Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level D Unit 3

abridge

(v.) to make shorter.

SYNONYMS: shorten, condense, abbreviate.

ANTONYMS: expand, enlarge, augment.

adherent

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

Synonyms: (n) disciple

Antonyms: (n) opponent, adversary, critic, detractor

altercation

(n.) an angry argument.

SYNONYMS: quarrel, dispute, squabble.

ANTONYMS: agreement, accord.

cherubic

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

Synonyms: beatific

Antonyms: impish; devilish, diabolic, fiendish

condone

(v.) to pardon or overlook.

SYNONYMS: ignore, wink at, look the other way.

ANTONYMS: censure, condemn, disapprove, deprecate.

dissent

v. to disagree; n. disagreement

Synonyms: (v) differ; dispute

Antonyms: (v) agree, concur; (n) unanimity

eminent

(adj.) famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

Synonyms: illustrious; renowned

Antonyms: nameless, unsung, lowly, humble

exorcise

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

Synonyms: expel

fabricate

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

SYNONYMS: put together, devise, contrive, concoct.

ANTONYMS: take apart, undo, destroy, demolish.

gluttony

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

Synonyms: overeating, ravenousness, rapaciousness

Antonyms: abstemiousness

irate

(adj.) angry.

SYNONYMS: incensed, infuriated, enraged, livid.

ANTONYMS: calm, composed, cool, unruffled.

marauder

(n.) a raider, plunderer.

SYNONYMS: looter, pirate.

pauper

(n.) an extremely poor person.

SYNONYMS: destitute person.

ANTONYM: billionaire.

pilfer

(v.) to steal in small quantities.

SYNONYMS: rob, swipe, purloin.

rift

(n.) a split, break, breach.

SYNONYMS: crack, fissure, gap, cleft.

ANTONYM: reconciliation.

semblance

n. a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

Synonyms: air, aura, facade

Antonyms: dissimilarity, contrast, total lack

surmount

v. to overcome, rise above

synonyms: conquer, triumph over

antonyms: be vanquished, be defeated, succumb to

terminate

(v.) to bring to an end.

SYNONYMS: conclude, finish, discontinue.

ANTONYMS: begin, commence.

trite

(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale.

SYNONYMS: banal, hackneyed, corny.

ANTONYMS: original, innovative.

usurp

(v)to seize and hold (a position, office, power, etc.) by force or without legal right

Synonyms: seize legally; supplant