English III Honors

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Vocabulary Word
Synonyms
amnesty   forgiveness or absolution  
autonomy   home rule  
axiomatic   taken for granted  
blazon   broadcast, trumpet  
caveat   admonition, word to the wise  
equitable   right, reasonable, evenhanded  
extricate   disentangle, extract, disengage  
filch   pilfer purloin, swipe, peculate  
flout   scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn  
fractious   refractory, recalcitrant, peevish, querulous, petulant  
precept   principle, maxim, axium, caveat  
salutary   salubrious, curative  
scathing   searing, harsh, ferocious, savage, vitrolic, scurrilous  
scourge   flog, beat; bane, plague, pestilence  
sepulchral   doleful, lugubrious, mortuary  
soporific   narcotic, anesthetic  
straitlaced   highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy, stringent  
transient   impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent  
unwieldy   cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical  
vapid   insipid, lifeless, colorless, sopofific  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 
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