English 10H Final Vocabulary (Synonyms)

Only the complex/confusing ones

Comprise

compose, constitute, encompass

Explicit

distinct, forthright, unambiguous, clear

Musty

hackneyed, antiquated, obsolete, dank, stale

Ominous

unpropitious, inauspicious, portentous

Pinnacle

apex, acme, summit, apogee

Supress

subdue, crush, stifle, squelch, quash, silence

Venal

dishonest, bribable, corruptible, mercenary

Chaos

anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium

Corrosive

caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful

Inter

entomb, inturn, cover up, put away

Obviate

preclude, forestall, ward off

reprehensible

objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious

somber

mournful, dismal, joyless, funereal

squalid

dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject

turbulent

tumultuous, unruly, agitated

vociferous

clamorous, uproarious, blustering

compatible

congruent, harmonious, suitable, congenial

Decrepit

dilapidated, rickety, frail

ingenuous

genuine, naive, guileless

Obsolete

outdated, antiquated, archaic, defunct

Parsimonious

frugal, penurious, thrifty

stultify

hinder, impede, stifle, nullify

Allocate

Set aside, allot, assign, apportion

capricious

unpredictable, mercurial, impulsive, whimsical