VOCABULARY UNIT 15 Level F Adamant Adjective Firm

VOCABULARY UNIT 15 Level F

Adamant • Adjective • Firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding, obdurate, implacable, inflexible • Noun • An extremely hard substance • Antonyms-(adj) yielding, flexible, pliable

Brouhaha • Noun • A confused hodgepodge of sounds, hubbub; an uproar or commotion that goes far beyond what is justified • Synonyms- furor, hullabaloo, tumult, pandemonium

Bulwark • Noun • A strong defense or protection, a solid wall-like structure for defense • Verb • To provide such defense or protection • Synonyms- (n) stronghold, citadel, bastion, rampart • Antonyms- (n) breach, weak point in the defense

Choleric • Adjective • Easily made angry, bad-tempered • Synonyms- irascible, testy, splenetic, bilious • Antonyms- affable, genial, even-tempered

Cloy • Verb • To spoil or destroy an appetite by too much indulgence, especially in sweet or rich things; to glut, satiate, surfeit • Antonyms- stimulate, whet

Curtail • Verb • To cut short, bring to a halt or end sooner than expected; to reduce • Synonyms- limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract • Antonyms- protract, extend

Deference • Noun • Courteous yielding to the wishes and ideas of another person; great respect marked by submission, as to a superior • Synonyms- respect, consideration, courtesy • Antonyms- contempt, disrespect, scorn, disdain

Definitive • Adjective • Conclusive, final, representing the limit of what can be done • Synonyms- exhaustive, authoritative • Antonyms- tentative, inconclusive

Demeanor • Noun • The way a person behaves, overall impression made by comportment, manner, etc. ; facial appearance, mien • Synonyms- conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage

Enigmatic • Adjective • Puzzling, perplexing, inexplicable, not easily understood • Synonyms- baffling, mysterious, inexplicable • Antonyms- intelligible, understandable, fathomable

Impromptu • (adj, adv. ) • Without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done • Noun • An extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation • Synonyms- (adj) spontaneous, improvised, unrehearsed • Antonyms- (adj) rehearsed, planned, prepared, premeditated

Mawkish • Adjective • Excessively and objectionably sentimental; having a mildly sickening flavor • Synonyms- sentimentalized, maudlin, mushy, nauseating • Antonyms- unsentimental, callous, insensitive

Mollify • Verb • To soften, make gentle, pacify; to clam, allay (as an emotion), assuage, appease, placate; to reduce in intensity • Antonyms- enrage, anger, aggravate, exacerbate

Onus • Noun • Something that is heavy or burdensome (especially an unwelcome responsibility); a stigma; blame • Synonyms- burden, obligation, duty, stigma

Presentiment • Noun • A vague sense of approaching misfortune • Foreboding, premonition, hunch

Profligate • Adj • Given over to dissipation and self-indulgence, immoral; recklessly extravagant • Noun • A person given to self-indulgent and wild spending • Synonyms- (adj) prodigal, improvident (n) spendthrift • Antonyms- (adj) penny-pinching, frugal, economical

Remit • Verb • To send or hand in (as money); to cancel (as a penalty or punishment), forgive, pardon, to lessen, diminish; to put off, postpone, defer • Synonyms- pay, absolve, subside, abate

Requisite • Adj • Needed, necessary, regarded as essential or indispensable • Synonyms- required, obligatory, incumbent • Antonyms- nonessential, superfluous, optiona;

Sartorial • Adj • of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)

Thwart • Verb • To oppose successfully; to prevent, frustrate • Synonyms- foil, baffle • Antonyms- aid, assist, abet, further