Vocabulary
Level E
Unit 14
appall
Delhi slum
Appall
• (v.) to fill with dismay or horror
Synonyms: shock, stun, stupefy, horrify
Antonyms: please, cheer, gladden, elate
bellicose
Belli = hostile or warlike (bellum) Latin means war
King Leonidas in 300
belligerent
Bellicose
• (adj.) warlike in manner or temperament;
quarrelsome
• Synonyms: aggressive, combative,
belligerent
• Antonyms: amicable, peaceable
dissonant
The chorus is off key
Dissonant
• (adj.) not in harmony; disagreeing, at odds
• Synonyms: grating, strident, irreconcilable
• Antonyms: harmonious, agreeing
droll
“A droll jolly old elf and I laughed when I
saw him in spite of myself”
Amusingly odd
Droll
• (adj.) amusingly odd
• Synonyms: comical, humorous,
whimsical, zany
• Antonyms: humorless, solemn, dour
edict
Henry VIII abjures
the Catholic
church.
EDICT: All English citizens must pledge loyalty
to Henry and the Church of England—Or else!!!
Edict
• (n.) an order issued by someone in
authority
• Synonyms: command, decree,
proclamation
loll
Lazy
days
Loll
• (v.) to act in a lazy manner; to lounge; to
recline, droop
• Synonyms: loaf, loiter, sag, dangle
magnanimous
Mag is Latin for LARGE
President Jerry Ford magnanimously
pardoning President Richard Nixon
Magnanimous
• (adj.) generous in forgiving, above small
meanness
• Synonyms: unselfish, charitable, noble,
bighearted
• Antonyms: petty selfish, unforgiving,
spiteful
nondescript
Nondescript
• (adj.) ordinary, not outstanding, not easily
classified
• Synonyms: plain, unremarkable,
unimpressive
• Antonyms: distinctive, remarkable, vivid
phlegmatic
sloth
Phlegmatic
• (adj.) slow-moving, sluggish; unemotional
• Synonyms: lethargic, indolent, impassive
• Antonyms: emotional, sensitive, thinskinned
whet
Grilled hamburger
Apple pie
Sizzling onions
Roasting turkey
Whet
• (v.) to sharpen, put an edge on; to make
keen or eager
• Synonyms: hone, excite, stimulate
• Antonyms: dull, blunt, deaden, stifle,
dampen
alacrity
alleviate
antithesis
disparage
Literal mud slinging
Political mud slinging
elucidate
Lucid = transparent, clear
Elucidating Oedipus Rex for my critical paper
laud
We graduated magna cum laude
loquacious
mandatory
Age
Age21
21
April 15th
rescind
vivacious
Vivien