Sadlier-Oxford Level F - Unit 15

adamant

(adj.) firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible; (n.) an extremely hard substance
A: yielding, flexible, pliable

brouhaha

(n.) a confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified
S: hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium

bulwark

(n.) a strong defense or protection; (v) to provide such defense or protection
S: bastion, rampart
A: breach

choleric

(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered
S: irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious
A: affable, genial, even-tempered

cloy

(v.) to spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things, to glut, satiate, surfeit
A: stimulate, whet

curtail

(v.) to cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce
S: limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract
A: protract, extend

deference

(n.) courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior
S: respect, consideration
A: contempt, disdain

definitive

(adj.) conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done
S: exhaustive, authoritative
A: tentative

demeanor

(n.) the way a person behaves, overall impression made by manner, facial appearance, mien
S: conduct, behavior, carriage

enigmatic

(adj.) puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood
S: baffling, mysterious, inexplicable
A: intelligible, understandable, fathomable

impromptu

(adj. adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation
S: spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed
A: rehearsed, planned, premeditated

mawkish

(adj.) excessively and objectionably showing to many feelings; having a mildly sickening flavor
S: sentimentalized, mushy, nauseating
A: unsentimental, callous, insensitive

mollify

(v.) to soften, make gentle, pacify; to calm; to reduce in intensity
S: pacify, placate
A: aggravate, exacerbate

onus

(n.) something that is heavy or burdensome(responsibility); a stigma; blame
S: obligation, duty

presentiment

(n.) a vague sense of approaching misfortune
S: foreboding, premonition, hunch

profligate

(adj.) given over to dissipation and self-indulgence; (n.) a person given to self-indulgent and wild spending
S: prodigal, improvident, spendthrift
A: penny-pinching, frugal, economical

remit

(v.) to send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a punishment), forgive, pardon; to lesson, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer
S: absolve, subside, abate, pardon

requisite

(adj.) needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable
S: required, obligatory, incumbent
A: nonessential, superfluous, optional

sartorial

(adj.) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress

thwart

(v.) to oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate
S: foil, baffle
A: aid, assist, abet, further