MAT VOCAB P-R

to make less serious, ease

extenuate, mitigate, alleviate, assuage

sure-all elixir, miracle

drug, sovereign remedy

flamboyance, verve

dash, flair

elaborate praise, formal hymn of praise

eulogy, sompliment, laudation, encomium, homage

ideal example, model

pattern, exemplar

model of excellence or perfection

ideal, nonpareil, paradigm, example

supreme, dominant, primamry

cheid, commanding, primary

outcast

untouchable, leper, reject

of limited scope or outlook, provincial

narrow, restricted, insular

humorous imitation

caricature, burlesque, travesty, lampoon, staire

to ward off or deflect

evade, avoid, repel, repulse

stinginess

frugality, economy, meanness, miserliness

obvious, unconcealed

apparent, clear, distint, evident, manifest

aristocrat

noble, peer, blue-blood, nabob

minor sin or offense

fault, failing, lapse, misstep

commonplace

undistinguised, ordinary, dull, mediocre, lackluster

having bad connotations, disparaging

belittling, dismissive, insulting

voluntary suffering to repent for a wrong

atonement, reparation, chastening, reconciliation

inclination

predilection, bias, leaning, partiality, proclivity

expressing sorrow for sins or offenses, repentant

remorseful, contrite, apologetic

extreme pverty

destitution, beggarym need, privation, want

faithless, disloyal, unntrustworthy

trecherous, devious, deceitful

done in a routine way; indifferent

hlafhearted, tepid, carless

moving from place to place

itinerant, nomadic, vagabond

shrewd, astute, keen-witted

sagacious, insightful, intelligent

rudeness, peevishness

irritability, querulousness, testiness, fretfulness

massed group of soliders, people, or things

body, infantry

narrow-minded person, someone lacking appreciation for art or culture

boor, barbarian, vulgarian, bourgeois

calm in temperament, sluggish

unemotional, placid

exaggerated, illogical fear

dislike, aversion

peak, highest point of development

summit, acme, apex, zenith, climax

dedicated, devout, extremely religious

observant, reverent, sanctimonious

fleeting feeling of hurt pride

vexation, resentment, indignation, dudgeon, umbrage

profound, substaintial; concise, succinct, to the point

brief, compact, terse, laconic

to soothe, pacify

mollify, conciliate, appease

calm

tranquil, serene, peaceful, complacent

sad, lamenting

mournful, melancholy

stale, overused expression

cliche, bromide, commonplace, truism

crude, vulgar, low-class

unrefined, coarse, common

excess, overabundance

superfluity, surplus, glut, surfeit

emotionally moving

stirring, touching, pathetic, affecting, piquant

controverst, argument; verbal attack

refutation, denunciation

discreet, tactful

prudent, artful, diplomatic, judicious, cunning

a person of encyclopedic learning

savant, litterateur

omen

augury, harbinger, herald, token, prodigy

future generations; all of a persons descendants

progeny, offspring, lone, lineage, heritage

drinkable

harmless, nonpoisionous, comestible

monarch or ruler with great power

leader, emperor, king, prince, czar

practical, moved by facts rather than abstract ideals

prudent, wise, sensible, experdient, polite

meaningless, foolish talk

chatter, babble, gibberish, drivel, blanther

uncertain

insecure, unstable, hazardous, perilous

sudden and unexpected

abrupt, impetuous, headlong, reckless, rash

unusually advanced at an early age

permature, developed

forerunner, predecessor

herald, vanguard

one that preys on others, destroyerm plunderer

carnivore, pillager, attacker

absurd, illogical

ridiculous, ludicrous, nonsensical, outlandish, incredible

to foretell, indicate in advance

portend, forewarn,auger, divine, bode

having foresight

premonitory, augural, divinatory, mantic, oracular

to lie, evade the truth

equivocate, fib, palter, hedge, fabricate

ancient, primitive

primordial, originial, archai, antediluvian

original, existing from the beginning

primeval, ancient, primitive, archaic, antediluvian

