Vocab Test Units 11 and 12 - Sophomore Year

UNIT 11

UNIT 11

Allude

(v) to refer to casually or indirectly

SYNONYMS: suggest, insinuate, intimate

Clairvoyant

(adj) supernaturally perceptive, (n) one who possesses extrasensory powers, seer

SYNONYMS: (adj) insightful, discerning, uncanny (n) visionary

ANTONYMS: (adj) blind, unseeing, myopic, dense

Conclusive

(adj) serving to settle an issue, final

SYNONYMS: decisive, convincing, definitive

ANTONYMS: unsettled, provisional, indefinite

Disreputable

(adj) not respectable, not esteemed

SYNONYMS: disgraceful, discreditable, shady

ANTONYMS: honesst, aboveboard, respectable, creditable

Endemic

(adj) native or confined to a particular region or people, characteristic of or prevalent in a field

SYNONYMS: indigenous, restricted to

ANTONYMS: alien, foreign, extraneous

Exemplary

(adj) worthy of imitation, commendable, serving as a model

SYNONYMS: praiseworthy, meritorious, sterling, illustrative

ANTONYMS: infamous, notorious, scandalous, disreputable

Fathom

(v) to understand, get to the bottom of, to determine the depth of (n) a measure of depth in water

SYNONYMS: (v) grasp, figure out, plumb

Guile

(n) treacherous cunning, deceit

SYNONYMS: trikery, chicanery

ANTONYMS: candor, artlessness, naiveté, plain dealing

Integrity

(n) honestly, high moral standard, an unimpaired condition, completeness, soundness

SYNONYMS: rectitude, probity

ANTONYMS: dishonesty, corruption, turpitude

Itinerary

(n) a route of travel, a record of travel, a guidebook

SYNONYMS: schedule, program

Misconstrue

(v) to interpret wrongly, mistake the meaning of

SYNONYMS: misjudge, misinterpret

Obnoxious

(adj) highly offensive, arousing strong dislike

SYNONYMS: disagreeable, repugnant, hateful, odious

ANTONYMS: agreeable, pleasing, engaging, personable

Placate

(v) to appease, soothe, pacify

SYNONYMS: satisfy, mollify, allay, conciliate

ANTONYMS: vex, irk, provoke, exasperate, annoy

Placid

(adj) calm, peaceful

SYNONYMS: undisturbed, tranquil, quiet, serene

ANTONYMS: stormy, agitated, turbulent, tempestuous

Potent

(adj) powerful, highly effective

SYNONYMS: mighty, formidable, forceful

ANTONYMS: weak, inept, feckless, powerless, ineffective

Pretext

(n) a false reason, deceptive excuse

SYNONYMS: pretense, cover story, rationale, evasion

Protrude

(v) to stick out, trust forth

SYNONYMS: project, bulge

Reparation

(n) a payment made for a wrong or an injury

SYNONYMS: compensation, damages, redress

Stark

(adj) harsh, unrelieved, desolate (adv) utterly

SYNONYMS: (adj) sheer, downright, grim, bleak (adv) absolutely

ANTONYMS: (adj) bright, cheerful, embellished, ornate

Superficial

(adj) on or near the surface, concerned with or understanding only what is on the surface, shallow

SYNONYMS: skin-deep, insubstantial, cursory, slapdash

ANTONYMS: deep, profund, thorough, exhaustive

UNIT 12

UNIT 12

Abjure

(v) to renounce, repudiate under oath, to avoid, shun

SYNONYMS: forswear, retract, abstain from

ANTONYMS: Affirm, avow, aver, profess

Acrid

(adj) harsh in taste or odor, sharp in manner or temper

SYNONYMS: irritating, stinging, bitter, caustic

ANTONYMS: gentle, sooting, mild

August

(adj) majestic, inspiring admiration and respect

SYNONYMS: stately, dignified, exalted, vulnerable

ANTONYMS: humble, base, mean, lowly, abject

Callous

(adj) emotionally hardened, unfeeling

SYNONYMS: insensitive, unsympathetic, thick-skinned

ANTONYMS: sensitive, compassionate, tenderhearted

Clandestine

(adj) secret, concealed, underhanded

SYNONYMS: covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy

ANTONYMS: open, overt, undistinguished, aboveboard

Compunction

(n) remorse, regret

SYNONYMS: scruple, qualm, misgiving, contrition

ANTONYMS: shameless, insouciance, nonchalance

Conflagration

(n) a large destructive fire

SYNONYMS: holocaust, wildfire

ANTONYMS: deluge

Elated

(adj) in high spirits, jubilant, extremely pleased

SYNONYMS: overjoyed, ecstatic, tickled pink

ANTONYMS: depressed, crestfallen, despondent, blue

Indelible

(adj) not able to be erased or removed, memorable

SYNONYMS: lasting, permanent

ANTONYMS: erasable, impermanent, ephemeral

Indulgent

(adj) yielding to the wishes or demands of others

SYNONYMS: permissie, tolerant, liberal

ANTONYMS: strict, severe, hard-nosed

Inveterate

(adj) firmly established, long—standing, habitual

SYNONYMS: persisting, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool

ANTONYMS: sporadic, intermittent, occasional

Irrelevant

(adj) not to the point, not applicable or pertinent

SYNONYMS: inapplicable, immaterial, beside the point

ANTONYMS: pertinent, material, apropos, germane

Nocturnal

(adj) of or occurring in the night, under cover of darkness

SYNONYMS: nighttime

ANTONYMS: daytime, diurnal

Platitude

(n) a commonplace, stale or trite remark

SYNONYMS: cliché, truism, bromide

ANTONYMS: epigram, quip, witticism, bon mot

Quell

(v) to subdue, put down forcibly

SYNONYMS: Pacify, squelch, quash, crush

ANTONYMS: incite, provoke, arouse, foment, stir up

Quiescent

(adj) inactive, at rest

SYNONYMS: still, inert, motionless, tranquil

ANTONYMS: active, thriving, bustling, volatile

Ruminate

(v) to meditate, think about at length

SYNONYMS: ponder, reflect, mull over, muse

Tacit

(adj) unspoken, silent, implied, inferred

SYNONYMS: unexpressed, unvoiced, understood, implicit

ANTONYMS: explicit, express, specific

Tangible

(adj) capable of being touched, real, concrete

SYNONYMS: perceptible, actual, evident

ANTONYMS: immaterial, imperceptible, insubstantial

Trenchant

(adj) incisive, keen, forceful, effective, cutting, caustic, distinct, clear-cut

SYNONYMS: penetrating, cutting, telling, acute

ANTONYMS: dull, bland, insipid, vapid, imperceptive