English 3 Vocab Act 1

Propitiation: (pruh-pi-shee-ay-shun)

Noun: the act of gaining favor or making someone less angry

Propitiation synoymn:

Pacification

Sentence for Propitiation

After breaking my sister’s model, I took her to McDonald’s as some sort of propitiation, though she was still mad.

Propitiation connotation

Positive: You’re trying to make a bad situation into something better.

Predilection: (pree-deh-lekht-shun)

Noun: A preference or liking for something or someone

Predilection Synonym:

Inclination

Sentence for Predilection

Ever since I was little, I’ve had a predilection towards spicy foods.

Predilection connotation:

Positive or neutral: You just like something or someone, nothing crazy

Ingratiating (in-gray-she-ay-ting)

Adjective: Designed to win favor, flattering or pleasing

Ingratiation synoymn

Disarming

Ingratiating sentence

In older times, political members had to use ingratiating methods to get by or raise their statutes during interactions with their higher-ups.

Ingratiating connotation:

Neutral, maybe slightly negative: You’re almost being dishonest to win one’s favor, but one’s intentions don’t always have to be negative.

Calumny (ka-luhm-nee)

Noun: A false and malicious statement intended to damage someone’s reputation

Synonym for calumny

Slander

Calumny in a sentence

After the boy was shown up by the girl, he spread a calumny about her past as revenge.

Calumny Cannotation:

Negative

Paradox definition:

Noun: A statement that seems contradictory but may be true

Paradox synonym:

Contradiction

Dissemble/Dissembling

Verb/Noun: To pretend or conceal the truth: To hide one’s real feelings, intentions, or identity

Dissemble/Dissembling synoynm:

Feign

Dissembling sentence:

When drawing a good hand, my father was really good at dissembling

Adamant Definition

refusing to be persuaded or unwilling to change an opinion, decision, or attitude

Ameliorate 

make a bad situation, problem, or difficult condition better or more bearable

Contentious

•  likely to cause disagreement or argument

• a person who has a fond, stubborn habit of arguing

Hysteria

extreme emotional outbursts, physical paralysis, or sensory loss without a clear physical