Vocab Workshop Level E - Unit 7

abhor

(v.) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply

SYNONYMS: detest, despise, abominate

ANTONYMS: admire, cherish, respect, relish

amend

(v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better

SYNONYMS: modify, improve, correct

buffet

(v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's way with difficulty; (n.) a slap or blow

SYNONYMS: batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about

chaos

(n.) great confusion, disorder

SYNONYMS: anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium

ANTONYMS: order, regularity, tranquility

commodious

(adj.) roomy, spacious

SYNONYMS: comfortable, ample, capacious

ANTONYMS: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient

corrosive

(adj.) eating away gradually, acidlike; bitterly sarcastic

SYNONYMS: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful

ANTONYMS: bland, mild, benign, amiable

discern

(v.) to see clearly, recognize

SYNONYMS: perceive, detect, distinguish

ANTONYMS: overlook

extant

(adj.) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed, or lost

SYNONYMS: surviving, in existence

ANTONYMS: extinct, defunct, vanished

implicate

(v.) to involve in; to connect with or be related to

SYNONYMS: incriminate, entangle

ANTONYMS: absolve, exculpate

inter

(v.) to bury, commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion

ANTONYMS: unearth, exhume

martinet

(n.) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules

SYNONYMS: taskmaster, slave driver

obviate

(v.) to anticipate and prevent; to remove, dispose of

SYNONYMS: preclude, forestall, ward off

renegade

(n.) one who leaves a group; a deserter, outlaw; (adj.) traitorous; unconventional, unorthodox

SYNONYMS: turncoat, defector, heretic

ANTONYMS: loyalist

reprehensible

(adj.) deserving blame or punishment

SYNONYMS: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious

ANTONYMS: commendable, blameless, meritorious

somber

(adj.) dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

SYNONYMS: mournful, dismal

ANTONYMS: bright, sunny, lighthearted, cheerful, jaunty

squalid

(adj.) filthy, wretched, debased

SYNONYMS: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject

ANTONYMS: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty

turbulent

(adj.) disorderly, riotous, violent; stormy

SYNONYMS: tumultuous, unruly, agitated

ANTONYMS: calm, placid, tranquil, still

vociferous

(adj.) loud and noisy; compelling attention

SYNONYMS: clamorous, uproarious, blustering

ANTONYMS: quiet, soft-spoken, muted subdued

voluminous

(adj.) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length

SYNONYMS: bulky, massive, copious, plentiful

ANTONYMS: scant, meager, brief, succinct

waive

(v.) to do without, give up voluntarily; to put off temporarily, defer

SYNONYMS: decline, relinquish, forgo

ANTONYMS: claim, accept