Unit 1-4 Quarter Exam Study guide

Coach Owen

to make shorter

to make shorter

abridge

(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to

adherent

an angry argument

altercation

(adj.) resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

cherubic

to pardon or overlook

condone

(v.) to disagree; (n.) disagreement

dissent

(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

eminent

(v.) to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

exorcise

(v.) to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

fabricate

angry

Irate

a raider, plunderer

marauder

an extremely poor person

pauper

to steal in small quantities

pilfer

a split, break, breach

rift

(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

semblance

to overcome, rise above

surmount

to bring to an end

terminate

(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale

trite

to seize and hold a position by force or without right

usurp

Gluttony

(n.) engaging in extreme eating or drinking; greedy overindulgence

Syn. shorten, condense, abbreviate

Ant. expand, enlarge, augment

Abridge

Syn: disciple

Ant: opponent, adversary, critic, detractor

Adherent

Syn: quarrel, dispute, squabble

Ant: agreement, accord

Altercation

SYN: beatific

ANT: impish, devilish, diabolic, fiendish

Cherubic

Syn: ignore, wink at, look the other way

Ant: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate

Condone

Syn:differ, dispute

Ant: agree, concur, unanimity

Dissent

Syn: illustrious, renowned

Ant: nameless, unsung, lowly, humble

Eminent

Syn: expel

Exorcise

Syn: put together, devise, contrive, concoct

Ant: take apart, undo, destroy demolish

Fabricate

Syn: overeating, ravenousness, rapaciousness

Ant: abstemiousness

Gluttony

Syn: incensed, infuriated, livid

Ant: calm, composed, cool, unruffled

Irate

Syn: looter, pirate

Marauder

Syn: destitute person

Ant: billionaire

Pauper

Syn: rob, swipe, purloin

Pilfer

SYN: crack, fissure, gap, cleft

ANT: reconciliation

Rift

SYN: air, aura, facade

ANT: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack

Semblance

Syn: conquer, triumph over

Ant: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to

Surmount

Syn: conclude, finish, discontinue

Ant: begin, commence

Terminate

syn: banal, hackneyed, corny

ant: original, innovative

Trite

syn- seize illegally, supplant

Usurp

adjourn

(v.) to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place

alien

a citizen of another country; foreign, strange

comely

having a pleasing appearance

compensate

to make up for; to repay for services

dissolute

loose in one's morals or behavior

erratic

(adj.) not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable

explusion

the process of driving or forcing out

feint

(n.) a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; (v.) to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of

fodder

(n.) food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

foritfy

to strengthen, build up

illegible

difficult or impossible to read

jeer

(v.) to make fun of rudely or unkindly; (n.) a rude remark of derision

lucrative

bringing in money; profitable

mediocre

average

a. of average quality; not good or bad n

proliferate

to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

subjugate

to conquer by force, bring under complete control

sully

to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

tantalize

to tease, torment by teasing

terse

brief and to the point

Unflicnching

firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

abscond

to run off and hide, someone who did something wrong

access

admittance, entry

anarchy

a lack of goverment

arduous

hard to do, difficult, fatiguing

auspicious

fortunate, promising

prototype

an original model on which later versions are patterned

daunt

overcome with fear, dismay, cow

disentangle

to free from tangles/complications, unravel, unwind

fated

destined, doomed, determined in advance by destiny/fortune

hoodwinked

deceive, mislead by a trick, dupe

inanimate

without life, without energy or spirit

incinerate

to burn to ashes, burn up, cremate

intrepid

to be brave, fearless

larceny

stealing, robbery, theft

pliant

bending easily, flexible, elastic

pompous

overly self important, pretentious, bombastic

precipice

a very steep cliff, brink, edge

rectify

to make right, correct

reprieve

stay, postpone, temporary relief

revile

to attack with words, call bad names, denounce

Admonish

(v.) to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty

Breach

(n.) an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; (v.) to create an opening, break through