Honors English - Vocabulary Unit 26

Antipathy

A strong feeling of dislike or hostility.

Duplicity

Deceitfulness; acting in two different ways to different people for dishonest purposes.

Discrepancy

A lack of agreement or consistency between two or more facts.

Exemplary

Serving as a desirable model; outstanding and worthy of imitation.

Implicate

To show or suggest someone’s involvement in a crime or wrongdoing.

Martinet

A strict disciplinarian; someone who demands exact obedience.

Quell

To suppress or put an end to something, often by force.

Revel

To take intense pleasure or satisfaction in something.

Spontaneous

Done or said freely and without planning; arising naturally.

Tangible

Perceptible by touch; real or concrete rather than abstract