unit 9 (SO)
Terms
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- acclamation
- n. ovation, cheering, plaudits ant. booing, hissing, jeers, catcalls
- bucolic
- adj. rural, pastoral, rustic ant. urban, metropolitan
- calumniate
- v. slander, defame, libel ant. flatter, whitewash, praise
- chary
- adj. wary skittish, reserved, diffident ant. heedless, reckless, incautious
- collusion
- n. conspiracy, plot, connivance, cahoots
- dilettante
- n. amateur, trifler ant. professional adj. superficial
- imperturbable
- adj. unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled ant. excitable
- increment
- n. increase, addition, accretion, gain ant. loss, reduction, decrease
- mandate
- n. authorization, directive v. issue an order ant. forbid, ban, outlaw
- paltry
- adj. trifling, insignificant, mean, despicalbe, inferior, trasy, measly, meager piddling,trivial ant. gigantic, immense, colossal
- paroxysm
- n. spasm, convulsion, fit, seizure
- pedantry
- n. nit-picking, hairsplitting, pettifoggery
- peregrination
- n. journey, wandering, odyssey
- redolent
- adj. fragrant, evocative, reminiscent, aromatic ant. unevocative, odorless
- refulgent
- adj. shining, radiant, resplendent, luminous, splendid ant. dim, dark. obscure, dingy, dull, murky
- shibboleth
- n. catchphrase, password, slogan
- tyro
- n. beginner, novice, neophyte ant. veteran, past master, expert
- unremitting
- adj. constant, incessant, unrelenting ant. desultory, intermittent
- vacillate
- v. seesaw, fluctuate, oscillate ant. persevere
- vituperative
- abusive, scurrilous, insulting ant. complimentary, laudatory, flattering