CH 5 VOCAB LEVE
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- equiable
- fair, just, embodying principles of justice(A) Synonyms: right, reasonable, evenhanded Antonyms: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate
- amnesty
- a general pardon for an offense against a government in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution (N)
- straitlaced
- extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical (A) Synonyms: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy Antonyms: lax. loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute
- scathing
- bitterly, severe, withering; causing great harm (A) Synonyms; searing, harsh, ferocious, savage, Antonyms: bland, mild
- blazon
- to adornor embellish; todisplay conspicuously; to publish or proclain widely (V) Synonyms: broadcast, trumpet Antonyms: hide, conceal, cover up,bury
- extricate
- to free from entanglements opf difficulties; to remove with effort (V) Synonyms: disentangle, extractm disengage Antnonyms: enmesh, entangle, invovle
- filch
- to seal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts (V) Synonyms: pilfer, purions, swipe
- flout
- to mock, treat with contempt (V) Synonyms: scoff at , sneer at, snicker at, scorn AntnonymsL obey, honor, revere, uphold
- transient
- lasting only a short time, fleeting (A) one who stays only a short time (N) Synonyms: imermanent, ephemeral, evanescent Antonyms: permanenet, imperishable, imoortal
- caveat
- a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior (N) Synonyms: admonition, word to the wise
- sephulchral
- funereal, typical of the tomb; extermely gloomy or dismal (A) Synonyms: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary
- salutary
- beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome (A) Synonyms: salubrious, curative Antonyms: detrimental, deleterious, pernicious
- precept
- a rule of conduct or action (N) Synonys: prinicple, maxim
- soporific
- teanding to cause sleep, relating to sleeiness or lethargy (A) something that induces sleep (N) Synonyms: narcotic, anesthetic Antonyms: stimulating, stimulant, stimulus
- axiomatic
- se;f-evident, expressing a university accepted principle or rule (A) Synonyms: taken for granted Antonyms: questionable dubious, controversial
- fractious
- tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable (A) Synonyms: refactory, recalcitrant, peevish Antonyms: docile, tractable, cooperactive
- unwieldy
- not easily carried, handled, or managed becasue of size or complexity (A) Synonyms: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impartical Antonyms: managable, easy to handle
- scourge
- to whip, punish severely(A) a cause of affiction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism (N) Synonyms: flog, beat, bane, plague,pestulence Antonyms: godsend, boon, blessing
- autonomy
- self- government, political control (N) Synonyms: homerule Antonyms: dependence, subjection, colonial status
- vapid
- dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force (A) Snyonyms: insipid, lifeless, colorless Antonyms: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful. lively