Level F
Unit 8
Noun
CONSTERNATION
Definition: dismay, confusion
Synonyms: shock, amazement,
bewilderment, dismay
Antonyms: calm, composure,
aplomb
Sentence: The scientist looked at
his invention with consternation,
he was absolutely shocked that it
actually worked.
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Verb
Definition: to deny responsibility for or
connection with
Synonyms: disclaim, retract, abjure
Antonyms: acknowledge, admit, grant,
certify
Sentence: In the Mission Impossible
films, Ethan Hunt receives this message
right before a mission: "Your mission,
should you decide to accept it, is... As
usual, should you or any member of your
I.M. Force be captured or killed, the
secretary will disavow any knowledge of
your existence. This message will selfdestruct in five seconds. Good luck."
DISAVOW
Adjective
Definition: impartial, calm, free
from emotion
Synonyms: unbiased,
disinterested, cool, detached
Antonyms: committed, engaged,
partial, biased
Sentence: Artist Grant Wood’s
painting, American Gothic, is a
classic and many might consider
the couple in it to be
dispassionate about life as their
faces look completely free from
any emotion.
DISPASSIONATE
Noun
Definition: disagreement,
sharp difference of
opinion
Synonyms: strife, discord,
contention
Antonyms: agreement,
accord, harmony
Sentence: The couple was
torn by dissension as their
constant disagreements
seemed to be an everyday
occasion so they thought it
best to separate.
DISSENSION
Verb
Definition: to cause to disappear; to
scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly,
squander; to be extravagant in
pursuit of pleasure
Synonyms: disperse, strew, diffuse,
waste
Antonyms: gather, collect, conserve
Sentence: The smoke dissipated into
the air, disappearing into the breeze.
DISSIPATE
Noun
Definition: an armored or
protective glove; a challenge;
two lines of men armed with
weapons with which to beat a
person forced to run between
them; an ordeal
Synonyms: dare, provocation,
trial, punishment
Sentence: In the Middle Ages, a
knight threw down his gauntlet
as a challenge, and another
knight picked it up only if he
accepted.
GAUNTLET
Adjective
Definition: based on an
assumption or guess; used as a
provisional or tentative idea to
guide or direct investigation
Synonyms: assumed,
supposed, conditional
Antonyms : actual, real, tested,
substantiated
Sentence: The Wright Brothers
hypothetical assumption was
that man could fly and they
proved their assumption
correct on December 17, 1903
changing our world forever.
HYPOTHETICAL
Verb
Definition: to place in a lower position;
to assign, refer, turn over; to banish
Synonyms: transfer, consign, demote,
exile
Antonyms: promote, elevate, advance,
recall
Sentence: Forced to relegate the soldier
to KP (Kitchen Patrol), the sergeant
assigned him to the menial duty because
he was frustrated with the lack of
professionalism he observed when the
soldier couldn’t even march in a straight
line.
RELEGATE
Adjective
Definition: inclined to nausea;
easily shocked or upset;
excessively fastidious or refined
Synonyms: nauseated, queasy,
delicate, oversensitive
Sentence: Many people become
squeamish at the sight of blood
especially if it is their own and
can find themselves nauseated
by the experience.
SQUEAMISH
Adjective
Definition: subordinate in capacity
or role; submissively obedient,
serving to promote some end
Synonyms: secondary, servile,
obsequious, useful
Antonyms: primary, principal,
bossy, domineering
Sentence: In a wolf pack, all
members of the pack are
subservient to the alpha male or
female, submissively obedient, they
will follow the leader.
SUBSERVIENT
Adjective
Definition: open to; easily influenced;
lacking in resistance
Synonyms: vulnerable, receptive,
impressionable
Antonyms: resistant, immune
Sentence: The recent outbreak of Ebola
had made health care workers
susceptible to contracting the disease if
they come in physical contact through
an open wound with a patient suffering
from the disease because their bodies
lack resistance in fighting the disease.
SUSCEPTIBLE