untouched, uncorrupted

pure, clean

lack of usual necessities or comforts

forfeiture, loss, deprication, poverty

wasteful, extravagant, lavish

riotous, luxurious, improvident, thriftless, profligate

expert, skilled in a certain subject

adept, skillful, deft, experienced, accomplished

corrupt, degenerate

dissolute, wastefule, extravagant, improvident, prodigal

originator, forefather, ancestor in a direct line

forebear, precursor, founder, predecessor

offspring, children

heirs, issue, descendents, posterity

marked by or using an excess of words


verbose, loquacious, garrulous

favorable, advantageous

auspicious, benign, conductive

relating to prose; dull, commonplace

matter-of-fact, straightfoward, unimaginative, pedestrian

to condemn; to forbid, outlaw

denounce, prohibit, ban, banish, interdict

to convert to a particular belief or religion

missionize, preach, sway, move, convince,

lustful, exhibiting lewd desires

lascivious, lecherous, licentious, salacious, wanton

fictitious or borrowed name

alias, sobriquet, pen name, nom de guerre

childish, immature, silly

jubenile, infantile, jejune

beauty

loveliness, prettiness, handsomeness, comeliness, gorgeousness

to steal

filch, pilfer, embezzle, misappropriate, pirate

marsh; diffidult situation

swamp, bog, fen, mire, morass

dilemma, difficulty

predicament, plight, jam, fix

isolate to prevent spread of disease

sequester, ostracize

to crush or subdue

supress, pacify, quiet, quash, stifle

inclined to complain, irritable

peevish, whiny, sniveling, puling

to argue about insignificant and irrelevant details

carp, cavil, nitpick, pettifog

overly idealistic, impractical

romantic, unrealistic, capricious, impulsive

occuring daily, commonplace

everyday, normal, usual

witty, skillful storyteller

anecdotalist, monologist

likely to collapse

rickety, dilapidated, decrepit

to harangue, rave, forcefully scold

fulminate, thunder, yell, inveigh

to make thinner, purer, or more refined

attenuate, prune

extremely hungry

varacious, gluttonous, rapacious, predatory, famished

deep, narrow gorge

gully, canyon, gulch, arroyo

to tear down, demolsih

level, ruin, destroy, wreck, annihilate

marked by extreme conservatism

ultraconservative, right-wing, orthodox, antiprogress

to refute by evidence or argument

counter, retort, disprove, confute, contradict

resisting authority or control

stubborn, defiant, unruly, headstrong, willful

to retract a statement or opinion

disavow, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate

exuding gragrance; evocative

ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, frangrant, reminiscent

unnecessary repetition

duplication, superfluity, tautology, pleonasm, wodriness

reisiting control or authoryt, stubborn

bullheaded, headstrong, intractable, mulish, obdurate, unyielding

government rule; systematic plan

control, procedure, system, course

pay or reward for work, trouble, etc.

recompense, reimbursement, settlement, requital, redress

traitor, person abandoning a cause

deserter, rebel, apostate, turncoat, defector,

to go back on ones word

break, violate

relaxation, leisure

calmness, tranquility, rest, ease, idleness

repetition, especially of a piece of music

recurrence, return, resumption

morally unprincipled person

sinner, knave, scoundrel, rogue, rake

interval of relief

rest, pause, intermission, recess, suspension

to criticize or correct

rebuke, admonish, reprimand, chide, reproach

impatient, uneasy, restless

anxious, agitated, fretful

emotional literary or musical work

dithyramb, impromptu, paean

persuasive use of language

eloquence, elocutin, discoruse

humorous in a vulgar way

lewd, coarse, indelicate, obscence, gross

to make many holes in; permeate

perforate, honeycomb, prick, punch, pierce

widespread, prevalent, adundant

numerous, prevailing

to regret

deplore, repent

to contemplate, reflect upon

onder, mediate, deliberate, mull, muse

rural

bucolic, pastoral