american lit vocab list 6

Advocate

a person who publicly supports or suggests an idea

Synonyms: champions, proponent, patron

Antonyms: Antagonist, enemy, adversary

Aesthetic

relating to the enjoyment or study of beauty

Synonyms: artistic, cultivated, refined

Antonyms: offensive, grotesque, unsymmetrical

Avowed

stated publicly or confessed openly for a public audience

Synonyms: professed, acknowledged, declared

Antonyms: censured, clandestine, disclaimed

bestride

to tower above or look down upon

synonyms: mount, overhand, dominate

Antonyms: dismount

Brusque

quick and rude in manner or speech

synonyms: curt, abrupt, discourteous

Antonyms: gracious, affable, circuitous

Derision

when someone or something is laughed at and considered ridiculous or of no value

Synonyms: ridicule, mockery, contempt

Antonyms: adulation, acclamation, accolade

Expurgate

to censor or remove content considered objectionable

Synonyms: expunge, bowdlerize, delete

Antonyms: authorize, accommodate, acquiesce

Innocuous

harmless, inoffensive, not a threat

Synonyms: insipid, innocent, unoffending

Antonyms: objectionable, noxious, detrimental

obtuse

mentally dull; slow to understand or unwilling to try to understand

synonyms: dense, stolid, doltish

antonyms: sagacious, perceptive, discerning

obviate

to remove a difficulty, make an action unnecessary

synonyms: preclude, deter, hinder

antonym: necessitate, require, foster

poser

someone who puts on an act, someone who is fake

synonyms: hypocrite, posturer, impersonator

antonyms: none

temperance

moderation and self-restraint

synonyms: constraint, control, sacrifice

antonyms: allowance, indulgence, wildness

Tome

large, heavy book

synonyms: magnum opus, novel, publication

antonyms: none

torpid

not active; moving or thinking slowly; lazy

synonyms: sluggish, lethargic, indolent

antonyms: dynamic, animated, vivacious

Unsolicited

not requested or sought after

synonyms: gracious, voluntary, unbidden

antonyms: beseech, request, welcome