vocab unit 1, synonyms and antonyms

S: sanction

A: disapproval, condemnation, censure

approbation

S: mitigate, slake, allay

A: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

assuage

S: alliance, league, federation, combine

A: splinter group

coalition

S: degeneration, corruption

A: rise, growth, maturation

decadence

S: evoke, extract, educe

A: repress, quench, squelch, stifle

elicit

S: protest, remonstrate, complain

expostulate

S: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

A: new, fresh, novel, original

hackneyed

S: pause, lacuna

A: continuity, continuation

hiatus

S: insinuation, intimation

innuendo

S: intervene, mediate

intercede

S: sated, surfeited, cloyed

A: unspoiled, uncloyed

jaded

S: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

A: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

lurid

S: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

A: blameworthy, reprehensible

meritorious

S: irritable, testy, waspish

A: amiable, placid

petulant

S: perquisite, perk

prerogative

S: narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

A: cosmopolitan, broad-minded

provincal

S: pretend, affect

simulate

S: surpass, outstrip

transcend

S: irritation, pique

A: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

umbrage

S: mealy-mouthed, fawning, greasy

A: gruff, blunt

unctuous