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Sadlier Vocabulary
Unit 13 Level F
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abet (v.) | to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy) ant. hamper, hinder, impeded frustrate |
| aver (v.) | to affirm, declare confidently syn. assert, avouch ant. deny, repudiate, dsclaim |
| blatant (adj.) | noisy in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, especially in an unfavorable sense syn. flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud, ant. inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty |
| broach (v., n.) | (v) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to piece (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n) a spit for rasting; a tool for tapping casks |
| buttress (v., n.) | (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure syn. bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up ant. undermine, weaken, impair |
| carousal (n.) | (v.) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n.) a supporting structure syn. binge, jamboree |
| collate (v.) | to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities, etc.; to arrange in order for some specific purpose syn. sort out, cross-check |
| connoisseur (n.) | an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgments especially in one of the fine arts syn. savant, pundit, ant. ignoramus, philistine |
| disconsolate (adj.) | deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation syn. grief-stricken, inconsolable ant. cheerful, blithe, bouyant, jaunty |
| encumber (v.) | to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt, etc.); to fill up, block up, hinder syn. overload, clog, ant. unburden, unload |
| foment (v.) | to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm syn. instigate, incite, stir up ant. quell, quash, squelch, suppress |
| grisly (adj.) | frightful, horrible, ghastly syn. gruesome, gory ant. pleasant, delightful |
| herculean (adj.) | (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase h) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength syn. mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous ant. puny, Lilliputian, bantam |
| impassive (adj.) | showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless syn. emotionless, stoical, insensible ant. emotional, passionate, excitable |
| inauspicious (adj.) | Unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future syn. unpropitious, unpromising, untimely ant. propitious, favorable |
| incontrovertible (adj.) | unquestionable, beyond dispute syn. incontestable, indisputable, indubitable ant. debatable, dubious, open to question |
| nonplussed (adj., part.) | puzzled, not knowing what to do, at a loss syn. perplexed, slumped, flabbergasted ant. poised, confident, assured |
| opportune (adj.) | abundantly productive; abundant, profuse syn. timely, appropriate, felicitous ant. untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate |
| rejoinder (n.) | a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit syn. reply, response, riposte, retort |
| prolific (adj.) | abundantly productive4; abundant, profuse syn. fruitful, fecund, proliferous ant. barren, unproductive, sterile, sparse |
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