Vocabulary Level FVocabulary Level F

Unit # 5Unit # 5

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amnestyamnesty((noun) pardon for noun) pardon for an offense against an offense against the government; the government; in in general- any act of general- any act of forgivenessforgiveness

Syn: pardonSyn: pardon

Mitch Albom needs to Mitch Albom needs to declare amnesty and declare amnesty and forgive himself for forgive himself for not staying in touch not staying in touch with Morrie after with Morrie after college.college.

autonomyautonomy(noun) self-(noun) self-government; government; political controlpolitical control

Syn: Syn: independenceindependence

home rulehome rule

self-governedself-governed

Ant:Ant:

Colonial Colonial statusstatus

Morrie lost all Morrie lost all sense of sense of autonomy autonomy as as his body his body surrendered to surrendered to ALS.ALS.

axiomaticaxiomatic(adj) (adj) self-evident; self-evident; expressing a expressing a universally accepted universally accepted principle or ruleprinciple or rule

SynSynself-self-evidentevidenttaken for taken for grantedgrantedObviousObvious

AntAnt•questionquestionableable

Morrie said the concept of love is_____ by too many people who think money is the most important thing in life.

blazonblazon(Verb) to adorn (Verb) to adorn or embellish;or embellish; to to display display conspicuously, conspicuously, publish or publish or proclaim widelyproclaim widely

Syn:Syn:•broadcastbroadcast•TrumpetTrumpet

She couldn’t wait to She couldn’t wait to blazon her “In a blazon her “In a Relationship” status Relationship” status on Facebook.on Facebook.

caveatcaveat((noun) noun) a warning a warning or caution or caution to to prevent prevent misunderstanding misunderstanding or discourage or discourage behaviorbehavior

Syn: word to the wise, Syn: word to the wise, admonitionadmonition

The teacher tried The teacher tried subtle caveats to let subtle caveats to let the students know the students know that they needed to that they needed to settle down and get settle down and get to work.to work.

equitableequitable(adj) fair, just, (adj) fair, just, embodying embodying principles of principles of justicejustice

Syn: Right, Syn: Right, justjust

reasonablereasonable

even handedeven handed

Morrie’s time was Morrie’s time was spent equitable spent equitable between family and between family and friends.friends.

extricateextricate((verb) to free from verb) to free from entanglement; to entanglement; to remove with effortremove with effort

SynSyn: extract: extract

disentangledisentangle

It took all afternoon It took all afternoon to to extricateextricate the cat the cat from the tree.from the tree.

filchfilch(verb) to steal, (verb) to steal, especially in a especially in a sneaky way.sneaky way.

Syn: Syn: swipeswipe

purloinpurloin

PilferPilfer

I was shocked to I was shocked to discover he had been discover he had been filchingfilching money from money from his little sister’s piggy his little sister’s piggy bank.bank.

floutflout(verb) (verb) to mock, to mock, treat with treat with contemptcontempt

Syn: Syn: mockmock, sneer at, sneer at

scorn, scoff atscorn, scoff at

She She floutedflouted the the Homecoming Homecoming tradition and refused tradition and refused to wear a mum.to wear a mum.

fractiousfractious(adj) (adj) unruly; unruly; quarrelsome, quarrelsome, contrary, contrary, tending to be tending to be troublesometroublesome

recalcitrantrecalcitrant

peevishpeevish

One One fractiousfractious student student in a class can cause in a class can cause the everyone to be the everyone to be miserable; it is best miserable; it is best to remove him.to remove him.

preceptprecept(noun) (noun) a rule of a rule of conduct or conduct or actionaction

Syn: Syn: principleprinciple

maximmaxim

The teacher has The teacher has rather strict rather strict preceptsprecepts for classroom for classroom behavior.behavior.

salutarysalutary(adj) beneficial, (adj) beneficial, helpful, helpful, healthful, healthful, wholesomewholesome

Syn: wholesomeSyn: wholesome

curativecurative

SalubriousSalubrious

Daily exercise will Daily exercise will have a have a salutary salutary effect effect on your weight and on your weight and stress levels.stress levels.

scathingscathing(adj) bitterly (adj) bitterly severe, causing severe, causing great harmgreat harm

Syn: ferociousSyn: ferocious

Harsh, searing, Harsh, searing, savagesavage

Ant: mildAnt: mild

After reading the After reading the scathingscathing comments comments about the applicant, about the applicant, we certainly didn’t we certainly didn’t want to hire him.want to hire him.

scourgescourge(verb(verb) to whip or punish ) to whip or punish severelyseverely

(noun) a cause of (noun) a cause of sufferingsuffering

Syn: Flog, beatSyn: Flog, beat

plagueplague

pestilencepestilence

You should not You should not scourgescourge the donkey to get him the donkey to get him to behave.to behave.

The one freshman in The one freshman in the group was a the group was a scourgescourge to their mature to their mature conversation.conversation.

sepulchralsepulchral(adj) f(adj) funeral, uneral, typical of the typical of the tomb/gravetomb/grave; ; extremely extremely gloomygloomy

dolefuldoleful

lugubriouslugubrious

mournfulmournful

The The sepulchralsepulchral background music in background music in the commercial made the commercial made me even more me even more depressed. depressed.

soporificsoporific((adj) tending to adj) tending to cause sleepcause sleep

(noun) (noun) something something that induces sleepthat induces sleep

Syn: Syn: narcoticnarcotic

AnesthetiAnestheticc

Ant: Ant: stimulatingstimulating

My husband will not My husband will not attend the ballet with attend the ballet with me because he feels it me because he feels it is soporific.is soporific.

straitlacedstraitlaced(adj) extremely (adj) extremely strict in moral strict in moral standards; standards; prudish; prudish; puritanicalpuritanical

Syn: overly strictSyn: overly strict

StuffyStuffy

Ant: Ant: indulgentindulgent

The The straitlaced straitlaced student would not student would not feel comfortable at a feel comfortable at a wild, permissive wild, permissive party.party.

transienttransient(adj) lasting only a (adj) lasting only a short timeshort time

(noun) (noun) one who one who stays only a short stays only a short time.time.

impermanentimpermanent

ephemeralephemeral

George and Lennie George and Lennie were were transienttransient farm farm workers.workers.

unwieldyunwieldy(adj) not easily (adj) not easily carried or managed carried or managed because of size or because of size or complexitycomplexity

SynSyn: cumbersome,: cumbersome,

Bulky,Bulky,

ImpracticalImpractical

The giant sack of The giant sack of football equipment football equipment was too was too unwieldyunwieldy for for one guy to carry.one guy to carry.

vapidvapid(adj) dull, (adj) dull, uninteresting; uninteresting; lacking in lacking in sharpness, flavor, or sharpness, flavor, or livelinessliveliness

Syn: Syn: blandbland

lifelesslifeless

boringboring

insipidinsipid

Ant: Ant: livelylively

I was totally bored by I was totally bored by the play because the play because most of the actors most of the actors were just plain were just plain vapidvapid..