Vocabulary Level G Unit 10

a shout of welcome; an overwhelming verbal vote of approval
syn: ovation, plaudits, cheering
ant: booing, hissing, jeers, catcalls

• paroxysm
• acclamation
• mandate
• shibboleth

to slander; to accuse falsely and maliciously
syn: defame, libel
ant: flatter, whitewash, praise

• calumniate
• shibolleth
• vacillate
• collusion

characteristic of the countryside, rural; relating to shepherds and cowherds, pastoral
syn: rustic
ant: metropolitan

• dilettante
• refulgent
• collusion
• bucolic

extremely cautious, hesitant, or slow (to); reserved, diffident
syn: skittish
ant: heedless, reckless, incautious

• paltry
• chary
• imperturbable
• unremitting

secret agreement or cooperation
syn: conspiracy, plot, connivance

• mandate
• tyro
• collusion
• dilettante

a dabbler in the arts; one who engages in an activity in an amateurish, trifling way;  superficial
syn: amateur
ant: professional

• tyro
• dillettante
• paroxysm
• vituperative

not easily excited; emotionally steady
syn: unflappable, unexcitable, serene, unruffled
ant: excitable

• calumniate
• unremitting
• imperturbable
• paltry

an enlargement, increase addition
syn: accretion
ant: reduction, decrease

• acclamation
• increment
• pedantry
• peregrination 

an authoritative command, formal order, authorization; to issue such an order
syn: directive
ant: forbid, ban, outlaw

• collusion
• acclamation
• shibboleth
• mandate

trifling, insignificant; mean, despicable, inferior, trashy
syn: measly, meager, piddling, trivial
ant: gigantic, immense

• increment
• bucolic
• paltry
• vaciillate