UNIT 1 VOCAB - Synonyms and Antonyms

hiatus

S: a gap, break, lacuna; a pause A: a continuity, continuation

prerogative

S: a special right; a perquisite A: disadvantage, prohibition

coalition

S: an alliance, league, federation, combine A: a splinter group

innuendo

S: an insinuation, hint, imitation A: a direct statement

hackneyed

S: banal, trite, commonplace, corny A: new, fresh, novel, original

decadence

S: decline, decay, degeneration A: rise, growth, development, maturation

lurid

S: gruesome, gory, grisly; baleful, ghastly A: pleasant, attractive, appealing; wholesome

petulant

S: irritable, peevish, testy, waspish A: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

provincial

S: narrow-minded, parochial, insular; local A: cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

umbrage

S: offense, irritation, pique, annoyance A: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

unctuous

S: oily, mealymouthed, servile, fawning A: genuine, heartfelt, sincere, unflattering

approbation

S: praise, approval, commendation A: disapproval, condemnation, censure

meritorious

S: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable A: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable

jaded

S: sated, satiated, surfeited, cloyed A: unspoiled, undiminished, uncloyed

elicit

S: to call forth, evoke, extract, educe A: to repress, quash, squelch, stifle

simulate

S: to feign, to pretend, affect A: real, honest, genuine

intercede

S: to intervene, mediate, plead A: to remain on the sidelines, stay out of

assuage

S: to mitigate, alleviate; to appease, slake, allay A: to intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

expostulate

S: to protest, remonstrate, complain A: approve, agree, accept

transcend

S: to surpass, exceed, outstrip A: fail, regress, lag behind