US Senate Page School English Final Confusing Words

Adverse

Antagonistic; difficult; unpleasant

Averse

Disinclined toward something

Accept

To take what is offered

Except

But

Affect

To do something that causes a change

Effect

The result of an action

Censor

To remove or prohibit something from being read, seen

Censure

To formally condemn as wrong

Conscious

Aware of one’s surroundings

Conscience

The part of you that distinguishes right from wrong

Continuous

Happening or existing without stopping

Contiguous

Touching along a boundary; connected in an unbroken sequence

Criticism

Disapproval; judgment about what is wrong with something

Critique

An assessment of the good and bad qualities of a work

Emit

To send forth

Omit

To leave out

Exasperate

To make someone annoyed

Exacerbate

To make a bad situation worse

Flaunt

To display ostentatiously

Flout

To disobey openly and scornfully

Home

To focus on

Hone

To sharpen

Infer

To conclude from something known

Imply

To suggest or hint at

Perpetuate

To make something continue or be remembered

Perpetrate

To carry out a morally wrong or illegal act

Prosecute

To institute legal proceedings against

Persecute

To harass constantly; to oppress cruelly

Secede

To withdraw from a country or entity

Succeed

To come after

Simple

Uncomplicated; fundamental

Simplistic

Reduced to false simplicity by ignoring complicating factors

Single

Sole

Singular

Exceptional

Testimony

A solemn declaration made under oath

Testimonial

Recommendation; tribute; statement backing a claim

Than

In comparison with

Then

At that time

Wreak

To cause destruction

Wreck

To destroy or damage something

Reek

To smell strongly and unpleasantly; to be permeated with something unpleasant or offensive