Sadlier Level F Unit 13 Vocabulary

Abet

to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

Abet (ANT)

ANT: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

Aver

to affirm, declare confidently

Aver (SYN)

SYN: assert, asseverate, avouch

Aver (ANT)

ANT: deny, repudiate, disclaim

Blatant

noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense

Blatant (SYN)

SYN: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud

Blatant (ANT)

ANT: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

Broach

(verb) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid

(noun) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks

Buttress

(verb) to support, prop up, strengthen

(noun) a supporting structure

Buttress (SYN)

SYN (verb): bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up

Buttress (ANT)

ANT (verb): undermine, weaken, impair

Carousal

noisy revelry or merrymaking

Carousal (SYN)

SYN: binge, jamboree

Collate

to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose

Collate (SYN)

SYN: sort out, cross-check

Connoisseur

an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments, especially in one of the fine arts

Connoisseur (SYN)

SYN: savant, pundit

Connoisseur (ANT)

ANT: ignoramus, philistine

Disconsolate

deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Disconsolate (SYN)

SYN: grief-stricken, inconsolable

Disconsolate (ANT)

ANT: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

Encumber

to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder

Encumber (SYN)

SYN: overload, clog

Encumber (ANT)

ANT: unburden, unload, relieve

Foment

to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm

Foment (SYN)

SYN: instigate, incite, stir up

Foment (ANT)

ANT: quell, quash, squelch, suppress

Grisly

frightful, horrible, ghastly

Grisly (SYN)

SYN: gruesome, gory

Grisly (ANT)

ANT: pleasant, delightful

Herculean

(capital H) relating to Hercules

(lowercase H) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

Herculean (SYN)

SYN: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous

Herculean (ANT)

ANT: puny, Lilliputian, bantam

Impassive

showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

Impassive (SYN)

SYN: emotionless, stoical, insensible

Impassive (ANT)

ANT: emotional, passionate, excitable

Inauspicious

unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

Inauspicious (SYN)

SYN: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely

Inauspicious (ANT)

ANT: propitious, favorable

Incontrovertible

unquestionable, beyond dispute

Incontrovertible (SYN)

SYN: incontestable, indisputable, indubitable

Incontrovertible (ANT)

ANT: debatable, dubious, open to question

Nonplussed

puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss

Nonplussed (SYN)

SYN: perplexed, stumped, flabbergasted

Nonplussed (ANT)

ANT: poised, confident, assured

Opportune

suitable or convenient for a particular purpose; occurring at an appropriate time

Opportune (SYN)

SYN: timely, appropriate, felicitous

Opportune (ANT)

ANT: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate

Prolific

abundantly productive; abundant, profuse

Prolific (SYN)

SYN: fruitful, fecund, proliferous

Prolific (ANT)

ANT: barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse

Rejoinder

a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit

Rejoinder (SYN)

SYN: reply, response, riposte, retort