Vocabulary IIIA Flashcards
(24 cards)
resigned (adj)
accepting one’s fate; unresisting
synonym: agreeable
antonym: resistant
sentence: given that his last game had ended badly, he was resigned to the fact that he wouldn’t be playing today.
reserve (n)
self restraint in expression
synonym: coolness
antonym: warmth
sentence: doctors often show reserve when delivering bad news so they don’t worry their patients.
reprehensible (adj)
deserving blame
synonym: condemnable
antonym: respectable
sentence: in the 1900s, a woman that showed her legs in public was a reprehensible act.
repel
drive away, disgust
synonym: dismiss
antonym: attract
sentence: after having her garden ruined by a bug infestation, the gardener bought a spray that was meant to repel bugs away from her plants.
rescind (v)
cancel
synonym: invalidate
antonym: approve
sentence: the man tried to rescind the wedding after he found out his fiancée had cheated on him.
repudiate (v)
reject strongly as wrong; reject the authority of
synonym: forsake
antonym: sanction
sentence: after having his family taken away from him, the father repudiated a lifestyle of abusing his children.
redundant (adj)
unnecessary; repetitious; excessively wordy
synonym: excessive
antonym: concise
sentence: she was known for her redundant speech because she was always repeating the same thing over and over again.
rectify (v)
set right; correct
synonym: amend
antonym: damage
sentence: the celebrity attempted to rectify his mistake by making a public apology to the person he had rudely insulted.
recount (v)
narrate or tell; count over again
synonym: convey
antonym: suppress
sentence: she recounted her trip to France last year to her friends and made sure to include every detail.
recant (v)
retract a previous statement; openly confess error
synonym: cancel
antonym: confirm
sentence: they recanted the shipment of food and set a new shipping date, because the hot weather had spoiled the vegetables.
raze (v)
destroy completely
synonym: demolish
antomyn: construct
sentence: the wildfire razed the forest, leaving nothing but ash behind.
ravenous (adj)
extremely hungry
synonym: starving
antonym: full
sentence: the boy was ravenous, devouring a whole pie, because he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday.
raucous (adj)
harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous
synonym: rowdy
antonym: subdued
the raucous party could be heard from two blocks away, loud music and screams echoing through the streets.
ratify (v)
approve formally; confirm; verify
synonym: sanction
antonym: veto
the president ratified the bill after he was pressured by senators and representatives to pass it.
rant (v)
speak in an angry or excited manner; rave
synonym: tirade
antonym: praise
sentence: after the school board decided to overlook the new lunch policy, she passionate went on a rant over how beneficial it would be.
rarefied (adj)
lofty; made less dense
synonym: exclusive
antonym: humble
sentence: the rarefied science club thought they were all that because they had won the national science league competition for the last three years.
rancor (n)
bitterness; hatred
synonym: malice
antonym: kindness
sentence: Jenny regarded Kiera with rancor after she discovered that Kiera’d beaten her for the last spot on the team.
ramble (v)
wander aimlessly
synonym: roam
antonym: purpose
sentence: he had an unfortunate habit of rambling whenever he was nervous, becoming a string of run-on sentences and fast talking.
quiescence (n)
state of being at rest; temporary inactivity
synonym: dormancy
antonym: activity
sentence: the volcano was in a state of quiescence for hundreds of years before it unexpectedly erupted the past Saturday.
querulous (adj)
complaining; fretful
synonym: grouchy
antonym: optimistic
sentence: the stressed-out worker was in a querulous mood after staying up all night to meet a deadline.
quagmire (n)
soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
synonym: dilemma
antonym: solution
sentence: after making the same promise to two different people, he found himself in a quagmire, unable to decide whose promise he would uphold.
provincial (adj)
limited in outlook; unsophisticated
synonym: narrow-minded
antonym: liberal
sentence: the rural area’s provincial population baffled the city girl with how different their outlook was compared to hers.
remorse (n)
guilt; bitter regret
synonym: penance
antonym: satisfaction
sentence: the boy felt great remorse after he realized he was the reason his parents got a divorce and tried to make up for it by being kinder to his parents.
relegate (v)
banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign
synonym: demote
antonym: promote
sentence: after the worker botched the important campaign, his boss relegated him to a lower position because she couldn’t trust him anymore.
