, Agreeable, Cordial |
Aggrandize | Augment, Amplify, Enhance, Exalt |
Amorphous | Formless, Unstructured, Nebulous, Inchoate |
Aura | Ambience, Atmosphere |
Contraband | (adj.) Illicit, Bootleg, Unlawful |
Erudite | Profoundly educated, well-read |
Gossamer | (adj.) Filmy, Diaphanous, Sheer, Airy, Feathery, Gauzy |
Infer | Gather, Deduce, Presume, Guess, Speculate |
Inscrutable | Impenetrable, Incomprehensible, Enigmatic |
Insular | Narrow-Minded, Parochial, Provincial |
Irrevocable | Irreversible, Unrecallable,Unalterable |
Propensity | Natural bent, Proclivity, Penchant |
Querulous | Petulant, Touchy, Cranky, Irritable |
Remonstrate | Reason against, Expostulate |
Repudiate | Disavow, Abjure, Renounce |
Resilient | Springy, Elastic, Buoyant, Bouncy |
Reverberate | Rumble, Thunder, Boom, Echo |
Scurrilous | Obscene, Filthy, Abusive, Vituperative |
Sedulous | Assiduous, Tireless, Indefatigable |
Sleazy | Inferior, Cheesy, Tawdry, Tatty |
Autonomy | Home Rule |
Axiomatic | Taken for Granted |
Blazon | Broadcast, Trumpet |
Caveat | Admonition, Word to the wise |
Equitable | Right, Reasonable, Evenhanded |
Extricate | Disentangle, Extract, Disengage |
Filch | Pilfer, Purloin, Swipe |
Flout | Scoff at, Sneer at, Snicker at, Scorn |
Fractious | Refractory, Recalcitrant, Peevish |
Precept | Principle, Maxim |
Salutary | Salubrious, Curative |
Scathing | Searing, Harsh, Ferocious, Savage |
Scourge | (v.) Flog, Beat; (n.) Bane, Plague, Pestilince |
Sepulchral | Doleful, Lugubrious, Mortuary |
Soporific | (n.) Narcotic, Anesthetic |
Straitlaced | Highly Conventional, Overly Strict, Stuffy |
Transient | (adj.) Impermanent, Ephemeral, Evanescent |
Unwieldy | Cumbersome, Bulky, Clumsy, Impractical |
Vapid | Insipid, Lifeless, Colorless |
Anomalous | Exceptional, Atypical, Unusual, Aberrant |
Aspersion | Innuendo, Calumny, Denigration |
Bizarre | Grotesque, Fantastic, Outlandish |
Brusque | Curt, Tactless, Ungracious, Gruff, Rough |
Cajole | Wheedle, Inveigle, Soft-Soap, Sweet-Talk |
Castigate | Chastise, Rebuke, Censure, Upraid |
Contrive | Think up, Devise, Concoct, Fabricate |
Demagogue | Rabble-Rouser, Firebrand |
Disabuse | Undeceive, Enlighten, Set Straight |
Ennui | Languor, World-weariness, Listlessness |
Fetter | (n.) Bond, Restraint; (v.) bind, hamper |
Heinous | Evil, Odious, Abominable, Outrageous |
Immutable | Unchangeable, Unalterable, Fixed, Invariable |
Insurgent | (adj.) Revolutionary, Rebellious, Mutinous |
Megalomania | Delusions of grandeur |
Sinecure | "No-Show" job, Cushy Job, "plum" |
Surreptitious | Furtive, Covert, Clandestine, Concealed |
Transgress | Overstep, Exceed, Trespass, Err |
Transmute | Transform, Convert, Translate, Metamorphose |
Vicarious | Surrogate, Substitute, Imagined, Secondhand |
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3rd Grade Dogwood Elementary |
Dogwood Elem. |
Eads, TN |
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