sadlier level f unit 15

adamant

(adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance

A: yielding, flexible, pliable

brouhaha

(n.) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified

S: hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium

bulwark

(n.) a strong defense or protection; (v) to provide such defense or protection

S: bastion, rampart

A: breach

choleric

(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered

S: irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious

A: affable, genial, even-tempered

cloy

(v.) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things, to glut, satiate, surfeit

A: stimulate, whet

curtail

(v.) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce

S: limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract

A: protract, extend

deference

(n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior

S: respect, consideration

A: contempt, disdain

definitive

(adj.) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done

S: exhaustive, authoritative

A: tentative

demeanor

(n.) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by manner, facial appearance, mien

S: conduct, behavior, carriage

enigmatic

(adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood

S: baffling, mysterious, inexplicable

A: intelligible, understandable, fathomable

impromptu

(adj. adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation

S: spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed

A: rehearsed, planned, premeditated

mawkish

(adj.) excessively and objectionably showing to many feelings; having a mildly sickening flavor

S: sentimentalized, mushy, nauseating

A: unsentimental, callous, insensitive

mollify

(v.) to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm; to reduce in intensity

S: pacify, placate

A: aggravate, exacerbate

onus

(n.) something that is heavy or burdensome(responsibility); a stigma; blame

S: obligation, duty

presentiment

(n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune

S: foreboding, premonition, hunch

profligate

(adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence; (n.) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending

S: prodigal, improvident, spendthrift

A: penny-pinching, frugal, economical

remit

(v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a punishment), forgive, pardon; to lesson, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer

S: absolve, subside, abate, pardon

requisite

(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable

S: required, obligatory, incumbent

A: nonessential, superfluous, optional

sartorial

(adj.) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress

thwart

(v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate

S: foil, baffle

A: aid, assist, abet, further