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English Vocab Unit 5
English Vocabulary for quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amnesty | (n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; generally any act of forgiveness or absolution Political prisoners were freed under the amnesty granted by the new regime. Diplomats receive amnesty for crimes they commit in a foreign country |
| autonomy | (n.) self-government political control Iraq recently gained autonomy from Saddam Hussein. syn: home rule ant: dependence, subjection, colonial status |
| axiomatic | adj. self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule One shouldn't accept the idea that the camera never lies as an axiomatic truth. syn: taken for granted ant: questionable, dubious, controversial |
| blazon | v. to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely The election results were blazon across every tv and newspaper syn: broadcast, trumpet ant: hide, conceal, cover up, bury |
| caveat | n. a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior It is not wise to ignore a life guards caveat about swimming in the ocean syn: admonition, word to the wise, warning |
| equitable | adj. fair, just embodying principles of justice Mr. C would give equitable extra credit to all his classes syn: right, reasonable, evenhanded ant: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate |
| extricate | v. to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort A comb will help extricate knots from your hair. syn: disentangle, extract, disengage ant: enmesh, entangle, involve |
| filch | v. to steal, esp. in a sneaky way and in petty amounts When I was younger I would filch spare change from my dad's pants. syn: pilfer, purloin, swipe |
| flout | v. to mock, treat w/ contempt She chose to ignore my advice, not b/c she wanted to flout my beliefs, but b/c she had strong opinions of her own. syn: scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn ant: obey, honor, revere, uphold |
| fractious | adj. tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable When Mr. C was little he was a fractious child syn: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish ant: docile, tractable, cooperative |
| precept | n. a rule of conduct or action Stopping at a red light is a precept that all drivers must obey. SYN: principle, maxim |
| salutary | adj. beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome Stretching before you play a sport is salutary advice. SYN: salubrious, curative ANT: detrimental, deleterious, pernicious |
| scathing | adj. bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm Mr. Cascio loves to make scathing comments about the Dallas Cowboys SYN: searing, harsh, ferocious, savage ANT: bland, mild |
| scourge | v. to whip, punish severely; (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism Competing teams consider my daughter the scourge of the soccer field. SYN:flog, beat bane plague pestilence ANT: n. godsend, boon, blessing |
| sepulchral | adj. funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal Gloomy overcast days tend to have a sepulchral feeling. SYN: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary |
| soporific | adj. tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy (n.) something that induces sleep Class has a soporific effect. SYN: narcotic, anesthetic ANT: stimulating; stimulant, stimulus |
| straitlaced | adj. extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical Puritans lived by a straitlaced social code. SYN: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy ANT: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute |
| transient | adj. lasting only a short time, fleeting; n. one who stays only a short time His bad mood was transient, and by the time he'd finished breakfast he was smiling T.Giving visors are considered transients SYN:impermanent ephemeral evanescent ANT:imperish |
| unwieldy | adj. not easily carried, handled, or managed b/c of size or complexity A big screen TV is an unwieldy object SYN: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical ANT: manageable, easy to handle |
| vapid | adj. dull uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force Many people believe that a PB&J sandwich is a vapid choice. SYN: insipid, lifeless, colorless ANT: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively |
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