Vocabulary Unit 4 Mythology/English 9

Anarchy

(n.) a lack of government and law; confusion

Synonyms- chaos, disorder, turmoil, pandemonium

Antonyms: a state being in law and order, peace and quiet

Auspicious

(adj.) favorable; fortunate

Synonyms-promising, encouraging, propitious

Antonyms: ill-omened, sinister

ominous (sings of something bad, unpleasant, or dangerous would happen)

Daunt

(V.) to overcome with fear, intimidate; to dishearten, discourage, unnerved (deprived of courage, frightened)

Synonyms-dismay, cow

Antonyms-encourage, embolden, reassure

Hoodwink

(V.) to be mislead by a trick, swindle, duped (deceived, tricked, and/or fooled)

Synonyms - fool, put one over one

Antonyms- disabuse

Inanimate

(Adj.) not having life; without energy or spirit, inert (unable to move)

Synonyms- dead, spiritless

Antonyms - living, alive, energetic, spiritely

Incinerate

(V.) to burn to ashes

Synonyms-burn up, cremate, reduce to ashes

Larceny

(N.) Theft

Synonyms-stealing, robbery

Pliant

(Adj.) bending readily; easily influenced

Synonyms - supple, flexible, elastic, plastic

Antonyms: rigid, stiff, inflexible, set in stone

Prototype

(N.) an original model on which later versions are patterned

Synonyms- Sample, example

Antonyms- copy

Rectify

(V.) to make right, correct, remedy (to solve and/or cure)

Synonyms-to set right

Antonyms-mess up, botch, bungle

Abscond

(V.) to run off and hide, made off with (quickly take and go)

Synonyms/ bolt; make off, skip town

Access

(N.) approach or admittance to places, persons, things; an increase; (v.) to get at, obtain

Synonyms- entry, ingress

Antonyms- total exclusion

Arduous

(Adj.) hard to do; requiring much effort

Synonyms- laborious, fatiguing, difficult

Antonyms: effortless, easy, simple

Disentangle

(V.) to be free from tangles or complications

Synonyms- unravel, unwind, unscramble, unsnarl

Antonyms- ensnarl, tangle up, snag

Fated

(Adj.) determined in advance by destiny or fortune

Synonyms- destined, preordained, doomed

Antonyms: fortuitous, chance, random, an accidental meaning

Intrepid

(Adj.) very brave, fearless, unshakable (unflinching)

Synonyms- valiant; audacious, daring

Antonyms- timid, cowardly, craven, pusillanimous

Pompous

(Adj.) overly self-important in speech and manner; excessively stately or ceremonious,

Synonyms-highfalutin, bombastic,

Antonyms- unpretentious, plain

More synonyms: ostentatious (attracting attention/admiration by flashing wealth, possessions, and/or power)

Precipice

(N.) a very steep cliff; the brink or edge of disaster,

Synonyms- crag, bluff, ledge

Antonyms- abyss, chasm, gorge

More synonyms: built on promontory (high cliff that projects out to water)

Reprieve

(N.) a temporary relief or delay; (v.) to grant a postponement

Synonyms- stay, respite; delay

Antonyms- proceed

Revile

(V.) to attack with words, call bad names,

Synonyms- malign, vilify, inveigh against

Antonyms: praise, acclaim, revere, idolize

More synonyms: denounce (publicly declaring that something/someone is wrong)