Unit 9 Vocab

(ADJ & ADV) in a turned twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

Syn: (ADJ) crooked, askew, amiss

Ant: (ADJ) straight, symmetrical

• chafe

• defile

• capitulate

• awry

(V) to end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

Ant: hold out, persist

• dire

• capitulate

• chafe

• bludgeon

(V, Trans.) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of; (V, Intrans.) to March in a single line or in columns; (N) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon

Syn: (V. Trans.) pollute, contaminate

Ant: (V, Trans.) cleanse, purify

• defile

• dire

• disgruntled

• encroach

(ADJ) charming, tending to soften unfriendlines or suspicion

Syn: endearing, winning

Ant: alarming, troubling, disquieting

• dire

• fend

• disarming

• endow

(V) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

Syn: intrude, infringe

• penal

• encroach

• endow

• fend

(V) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

Syn: stave off, cope

• dire

• mien

• penal

• fend

(N) air, manner; appearance; expression

Syn: look, bearing

• predominant

• mien

• impunity

• prodigy

(ADJ) related to the matter at hand, to the point

Syn: germane, apropos

Ant: unrelated, irrelevant, immaterial

• renown

• recluse

• impunity

• pertinent

(N) something wonderful or marvelous; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent

Syn: marvel, wonder, genius

Ant: dumbell, dunce, dullard

• prodigy

• recluse

• dire

• apt

(N) fame, glory

Syn: reputation, celebrity, prestige

Ant: obscurity, infamy, notoriety

• penal

• impunity

• apt

• renown