Eng IV Sadlier Units 1-3

Define Acquisitive:

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property

Acquisitive: synonyms/ antonyms

synonyms: greedy, avaricious, retentive
antonym: altruistic

Define Arrogate:

(verb) - to claim or take without right.

Arrogate synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: expropriate, commandeer
antonyms: renounce, abdicate, abandon

Banal: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: stale, insipid
antonyms: fresh, original, new

Define Banal

(adjective) - hackneyed, trite, commonplace

Coherent: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: connected, unified, consistent, cohesive
antonyms: approving, uncritical

Define: Coherent

(adjective) - holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

Encomium: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: panegyric, eulogy
antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism

Define Encomium:

(noun) - a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute.

Eschew: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: panegyric, eulogy
antonyms: condemnation, castigation, criticism

Define Eschew:

(verb) - to avoid, shun, keep away from

Intransigent: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: uncompromising; unyielding, obdurate
antonyms: lukewarm, half hearted, yielding

Define Intransigent:

synonyms: uncompromising; unyielding, obdurate
antonyms: lukewarm, half hearted, yielding

Invidious synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: malicious, spiteful, prejudicial, pejorative
antonyms: flattering, ameliorative

Define Invidious:

(adjective) - offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness and resentment

Substantiate: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: confirm, validate, authenticate
antonyms: refute, disprove, invalidate

Define Substantiate:

(verb) - to establish by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

Tenable: synonyms/antonyms

synonyms: defensible, justifiable, maintainable
antonyms: indefensible, unjustifiable

Define Tenable:

(adjective) - capable of being held or defended

accost

to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

Avid

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

Devious

straying or wandering from a straight or direct course: done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

Histrionic

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

Incendiary

(adjective) deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion

Incendiary

(noun) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonists, one who causes strife

Myopic

(adjective) nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

Overt

(adjective) open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

Pejorative

(adjective) tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

Sacrilege

(noun) improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

Summarily

(adverb) without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

Accost

Synonyms: buttonhole, approach
Antonyms: avoid, shun

Avid

Synonyms: keen, enthusiastic, grasping
Antonyms: clear, sweet

Devious

Synonyms: roundabout, indirect, tricky, sly, artful
Antonyms: direct, straightforward, open, aboveboard

Histrionic

Synonyms: affected, stagy
Antonyms: muted, untheatrical, subdued

Incendiary

Synonyms: (adj) inflammatory, provocative; (n) firebrand
Antonyms: (adj) soothing, quieting; (n) peacemaker

Myopic

Synonyms: shortsighted
Antonym: farsighted

Overt

Synonyms: clear, obvious, manifest, patent
Antonyms: clandestine, covert, concealed

Pejorative

Antonyms: complimentary, ameliorative

Sacrilege

Synonyms: desecration, profanation, defilement

Summarily

Synonyms: promptly, peremptorily

cavort

to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

credence

belief, mental acceptance

decry

(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

distraught

(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

eulogy

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

murky

(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

nefarious

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

primordial

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

utopian

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

verbiage

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression