Weeks 4-6 Vocabulary

Front 1

To compel, force

Syn. Pressure, bully, intimidate, constrain

Back 1

Coerce

Front 2

Stormy, harsh, severe in attitude or action

Syn. Bluster, tempestuous, implacable

Back 2

Inclement

Front 3

To make permanent or long lasting

Syn. Continue, preserve, prolong indefinitely

Back 3

Perpetuate

Front 4

To set right, remedy, relief from wrong or injury

Syn. Rectify, correct, mitigate

Back 4

Redress

Front 5

Inflicting or aiming at punishment

Syn. Penalizing, retaliatory

Back 5

Punitive

Front 6

Display ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance

Syn. Parade, exhibit, brandish

Back 6

Flaunt

Front 7

Too extreme to bear, intolerable

Syn. Unbearable, oppressive, overwhelming

Back 7

Insufferable

Front 8

An authoritative order, a decree

Syn. Edict, law, injunction, order, rule, mandate, directive

Back 8

Ordinance

Front 9

Feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed, not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm

Syn. Unconcerned, cool, calm, blase, indifferent

Back 9

Nonchalant

Front 10

The capacity to live and develop, power of enduring

Syn. Liveliness, animation, sprit, exuberance

Back 10

Vitality

Front 11

A summary, condensed account, an instance that represents a larger reality

Syn. Abstract, digest, archetype

Back 11

Epitome

Front 12

To violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds

Syn. Encroach, impinge, intrude

Back 12

Infringe

Front 13

To improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming

Syn. Amend, better

Back 13

Ameliorate

Front 14

One who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be, an intruder

Syn. Trespasser, meddler, buttinsky

Back 14

Interloper

Front 15

A period of one thousand years, a period of great joy

Syn. Chiliad, golden age

Back 15

Millennium

Front 16

Plowed but not seeded, inactive, land left unseeded

Syn. Unproductive, inert, dormant

Back 16

Fallow

Front 17

To find out

Syn. Discover, determine, establish

Back 17

Ascertain

Front 18

Spiteful, showing Ill will

Syn. Malicious, wicked, sinister, malignant

Back 18

Malevolent

Front 19

Exact, careful, attending thoroughly to details, having high moral standards, principled

Syn. Painstaking, meticulous, conscientious

Back 19

Scrupulous

Front 20

Bubbles formed in or on a liquid, a film of foam sometimes accompanying disease or exhaustion

Syn. Lather, spume, suds, surf

Back 20

Froth

Front 21

To make beautiful with ornamentation, to heighten the attractiveness of by adding fanciful details

Syn. Elaborate, embroider, exaggerate, magnify

Back 21

Embellish

Front 22

Having an enlivening or stimulating effect

Back 22

Invirgorating

Front 23

A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety, disturbing emotion

Syn. Compunction, misgiving, scruple

Back 23

Qualm

Front 24

To treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner, to manage or utilize skillfully

Syn. Exploit, play

Back 24

Manipulate

Front 25

To think or believe without supporting evidence, to conjecture or guess

Syn. Infer, gather

Back 25

Surmise

Front 26

To urge strongly, advise earnestly

Syn. Entreat, implore, adjure

Back 26

Exhort

Front 27

Poise, assurance, great self confidence

Syn. Composure, self possession, levelheaded ness

Back 27

Aplomb

Front 28

Without experience, immature, not fully developed, lacking sophistication and posie, without feathers

Syn. Green, raw, unfledged, inexperienced

Back 28

Callow

Front 29

Pompous or overblown in language, full of high sounding word intended to conceal a lack of ideas

Syn. Inflated, highfalutin, pretentious

Back 29

Bombastic

Front 30

Associated, connected

Syn. Attached, related, joined

Back 30

Affiliated

Front 31

To erase, obliterate, destroy

Syn. Delete, efface, annihilate

Back 31

Expunge

Front 32

Easily excused, pardonable

Syn. Excusable, forgivable

Back 32

Venial

Front 33

Unselfish, concerned with the welfare of others

Syn. Selfless

Back 33

Altruistic

Front 34

Marked by honor, courtesy, and courage, knightly

Syn. Gallant, civil, valiant

Back 34

Chivalrous

Front 35

To hold spellbound

Syn. Bedazzle, enchant, fascinate, mesmerize

Back 35

Enthrall

Front 36

The quality or state of being intense, extreme degree of strength, force, energy, or feeling

Syn. Ardor, fervency, passion, vehemence, enthusiasm

Back 36

Intensity

Front 37

An initiative toward agreement or action, something introductory

Syn. Preamble, preliminary, prelude, prologue, warm up

Back 37

Overture

Front 38

A disease or disorder of the animal body, an unwholesome or disordered condition

Syn. Ailment, complication, disorder, infirmity

Back 38

Malady

Front 39

Alertly watchful especially avoid danger

Syn. Attentive, observent, watchful

Back 39

Vigilant

Front 40

To have an intensive dislike or hatred for

Syn. Loathe, abhor, despite, detest

Back 40

Abominate

Front 41

Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character accidental not essential

Syn. Extrinsic, incidental, fortuitous

Back 41

Adventitious

Front 42

To sympathize with have pity or sorrow for share a feeling of distress

Syn. Feel sorry for empathize

Back 42

Commiserate

Front 43

To make easy, cause to progress faster

Syn. Accelerate, facilitate, speed up

Back 43

Expedite

Front 44

To make amends, make up for, to avert

Syn. Redeem make amends for make reparation

Back 44

Expiate