AP Lit Vocab 4

Austere Antonyms

________: gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant, easy, mild, easygoing, undemanding, mild, benign, soft, mellow, meek, quiet, luxurious.

Discern Antonyms

________: ignore, disregard, neglect, miss, overlook, passover, overpass.

Apt Antonyms

________: unwilling, loath, averse, improper, wrong, unsuitable, unfit.

Materialize Antonyms

________: cease, stop, end, vanish, conclude, disappear, finish, disembody.

Sagacious Antonyms

________: unwise, unperceptive, purblind, obtuse, foolish, dense, dumb, thoughtless, stupid.

Ignominy Antonyms

________: respect, esteem, honor.

Implore Definition

1) to make an earnest request to someone 2) to say something as a request in a sincere or urgent manner 3)to ask or beg for something earnestly

Implore Forms

1) implore (transitive verb) 2) imploringly (adverb)

Implore Synonyms

beg, petition, appeal, beseech, conjure, entreat, pray, solicit, importune

Implore Antonyms

suggest, imply, please

Sagacious Definition

1) of keen and farsighted penetration and judgement 2) caused by or indicating acute discernment 3) keen in sense of perception

Sagacious Forms

1) sagacious (adjective) 2) sagaciously (adverb) 3) sagaciousness (noun)

Sagacious Synonyms

wise, prudent, insightful, perceptive, sage, clever, discerning, thoughtful, intelligent, brilliant, scholarly

Sagacious Antonyms

unwise, unperceptive, purblind, obtuse, foolish, dense, dumb, thoughtless, stupid

Discern Definition

1(transitive)) to detect with the eyes or with senses other than vision 2) to recognize or identify as separate and distinct 3) to come to know or recognize mentally 4(intransitive)) to see or understand the difference

Discern Forms

1) Discern (transitive and intransitive verb) 2) discerner (noun)

Discern Synonyms

notice, spot, see, eye, regard, perceive, distinguish, view, observe, note, identify

Discern Antonyms

ignore, disregard, neglect, miss, overlook, passover, overpass

Venerable Definition

1) calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments 2) conveying an impression of aged goodness and benevolence 3) impressive by reason of age 4) deserving to be venerated→used as a title for an Anglican archdeacon or for a Roman Catholic who has been accorded the lowest of three degrees of recognition for sanctity 5) made sacred especially by religious or historical association

Venerable Forms

1) venerable (adjective) 2) venerability (noun) 3) venerableness (noun) 4) venerably (adverb)

Venerable Synonyms

venerated, revered, respected, respectable, sacred, distinguished, honorable

Venerable Antonyms

notorious, infamous, ignominious, loose, bad, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable

Apt Definition

1) unusually fitted or qualified 2) having a tendency 3) ordinarily disposed 4) suited to a purpose, especially being to the point 5)keenly intelligent and responsive

Apt Forms

1) apt (adjective) 2) aptness (noun) 3) apt (abbreviation for apartment and aptitude)

Apt Synonyms

prone, inclined, tending, willing, suitable, appropriate, fitting, proper, good, applicable, happy, needed

Apt Antonyms

unwilling, loath, averse, improper, wrong, unsuitable, unfit

Tenet Definition

1) a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true, especially one held in common members of an organization, movement, or profession

Tenet Forms

1) tenet (noun)

Tenet Synonyms

principle, rule, standard, law, doctrine, belief

Tenet Antonyms

NONE

Ignominy Definition

1) deep personal humiliation and disgrace 2) disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action

Ignominy Forms

1) ignominy (noun)

Ignominy Synonyms

disgrace, shame, humiliation, infamy, contempt, dishonor

Ignominy Antonyms

respect, esteem , honor

Austere Forms

1) austere (adjective) 2) austerely (adverb) 3) austereness (noun)

Austere Synonyms

strict, harsh, tough, rigid, authoritarian, stern, rigorous, severe, intimidating, grim, fierce, bleak, forbidding, hostile, spartan

Austere Antonyms

gentle, indulgent, lax, lenient, tolerant, easy, mild, easygoing, undemanding, mild, benign, soft, mellow, meek, quiet, luxurious

Materialize Definition

1(transitive)) to make material/cause to appear in bodily form 2) to cause to be materialistic 3 (intransitive)) to assume bodily form 4) to appear especially suddenly 5) to come into existence

Materialize Forms

1) materialize (transitive and intransitive verb) 2) materializer (noun)

Materialize Synonyms

begin , originate, arise, appear, start, commence, emerge, be, actualize, exist, show, surface, occur, embody, manifest

Materialize Antonyms

cease, stop, end, vanish, conclude, disappear, finish, disembody