Vocabulary List 4A Review

Acquit

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Definition: To declare not guilty, free from blame; discharge completely.

• Synonyms (S): Exonerate, dismiss

• Antonyms (A): Convict, declare guilty

Deem

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Definition: To think, believe; to consider; to have an opinion.

• Synonyms (S): Judge, regard

Devastate

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Definition: To destroy; to leave in ruins.

• Synonyms (S): Wreck, desolate

• Antonyms (A): Develop, improve

Discredit

• Part of Speech: Verb/Noun

• Definitions:

  • (v) To throw doubt upon; cause to be distrusted; to damage in reputation.

  • (n) A loss or lack of belief, confidence, or reputation.

• Synonyms (S):

  • (v) Disparage

• Antonyms (A):

  • (v) Confirm, bolster

Elusive

• Part of Speech: Adjective

• Definition: Difficult to catch or hold; hard to explain or understand.

• Synonyms (S): Slippery, willy, fleeting, puzzling, baffling

Generate

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Definition: To bring into existence; to be the cause of.

• Synonyms (S): Create, produce, cause

• Antonyms (A): End, terminate, extinguish, stifle

Idolize

• Part of Speech: Verb

• Definition: To worship as an idol; to make an idol of; to love very much.

• Synonyms (S): Adore, revere

• Antonyms (A): Despise, scorn, disdain, detest

Ingratitude

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Definition: A lack of thankfulness.

• Synonyms (S): Thanklessness, ungratefulness

• Antonyms (A): Thankfulness, gratefulness, recognition

Keepsake

• Part of Speech: Noun

• Definition: Something kept in memory of the giver; a souvenir.

• Synonyms (S): A reminder, memento

Mortal

• Part of Speech: Noun/Adjective

• Definitions:

  • (n) A being that must eventually die.

  • (adj) Of or relating to such a being; causing death; fatal; possible; conceivable.

• Synonyms (S):

  • (n) Human

  • (adj) Fleeting, extreme

• Antonyms (A):

  • (n) A god

  • (adj) Undying, everlasting, eternal, divine