Cumulative Vocabulary Words 10-12

(adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or diapproval

Synonyms: distrustfully, suspiciously, skeptically

(adj.) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

• Synonyms: benevolent, salutary, salubrious, harmless
• Antoynms: malevolent, deleterious

(v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism

Synonyms: (v.) nitpick, quibble

(n.) one who feigns knowledge or ability; a pretender, impostor, or quak

Synonyms: fraud, mountebank

(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of

Synonyms: ravage, devastate

(n.) a weak point, failing, minor flaw

• Synonyms: shortcoming, defect, quirk
• Antonyms: forte, vitue

(v.) to do without, abstain from, give up

• Synonyms: refrain from, renounce
• Antonyms: indulge in, partake of

(v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

Synonyms: accustom, acclimate

(adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons

• Synonyms: fawning, servile, sycophantic, mealymouthed
• Antonyms: assertive, bumptious, overbearing, candid, frank, independent

(v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or wave

Synonyms: vibrate, vacillate

(adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes: (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing

• Synonyms: (adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful, sorry
• Antonyms: (adj.) unrepentant, remorseless

(adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial; determined, resolute

• Synonyms: high-handed, unconditional
• Antonyms: irresolute, tentative, mild, unassuming

(v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check

• Synonyms: (v.) spurn, repulse, reject; (n.) setback
• Antonyms: (v.) accept, welcome

(n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

• Synonyms: rigor, harshness
• Antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

(n.) a small group working in secret

Synonyms: clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

(adj.) drawn from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are dranw from various sources

• Synonyms: (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose
• Antonyms: (adj.) uniform, monolithic

(adj.) limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

• Synonyms: soft, flabby
• Antonyms: hard, firm, solid

(adj.) having little or no money

• Synonyms: penniless, impoverished, indigent
• Antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

(adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

• Synonyms: inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate
• Antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant

(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

• Synonyms: oppressive, weighty
• Antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

(v.) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody

Synonyms: seclude, segregate, isolate, closet

(v.) to get rid of something unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan

Synonyms: sift, strain, filter, sort

(v.) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

Synonyms: nonplus, disconcert, foil

(v.) to take up and suppot; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

• Synonyms: embrace, wed
• Antonyms: repudiate, disavow, renounce

(n.) an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Synonyms: charm, talisman, obbsession

(adj.) living together in a herd or group; sociable, seeking the company of others

• Synonyms: outgoing, extroverted
• Antonyms: aloof, introverted, reclusive

(adj.) marked by a persistent absence of good luck

• Synonyms: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate
• Antonyms: lucky, charmed, fortunate

(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistemtly

Synonyms: implore, entreat, dun, tax

(v.) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

Synonyms: inject, interpose, introduce

(adj.) done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without intrest or enthusiasm

• Synonyms: slapdash, cursory, shallow
• Antonyms: thorough, assiduous, diligent, meticulous

(v.) to make suitable repayment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

Synonyms: reimburse, recompense, avenge