Vocabulary Unit 1-3 Synonyms

approbation

sanction

assuage

mitigate, slake, allay

coalition

alliance, league, federation, combine

decadence

degeneration, corruption

expostulate

protest, remonstrate, complain

elicit

evoke, extract, educe

hackneyed

banal, trite, commonplace, corny

hiatus

pause, lacuna

innuendo

insinuation, intimation

intercede

intervene, mediate

jaded

sated, surfeited, cloyed

lurid

gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

meritorious

praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

petulant

irritable, testy, waspish

preogative

perquisite, perk

provincial

narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive

simulate

pretend, affect

transcend

surpass, outstrip

umbrage

irritation, pique

unctuous

mealymouthed, fawning, greasy

ameliorate

amend, better

aplomb

composure, self-possession, levelheadedness

bombastic

inflated, highfalutin, pretentious

callow

green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

drivel

balderdash, tommyrot, slaver

epitome

abstract, digest, archetype

exhort

entreat, implore, adjure

exofficio

infringe

encroach, impinge, intrude

ingratiate

cozy up to, curry favor with

interloper

trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

intrinsic

immanent, organic

inveigh

harangue, remonstrate

lassitude

fatigue, lethargy, torpor, languor

millennium

chiliad, golden age

occult

esoteric, abstruse, arcane

permeate

precipitate

provoke, produce, reckless, impetuous

stringent

stern, rigorous, tough, urgent

surmise

infer, gather, inference, presumption

abominate

loathe, abhor, despise, detest

acculturation

adaptation

adventitious

extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous

asribe

impute, credit

circuitous

indirect, meandering, winding

commiserate

feel sorry for, empathize

enjoin

bid, charge, adjure

expedite

accelerate, facilitate, speed up

expiate

redeem, make amends for, make reparation

ferment

commotion, turmoil, unrest

inadvertent

accidental

nominal

titular, inconsequential

noncommittal

cagey, uninformative, playing it safe, playing it close to the vest

peculate

defraud, misappropriate

proclivity

penchant, propensity

sangfroid

poise, self-assurance, equanimity

seditious

mutinous, rebellious, subversive

tenuous

flimsy, insubstantial, vague, hazy

vitriolic

withering, acerbic, mordant

wheedle

inveigle, soft-soap, sweet-talk