Vocabulary Chapter 6

aegis

protection, sponsorship

synonyms- aegis

guardianship, support, patronage, auspices

auspicious

favorable, promising, a good outcome

synonyms- auspicious

promising, encouraging, propitious

related words- auspicious

opportune, felicitous, providential

contrasted words- auspicious

ominous, inauspicious, ill-omened, baleful

jaded

wearied, dulled, or bored by having too much

synonyms- jaded

worn-out, overindulged, satiated

related words- jaded

sated, glutted, surfeited, cloyed

atone

make up (for a wrong)

synonyms- atone

make amends, make reparations, expiate

related words- atone

redeem, do penance, propitiate, conciliate, recompense

lewd

obscene, indecent, lustful

synonyms- lewd

vulgar, smutty, lascivious

related words- lewd

bawdy, ribald, licentious, lecherous, libertine, pornographic, prurient, risque, unchaste, salacious, scurrilous, wanton

contrasted words- lewd

chaste, virtuous, prim, prudish, unsullied

succinct

briefly and clearly expressed

synonyms- succinct

brief, concise, terse

related words- succinct

curt, laconic, compendious

contrasted words- succinct

discursive, prolix, verbose, circuitous

prevaricate

stray from the truth; mislead

synonyms- prevaricate

lie, misinform, equivocate

related words- prevaricate

misrepresent, falsify, dissemble

aloof

reserved, detached, unconcerned

synonyms- aloof

removed, unresponsive, uninvolved, indifferent

related words- aloof

standoffish, inaccessible

contrasted words- aloof

gregarious, compassionate, sympathetic

jovial

full of hearty humor and fun; jolly

saturnine

gloomy, grave

synonyms- jovial

merry, cheerful, jocular

related words- jovial

jocose, jocund, mirthful, blithe

synonyms- saturnine

moody, sulky, morose

related words- saturnine

dour, sullen, glum, somber, melancholy, funereal, surly, dismal, lugubrious, pessimistic