11th grade-ELA Vocabulary unit 1

definition: the expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise, official approval

synonyms: sanction

antonoyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure

• approbation

• degeneration

• repress

• criticism

definition: to make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; to put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench

synonyms: mitigate, slake, allay

antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

• sympathy

• assuage

• protest

• grisly

definition: a combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose

synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine

antonyms: splinter group

• severance

• mediate

• coalition

• siege

defintion: decline, decay, or deterioration: a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

synonyms: degeneration, corruption

antonyms: rise, growth, maturation

• flourishing
• advancement
• decadence
• prosperity

defintion: to draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person)

synonyms: evoke, extract, educe

antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

• elicit
• praiseworthy

• protest

• invoke

defintion: to attempt to dissuade someone from some course of decision by earnest reasoning

synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

• support
• expostulate

• persuade
• encourage

definition: used so often as to lack freshness or originality

synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

antonyms: new, frresh, novel orginal

• unique
• hackneyed

• gory

• innovative

definition: a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)

synonyms: pause, lacuna

antonyms: continuity, continuation

• interruption
• mediate

• breakthrough
• hiatus

definition: a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense)

synonyms: insinuation, intimation

antonyms: direct statement

• innuendo
• confirmation
• assertion
• allegation

defintion: to plead on behalf of somone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement

synonyms: intervene, mediate

• debate
• argue
• negotiate
• intercede