Unit 7
Terms
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- turbulent
- (adj) disorderly; riotous; violent; stormy; SYN: tumultuous, unruly, agitated; ANT: calm, placid, still, tranquil
- renegade
- (n) one who leaves a group; a deserter; an outlaw; SYN: turncoat, defector, heretic; ANT: loyalist, patriot; (adj) traitorous; unconventional; unorthodox
- chaos
- (n) great confusion; disorder; SYN: anarchy, turmoil, pandemonium; ANT: order, regularity, tranquility
- squalid
- (adj) filthy; wretched; debased; SYN: dingy, sordid, foul, vile, abject; ANT: neat, spruce, exalted, lofty
- abhor
- (v) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply; SYN: detest, despise, adominate; ANT: admire, cherish, respect, relish
- inter
- (v) to bury; to commit to the earth; to consign to oblivion; ANT: unearth, exhume
- buffet
- (v) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with blows; to force one's ways with difficulty; SYN: batter, sock, thump, pummel, toss about; (n) a slap; a blow
- voluminous
- (adj) of great size; numerous; writing or speaking at great length; SYN: bulky, massive, copious, plentiful; ANT: scant, meager, brief, succinct
- amend
- (v) to change in a formal way; to change for the better; SYN: modify, improve, correct
- discern
- (v) to see clearly; to recognize; SYN: percieve, detect, distinguish; ANT: overlook
- vociferous
- (adj) loud and noisy; compelling attention; SYN: clamorous, uproarrious, blustering; ANT: quiet, soft-spoken, muted, subdued
- somber
- (adj) dark; gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit; SYN: mournful, dismal ;ANT: bright, sunny, lighthearted, cheerful, jaunty
- martinet
- (n) a strict disciplinarian; a stickler for the rules; SYN: taskmaster, slave driver
- extant
- (adj) still existing; not exterminated, destroyed or lost; SYN: surviving, inexistence; ANT: extinct, defunct, vanished
- waive
- (v) to do without; to give up voluntarily; to put off tempoarily; to defer; SYN: decline, relinquish, forgo; ANT: claim, accept
- commodious
- (adj) roomy, spacious; SYN: comfortable, ample, capacious; ANT: cramped, claustrophobic, insufficient
- reprehensible
- (adj) deserving blame or punishment; SYN: objectionable, blameworthy, culpable, odious; ANT: commendable, blameless, meritorious
- implicate
- (v) to involve in; to connect with or be related to; SYN: incriminate, entangle; ANT: absolve, exculpate
- corrosive
- (adj) eating away gradually; acidlike; bitter;y sarcastic; SYN: caustic, mordant, acidulous, spiteful; ANT: bland, mild, bening, amaiable
- obviate
- (v) to anticipate and prevent; to remove; to dispose of; SYN: preclude, forestall, ward off