Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level H: Unit 2

aegis

(noun): protection; patronage; sponsorship

SYN: auspices

safety

ant: danger

apprise

(verb): to inform of; to make aware of by giving oral or written notice

SYN: acquaint to tell

ANT: keep secret, withhold information to hide

bibulous

(adjective): fond of or inclined to drink; absorbent

SYN: inebrious thrirsty

ANT: abstemious, temperate sober (not thirsty

claque

(noun): a group of people hired to applaud a performer or performance; enthusiastic or fawning admirers; an opera hat

SYN: fan club, flatterers fans

ANT: critics, detractors, slanderers critics

deracinate

(verb): to pull up by the roots; to root out, uproot, or dislocate; to eliminate all traces of

SYN: extirpate, eradicate, expunge uproot (to take out)

ANT: implant, nurture, foster, instill plant (install)

exegesis

(noun): an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of a text)

SYN: analysis, explication (explanation)

ANT: mystification (confusion)

indigenous

(adjective): originating in the country or region where found, native; inborn; inherent

SYN: endemic, domestic, homegrown (native)

ANT: foreign, alien, exoteric, imported (foreign)

lachrymose

(adjective): given to tears or weeping; causing to shed tears; mournful, lugubrious

SYN: tearful, doleful, dolorous (sad)

ANT: dry-eyed, merry, hilarious (happy)

lexicon

(noun): a dictionary of a language; the special vocabulary of a person, group, or subject; a compendium

SYN: wordbook, glossary dictionary

melee

(noun): a confused struggle; a violent free-for-all; a tumultuous mingling

SYN: fracas, brawl, scuffle, donnybrook fight

ANT: friendly chat, peace and quiet peace

microcosm

(noun): a miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system

SYN: epitome, world in little mini wolrd

ANT: macrocosm, cosmos, totality big world

minuscule

(adjective): ver small, tiny; (noun): a lowercase letter

SYN: (adj.) infinitesimal, insignificant tiny

ANT: (adj.) huge, massive, monumental huge

obfuscate

(verb): to darken or obscure; to confuse or bewilder

SYN: muddy the waters (confuse)

ANT: elucidate, explicate, clarify (clarify)

paternalism

(noun): the policy or practice of treating or governing people in the manner of a father dealing with his children

SYN: benevolence, solicitude, fatherliness (control

ant - freedom

polarize

(verb): to cause to concentrate around two conflicting or contrasting positions; to cause light to vibrate in a pattern

SYN: split, alienate, estrange (divide)

ANT: unite, unify, reconcile (unite

purview

(noun): the range, extent, or scope of something; in law, the scope or limit of what is provided in a statute

SYN: orbit range of law

ant limit

sanguine

(adjective): having a ruddy complexion; of a naturally cheerful, confident, or optimistic outlook

SYN: flushed, rosy hopeful

ANT: bloodless, ashen, pessimistic, gloomy hopeless

solecism

(noun): a substandard or ungrammatical usage; a breach of etiquette; any impropriety or mistake

SYN: misusage, blunder mistake

correct = anto

vassal

(noun): a person under the protection of a fuedal lord to whom he or she owes allegiance; a subordinate or dependent; a servant; (adjective): subservient

SYN: (n.) minion; (adj.) servile servant

ANT: (n.) overlord boss

verisimilitude

(noun): the quality of appearing to be true, real, likely, or probable

SYN: realism, lifelikeness, authenticity relaistic

fake