Butler Vocab 5

Front 1

Amnesty

Back 1

(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution

Hint 1

Many political prisoners were freed under the ___ granted by the new regime

Front 2

Autonomy

Back 2

(N.) self-government, political control

Syn: Home rule
Antonyms: dependence and subjection, colonial status

Hint 2

Even after the thirteen colonies gained ___ from england, many Americans clung to English Traditions

Front 3

axiomatic

Back 3

(adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principal or rule

Syn: Taken for granted
Ant: Questionable, dubious, controversial

Hint 3

One should not accept the idea that the camera never lies as an ____ truth

Front 4

Blazon

Back 4

(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously, to publish or proclaim widely

Syn: Broadcast, trumpet
Ant: hide, conceal, cover up, bury

Hint 4

They will ___ the results of the election across the internet and every television set in the land.

Front 5

Caveat

Back 5

(n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior

Syn: admonition, word to the wise

Hint 5

The well known Latin Phrase "____ emptor" means "let the buyer beware

Front 6

Equitable

Back 6

(adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice

Syn: right, reasonable, evenhanded
Ant: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate

Hint 6

He did more work, so a sixty-forty split of the profits seemed an ____ arrangement

Front 7

extricate

Back 7

(v.) to free from entaglements or difficulties; to remove with effort

syn: disentagle, extract, disengage
Ant: enmesh, entangle, involve

Hint 7

The ring must have slid off my finger as i was trying to ___ the fish from the net

Front 8

Flout

Back 8

(v.) to mock, treat with contempt

Syn: Scott at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn
Ant: obey, honor, revere, uphold

Hint 8

She chose to ignore my advice, not because she wanted to ___ my beliefs, but because she had strong opinions of her own.

Front 9

Flinch

Back 9

(v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts

Syn: pilfer, purloin, swipe

Hint 9

If you ___ pennies from the cash drawer, you are unlikely, after a while, to be satisfied with only pennies.

Front 10

Fractious

Back 10

(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable

Syn: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish
ant: docile, tractable, cooperative

Hint 10

It seems as if even the smoothest-running organizations contain one or two ___ elements

Front 11

Precept

Back 11

(n.) A rule of conduct or action

syn: principle, maxim

Hint 11

Many religions follow the ___ that t is important to treat others as you, yourself, would like to be treated

Front 12

Salutary

Back 12

(adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome

Salubrious, curative
Ant: Detrimental, deleterious, pernicious

Hint 12

The Cute new puppy had a ___ effect on her health

Front 13

Scathing

Back 13

(adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

Syn: Searing, harsh, ferocious, savage
ant: bland, mild

Hint 13

Sometimes a carefully reasoned discussion does more to change people's minds than a ___ attract

Front 14

Scourge

Back 14

(v.) to whip, punish severely (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism

Syn: (v.) Flog, beat; (n.) bane, plague, pestilence
Ant: (n.) godsend, boon, blessing

Hint 14

Jonathan Swift used wit to ___ the British government for its cruel treatment
Competing teams consider my daughter the ___ of the soccer field

Front 15

Soporific

Back 15

(adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy, (n.) something that induces sleep.

Syn: (n.) narcotic, anesthetic
ant: (adj.) stimulating; (n) stimulant, stimulus

Hint 15

He claimed that the musical, despite its energy was ___- and that he had slept through the entire second act.

Shakespeare's Juliet drinks a ____ so as to appear to be dead - a trick she is soon to regret.

Front 16

Straitlaced

Back 16

(adj.) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical

Synonyms: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
ant: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute

Hint 16

travelers may find people overseas ____ in some ways but surprisingly free in others.

Front 17

Transient

Back 17

(lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time

Synonyms: (adj.) impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
Ant: (adj) permanent, imperishable, immortal

Hint 17

His bad mood was ____ , and by the time he'd finished his breakfast, he was smiling

many farm hands lived the lives of ____ during the great depression

Front 18

Sepulchral

Back 18

(adj.) funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal

Syn: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary

Hint 18

My sister announced in a severe and ___ tone of voice that we were out of cookies

Front 19

Unwieldy

Back 19

(adj.) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity

syn: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical, antonyms: manageable, easy to handle

Hint 19

We loaded the truck with the chairs and the coffee table, but the grand piano was too ___

Front 20

Vapid

Back 20

(adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force

Syn: insipid, lifeless, colorless
ant: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively

Hint 20

While critics called the movie ___ i thought the performers were very compelling.