Sadlier level d units 1-15 synonyms

Abase

Lower, humiliate, prostrate, demean

Actuate

Incite, instigate

Avert

Stop, deflect, ward off

Boorish

Vulgar, crude, uncouth, ill-mannered, gauche

Brunt

Blow, shock

Combatant

(N.) soldier, disputant, warrior

(Adj.) hostile, battling

Dormant

Resting, still, quiescent

Dubious

Questionable, suspect, unsettled, undecided

Harangue

(V.) rant, lecture

(N.) diatribe

Harry

Hound, pillage, ravage

Impenitent

Remorseless, unrepentant, incorrigible

Knave

Rascal, rogue, miscreant

Legion

Multitude, host, throng, division, regiment

Liberality

Magnanimity, broad-mindedness

Plaintiff

Complainant

Probe

(V.) explore

(N.) inquiry, detector

Protract

Elongate, spin out

Quarry

Prey, game, victim, excavation, mine

Spurn

Turn down, decline, snub, repudiate

Subterfuge

Dodge, blind, deception, artifice

annex

join, acquire, appropriate, procure.

cleave

sever, halve, sunder, adhere, clasp.

cordial

hospitable, affable, warm, convivial.

cornerstone

foundation, base, underpinning, support.

debacle

disaster, fiasco, calamity.

devitalize

enfeeble, sap, enervate.

embroil

entangle, ensnarl.

exonerate

absolve, acquit, vindicate, exculpate.

glib

superficial, pat, oily, unctuous.

haphazard

random, accidental, slapdash.

improvise

ad-lib, play it by ear, wing it, extemporize.

incite

spur, kindle, provoke, instigate, prompt.

influx

inpouring, inrush, invasion.

pallor

wanness, lividness, bloodlessness.

pedigree

lineage, ancestry, genealogy.

precipitous

sheer, abrupt, sharp.

profuse

extravagant, lavish, bounteous, plenteous.

reconcile

unite, conciliate, mend fences.

shackle

manacle, enslave; handcuffs, bonds, irons.

threadbare

frayed, seedy, ragged, shopworn, trite.

ad infintium

forever,unceaingly,incessantly,ceaselessy

apportion

distribute,allot,parcel out,allocate

bona fide

authentic,indisputable,legitimate,certified

Buoyant

jaunty, lighthearted, animated

clique

inner circle

Concede

acknowledge, grant, allow, assent

congenial

sociable, amiable, compatible

Lofty

elevated, exalted, grand

migration

population shift, mass movement

perceive

notice, discern, understand

perverse

obstinate, contrary, mulish

prelude

preface, overture, prologue, "curtain-raiser"

rancid

foul, rank, fetid, sour, rotten, putrid

rustic

rough, unsophisticated, countrified

sever

cut off, amputate, dissolve

sordid

filthy, squalid, base, vile, seedy, sleazy

untenable

indefensible, insupportable

versatile

adaptable, all-around, many-sided

vindicate

acquit, absolve, exonerate, advocate

wane

diminish, decline, subside

appreciable

detectable, considerable

autocratic

domineering, dictatorial, tyrannical, bossy

blanch

bleach, drain, wash out, go white

blashphemy

curse, profanity, imprecation

brawny

broad-shouldered, strapping, burly

concerted

cooperative, combined, consolidated

contend

battle, vie, maintain, assert

humane

sympathetic, compassionate, kindhearted

illustrious

eminent, renowned, prominent, celebrated

intolerable

insufferable, outrageous

irreverent

profane, impious, sacreligious

labourious

arduous, difficult, streneous, wearisome

lithe

flexible, pliant, lissome

maltreat

misuse, mistreat, harm

ponder

ruminate, contemplate

subversive

traitorous, a revolutionary

synthetic

artificial, ersatz

temperate

composed, balanced, mellow, fair

venomous

Poisonous; spiteful, mean

Wily

Sly, shrewd, cunning

brevity

terseness, pithiness

comport

agree, concur

concise

brief, succinct, terse, pithy, to the point

demure

shy, sedate seemly, decorous

depreciation

cheapening, lowering

deteriorate

worsen, decline, degenerate, debase

divulge

disclose, impart, spill the beans, "leak"

enlightened

knowing, aware, cultivated

forestall

hinder, thwart, preclude, ward off

garble

jumble, confuse, misrepresent

proponent

supporter, advocate, exponent

quaver

vibrate, shiver, quake, palpitate

recoil

flinch, kickback

recoup

recover, retrieve

reek

stench, stink, smell

relentless

stern, merciless, persistent

rivulet

creek, rill

squander

misspend, dissipate

staccato

abrupt

statute

rule. enactment