Vocab F Units 1-3

The expression of approval or favorable opinion, praise; official approval Syn: commendation, sanction Ant: disapproval, condemnation, censure

To make easier or milder, relieve; to quiet, calm; tp put an end to, appease, satisfy, quench Syn: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay Ant: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

A combination, union, or merger for some specific purpose Syn: alliance, league, federation, combine Ant: splinter group

Decline, decay, or deterioration; a condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self- indulgence Syn: degeneration, corruption Ant: rise, growth, development, maturation

To draw forth, bring out from some source (such as another person) Syn: call forth, evoke, extract, educe Ant: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

To attempt to dissuade someone from some course or decision by earnest reasoning Syn: protest, remonstrate, complain

Used so often as to lack freshness or originality Syn: banal, trite, commonplace, corny Ant: new, fresh, novel, original

A gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) Syn: pause, lacuna Ant: continuity, continuation

A hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) Syn: insinuation, intimation Ant: direct statement

To plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third-party or go-between in an disagreement Syn: intervene, mediate

Wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) Syn: sated, surfeited, cloyed Ant: unspoiled, uncloyed

Causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint Syn: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly Ant: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

Worthy, deserving recognition or praise Syn: praiseworthy, laudable, commendable Ant: blameworthy, reprehensible, discreditable

Peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily irritated and upset Syn: irritable, testy, waspish Ant: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

A special right or privilege, a special quality showing excellence Syn: perquisite, perk