synonyms unit 10

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crestfallen

DESPONDENT at the news of their misfortune

retribution

JUST DESERTS for a life of crime

professed

PROCLAIMED their allegiance to the new government

garrulous

a LONG-WINDED talk show host

exponet

a lifelong CHAMPION of higher education

contentious

a very ARGUMENTATIVE meeting

respite

a welcome RELEIF from pain

allure

calculated to TEMPT big spenders

misnomer

constitutes a bit of a MISLEADING NAME

insuperable

faced INSURMOUNTTABLE odds

acquiesce

failed to COMPLY WITH the un resolution

wastrel

proved to be something of a SPENDTHRIFT

askew

realized something had gone AWRY

vanguard

the CUTTING EDGE of medical science

sonorous

the RESONANT quality of their voices


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