unit 7 vocab Flashcards
(20 cards)
v to change in formal way; for better
syn: modify improve
amend
v to regard w/ honor or loathing
syn: detest despise
ant: admire cherish
abhor
v slap or cuff; strike repeatedly
n a slap blow
buffet
n great confusion disorder
syn: anarchy turmoil
ant: order regularity
chaos
adj roomy spacious
syn: comfortable ample
ant: cramped claustrophobic
commodious
adj eatting away gradually
syn: caustic mordant
ant: bland mild benign
corrosive
v to see clearly
syn: perceive
ant: overlook
discern
adj still existing not destroyed or not
syn: surviving
ant: extinct vanished
extant
v to involve in to connect w/
syn: incriminate entangle
ant: absolve exculpate
implicate
v to bury commit to the earth
ant: unearth exhume
inter
n strict disciplinarian
syn: taskmaster slave driver
martinet
v to anticipate prevent to remove
syn: preclude forestal
obviate
n one who leaves grouo deserter
syn:turncoat
ant: loyalist
adj traitorous unconventional
renegade
adj deserving blame or punishment
syn: objectionable blameworthy
ant: commentable
reprehensible
adj dark gloomy
syn: mourny
any: bright
somber
adj filthy wretched
ant: neat spruce
squalid
adj disorderly unruly
ant: calm
turbulent
adj loud & noisy bulky
ant: quite
vociferous
adj of great size bulky
ant: scant
voluminous
v to do without give up decline
ant: claim accept
waive
