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9th Grade
11/20/2013

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Term
Articulate
Definition

able to speak, expressed oneself clearly/effectively

 

SYN: talkable  ANT: silent, inaudible




Adj.


Think of Chatterboxes

Term
Passe
Definition

behind the times, outmoded, past its usefulness

 

SYN: old fashioned, out-of-date  ANT: modern




Adj.


Think of saying "That's so passe!"

Term
Melancholy
Definition

a depression of spirits, pensive mood

 

SYN: sadness, dejection  ANT: happiness

 

n./adj.

 

 

 

Think of "gothic" people

Term
Premise
Definition

- a proposition supporting a conclusion

- to set forth as an introduction or explanation

-a house or building and its grounds



n.


Think of scanning the premisis

Term
Umbrage
Definition

resentful displeasure, personal offence

 

SYN: resentment  ANT: acceptance


n.


Think of Professor Umbrage, who gave no happiness in Hogwarts

Term
Rectitude
Definition

straightness, upright conduct or character

 

SYN:righteouness, honesty

 

n

 

 

 

Term
Interdict
Definition

prohibition, an order forbidding something to be done

 

SYN: law  ANT: Acceptance

 

n

 

Term
Palliation
Definition

reduction of violence, moderation of intensity, a lessening of severity without curing

 

SYN: calming

 

n

Term
Reconnaissance
Definition

A preliminary survey to gain information

 

SYN:examination

 

n.

Term
Undulate
Definition

to form or move in waves

 

SYN: fluctuate

 

v.

 

 

Term
Propensities
Definition

natural inclinations

 

SYN: leanings, tendencies

 

n

 

 

Term
Cantankerous
Definition

ill-natured, quarrelsome

 

SYN: ornery  ANT: pleasent

 

adj.

 

 

Think of a cranky person

Term
Altercation
Definition

a noisy or angry dispute

 

SYN: quarrel, argument, wrangle  ANT: truce


n.

 


Term
Habiliments
Definition

style of dress characteristic of an occupation/occasion

 

SYN: attire, uniform



n.

 

Think of clothes


Term
Austere
Definition

stern and forbidding in apperance and manner

 

SYN: somber, grave

 

adj.

 

Think of au-steering clear of someone.

Term
Perogative
Definition

exclusive or special right, or power

 

SYN: privilege


n.

 

 

Term
Obliquely
Definition

indirectly, not upright and moral

 

SYN: slanting, underhandedly

 

adv.

Term
Infallible
Definition

incapable of error, sure

 

SYN: certain

 

adj.

Term
Acquiescence
Definition

acceptance, giving in


SYN: assent


n.

Term
Sullen
Definition

gloomy, resentfully silent or repressed

 

SYN: dismal

 

adj.

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