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Vocab I H (2 & 8)
Weeks 2 & 8
| Vocabulary Word | Part of Speech | Definition | Antonym |
|---|---|---|---|
| affable | adj | friendly | unfriendly |
| aggravate | verb | to irriatate, annoy, vex | alleviate, soothe |
| agnostic | adj/n | a doubter of the existence of God | believer |
| alacrity | noun | eagerness; willingness | reluctance, tardiness |
| allegory | noun | a symbolic narrative | ------ |
| alleviate | verb | to lessen or relieve | aggravate |
| altercation | noun | a quarrel, argument | peace, harmony |
| altruistic | adj | unselfish, charitable | selfish, self-serving |
| amity | noun | peace | altercation, enmity |
| anachronism | noun | something out of its historical time | accuracy |
| clemency | noun | mercy, leniency | harshness, punishment |
| coerce | verb | to force, to bully, to intimidate | deter |
| cogent | adj | convincing, to the point, effective | indirect, ineffective |
| cognizant | adj | aware, perceptive | obtuse, abstruse |
| collaborate | verb | to cooperate, to work together | quarrel, resist |
| comely | adj | attractive, pretty | ugly, hideous |
| compatible | adj | harmonious, agreeable | incompatible, opposite |
| complacent | adj | content, self-satisfied, smug | discontent, critical, worried |
| concur | verb | to agree, to happen at the same time | disagree, dissent |
| condolence | noun | sympathy | apathy |
| condone | verb | to suport, to pardon, to overlook | to object, to punish |
| conducive | adj | favorable, helpful, leading to | hindering, obstructing |
| conjecture | noun | theory, guess, hypothesis | conclusion |
| connive | verb | to scheme, to plot, to conspire | cooperate |
| connoisseur | noun | expert, authority, specialist | charlatan |