Vocabulary Workshop Level F Unit 1

n. the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval

sanction (syn.)

disapproval, condemnation, censure (ant.)

v. to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

mitigate, slake, allay (syn.)

intensify, aggravate, exacerbate (ant.)

n. a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

alliance, league, federation, combine (syn.)

splinter group (ant.)

n. decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

degeneration, corruption (syn.)

rise, growth, maturation (ant.)

v. to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

evoke, extract, educe (syn.)

repress, quash, squelch, stifle (ant.)

v. to attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning

protest, remonstrate, complain (syn.)

adj. used so often as to lack freshness or originality

banal, trite, commonplace, corny (syn.)

new, fresh, novel, original (ant.)

n. a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

pause, lacuna (syn.)

continuity, continuation (ant.)

n. a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

insinuation, intimation (syn.)

direct statement (ant.)

v. to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

intervene, mediate  (syn.)

adj. wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence)

sated, surfeited, cloyed (syn.)

unspoiled, uncloyed (ant.)

adj. causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly (syn.)

pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome (ant.)

adj. worthy, deserving recognition and praise

praiseworthy, laudable, commendable (syn.)

blameworthy, reprehensible (ant.)

adj. peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset

irritable, testy, waspish (syn.)

amiable, placid (ant.)

n. a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence

perquisite, perk (syn.)

adj. pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside

n. a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony

narrow-minded, parochial, insular, naive (syn.)

cosmopolitan, broad-minded (ant.)

v. to made a pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of

pretend, affect (syn.)

v. to rise above or beyond, exceed

surpass, outstrip (syn.)

n. shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offence, resentment; a vague suspicion

irritation, pique (syn.)

pleasure, delight, satisfaction (ant.)

adj. excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty; oily; pliable

mealymouthed, fawning, greasy (syn.)

gruff, blunt (ant.)