Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Level F Unit 13

(v) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)

It is wrong to aid and abetting.
Antonyms: hamper, hinder, impede, frustrate

(v) to affirm, declare confidently

I want to aver confidently that I am in love with Jenny, said Jim, who was responding to the spreading rumor.
Synonyms: assert, asseverate, avouch
Antonyms: deny, disavow, repudiate, disclaim

(adj) noise in a coarse, offensive way; obvious or conspicuous, espoecailly in an unfavorable sense

The blatant noise was hurting my ears.
Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, egregious, disagreeably loud
Antonyms: inconsequential, trifling, piddling, petty

(v) to bring up or begin to talk about (a subject); to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the waterl to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce (a keg or cask) in order to draw off liquid; (n) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks
I want to broach in the conversation and introduce a new topic.Put the meat on a broach so it can roast.

(v) to support, prop up, strengthen; (n) a supporting structure

I need that bar to butress the plank of wood so its supported.The broach supports the decking.
Synonyms: (v) bolster, reinforce, brace, shore up
Antonyms: (v) undermine, weaken, impair

(n) noisy revelry or merrymaking (often with a suggestion of heavy drinking)

At weddings many times there is much carousal.
Synonyms: drinking boul, drunken revel, binge

(v) to compare critically in order to note differences, similarities; to arrange in order for some specific purpose

I need to collate things so i can find the differences and put them in categories.
Synonyms: sort out, corss-check, rearrange

(n) an expert; one who is well qualified to pass critical judgements, especially in one of the fine arts

I want to be a conoisseur of the fine art of theater so i can be known as an expert in it.
Synonyms: authority, savant, pundit
Antonyms: igoramus, philistine, yahoo

(adj) deeply unhappy or dejected; without hope, beyond consolation

Before you reach disconsolate go see your doctor about depression pills.
Synonyms: grief-stricken, inconsolable, comfortless
Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, buoyant, jaunty

(v) to weigh down or burden (with difficulties, cares, debt); to fill up, block up, hinder

I do not want to encumber others with all my problems.
Synonyms: overload, saddle, hamper, clog
Antonyms: unburden, unload, relieve

(v) to promote trouble or rebellion; to apply warm liquids to, warm

It is bad to forment trouble amongst people and start a riot.
Synonyms: instigate, incite, stir up
Antonyms: quell, quash, squelch, suppress

(adj) frightful, horrible, ghastly

The grisly man scared the poor children because of his horribly hideous face.
Synonyms: gruesome, gory, hideous
Antonyms: pleasent, delightful, attractive

(adj) (capital H) relating to Hercules; (lowercase H) characterized by great strength; very hard to do in the sense of requiring unusual strength

Your herculean strength is so cool since you can lift up a tree because you're in love.
Synonyms: mighty, powerful, arduous, onerous, colossal
Antonyms: puny, Lilliputian, bantam

(adj) showing no feeling or emotion; inanimate; motionless

Please don't show me an impassive face when i tell you that i love you.
Synonyms: emotionless, stoical, unemotional, insensible
Antonyms: emotional, passionate, excitable

(adj) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future

It is inauspicious to open up an umbrella indoors.
Synonyms: unpropitious, unpromising, untimely
Antonyms: propitious, favorable