Unit 1 ELA Vocab

Definition: Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Synonyms: Detached, distant, indifferent

Aloof

Definition: Strong hostility.

Synonyms: Hostility, antipathy, enmity

Animosity

Definition: To make an unpleasant feeling less intense.

Synonyms: Alleviate, ease, mitigate

Assuage

Definition: Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; lacking adornment.

Synonyms: Stern, severe, plain

Austere

Definition: Lacking originality; boringly predictable.

Synonyms: Trite, clichéd, ordinary

Banal

Definition: The quality of being brief in duration.

Synonyms: Conciseness, succinctness, terseness

Brevity

Definition: To reprimand severely.

Synonyms: Rebuke, scold, admonish

Chastise

Definition: Kept secret or done secretly, especially illicit.

Synonyms: Secret, covert, furtive

Clandestine

Definition: Warm and friendly.

Synonyms: Friendly, genial, affable

Cordial

Definition: A complete failure or collapse.

Synonyms: Disaster, fiasco, catastrophe

Debacle

Definition: Having or displaying a passionate intensity.

Synonyms: Passionate, zealous, ardent

Fervent

Definition: Arrogantly superior and disdainful.

Synonyms: Arrogant, conceited, disdainful

Haughty

Definition: Very talkative.

Synonyms: Chatty, voluble, garrulous

Loquacious

Definition: Generous and forgiving, especially towards a rival or less powerful person.

Synonyms: Generous, forgiving, charitable

Magnimous

Definition: Wicked or criminal.

Synonyms: Evil, wicked, villainous

Nefarious

Definition: Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display; designed to impress.

Synonyms: Showy, pretentious, flashy

Ostentatious

Definition: Slow-moving or inactive.

Synonyms: Slow, lethargic, inactive

Sluggish

Definition: Prepared to obey others unquestioningly.

Synonyms: Obedient, submissive, compliant

Subservient

Definition: To waste something (especially money or time) in a reckless or foolish manner.

Synonyms: Waste, fritter away, misuse

Squander

Definition: Brief and concise in a way that may seem rude or unfriendly.

Synonyms: Brief, succinct, brusque

Terse