Sadlier-Oxford Vocab Level F Unit 14 English Vocab

(e me' ne bel)

(adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible

A good child has an amenable attitude toward her parents orders.

Synonyms: agreeable, compliant, docile

Antonyms: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant

(bi rat')

(v) to scold sharply
The treaty of Versailes berated Germany for WW1

Synonyms: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand

Antonyms: praise, compliment, pat on the back

(kar' nej)

(n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life
The mass amount of carnage left a bloodbath on the battlefield.

Synonyms: butchery, bloodbath, massacre

(krej' e les)

(adj) too ready to believe, easily decieved

Sometimes children are seen as credulous or gullible to bribes.
Synonyms: gullible

Antonyms: dubious, skeptical

(kri tir' e en)

(n) a rule, test; a standard for judgement or evaluation

I need to take a final crtierion so that my bio teacher can evaluate my progress.
Synonyms: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

(di plet')

(v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

Try not to deplete our goods so that we can live on this island.
Synonyms: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt

Antonyms: replenish, refill, restock, resupply

(ek spa' she at)

(v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

The writer of the Odyssey had no problem expatiating the story since it was so long.
Synonyms: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam

Antonyms: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

(ek stra' ne es)

(adj) coming from the outside, foreign; present but not essential, irrelevant

That is an extraneous solution that has no relevance.
Synonyms: incidental, extrinsic

Antonyms: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

(in sep' shen)

(n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

Interphase is the inception of the cell cycle.
Synonyms: commencement, inauguration, outset

Antonyms: completion, conclusion, termination

(in ferm' e te)

(n) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral)

My physical infirmity is a sprained ankle.
Synonyms: afflication, malady, defect

(ji jun')

(adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immatuve, juvenile

Bad dietary habits such as soda are very jejune for you.
Synonyms: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish

Antonyms: stimulating, mature

(ab' dyu ret)

(adj) stubborn, unyielding

I am very obdurate about subjects that i feel very adament about.
Synonyms: obstinate, adament

Antonyms: yielding, tractable, flexible

(po pu re')

(n) A collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

In Jeopardy they have an event called potpourri which is a mix of trivia.
Synonyms: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley

Antonyms: homogeneous or uniform group

(pri ko' shes)

(adj) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

the boys was precocious and was very smart with a very high IQ.
Synonyms: foward, gifted, advanced

Antonyms: backward, retarded, slow

(se dis' tik)

(adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

The man had a sadistic fetish that caused him to commit sin,
Synonyms: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish

Antonyms: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful