Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop, Level F: Unit V (5)

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Word Bank

amnestyequitablepreceptsoporific

autonomyextricatesalutarystraitlaced

axiomaticfilchscathingtransient

blazonfloutscourgeunwieldy

caveatfractioussepulchralvapid

  1. ______(n.) a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
  2. The Latin phrase “______emptor” means “Let the buyer beware.”
  3. Synonyms: admonition, word to the wise
  4. ______(v.) tomock, treat with contempt
  5. She chose to ignore my advice, not because she wanted to______my beliefs, but because she had strong opinions of her own.
  6. Synonyms: scoff at, sneer at, snicker at, scorn
  7. Antonyms: obey, honor, revere, uphold
  8. ______(n.) a rule of conduct or action
  9. Many religions follow the______that it is important to treat others as you, yourself, would like to be treated.
  10. Synonyms: principle, maxim
  11. ______(adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm
  12. Sometimes a carefully reasoned discussion does more to change people’s minds than a ______attack.
  13. Synonyms:searing, harsh, ferocious, savage
  14. Antonyms: bland, mild
  15. ______(adj.) tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; (n.) something that induces sleep
  16. He claimed that the musical, despite its energy, was______and that he had slept through the entire second act

Shakespeare’s Juliet drinks a ______so as to appear dead – a trick she is soon to regret.

  1. Synonyms: narcotic, anesthetic
  2. Antonyms: stimulating, stimulant, stimulus
  1. ______(adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time
  2. His bad mood was______, and by the time he’d finished his breakfast, he was smiling.

Many farm hands lived the lives of ______during the Great Depression.

  1. Synonyms: impermanent, ephemeral, evanescent
  2. Antonyms: permanent, imperishable, immortal
  1. ______(n.) a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution
  2. Many political prisoners were freed under the______granted by the new regime.
  3. ______(adj.) self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule
  4. One should not accept the idea that the camera never lies as an______truth.
  5. Synonyms: taken for granted
  6. Antonyms: questionable, dubious, controversial
  7. ______(adj.) fair, just, embodying principles of justice
  8. He did more work, so a sixty-forty split of the profits seemed an______arrangement.
  9. Synonyms: right, reasonable, evenhanded
  10. Antonyms: unjust, unfair, one-sided, disproportionate
  11. ______(adj.) beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome
  12. The cute new puppy had a______effect on her health.
  13. Synonyms: salubrious, curative
  14. Antonyms: detrimental, deleterious, pernicious
  15. ______(adj.) funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal
  16. My sister announced in a severe and______tone of voice that we were out of cookies.
  17. Synonyms: doleful, lugubrious, mortuary
  1. ______(adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force
  2. While critics called the movie______, I thought the performers were very compelling.
  3. Synonyms: insipid, lifeless, colorless
  4. Antonyms: zesty, spicy, savory, colorful, lively
  5. ______(n.) self-government, political control
  6. Even after the thirteen colonies gained______from England, many Americans clung to English traditions.
  7. Synonyms: home rule
  8. Antonyms:dependence, subjection, colonial status
  9. ______(v.) to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort
  10. The ring must have slid off my finger as I was trying to______the fish from the net.
  11. Synonyms: disentangle, extract, disengage
  12. Antonyms: enmesh, entangle, involve
  13. ______(adj.) tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable
  14. It seems as if even the smoothest-running organizations contain one or two______elements.
  15. Synonyms: refractory, recalcitrant, peevish
  16. Antonyms:docile, tractable, cooperative
  17. ______(adj.) extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical
  18. Travelers may find people overseas______in some ways but surprisingly free in others.
  19. Synonyms: highly conventional, overly strict, stuffy
  20. Antonyms: lax, loose, indulgent, permissive, dissolute
  21. ______(adj.) not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity
  22. We loaded the truck with the chairs and the coffee table, but the grand piano was too______.
  23. Synonyms: cumbersome, bulky, clumsy, impractical
  24. Antonyms: manageable, easy to handle
  25. ______(v.) to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely
  26. They will______the results of the election across the Internet and every television set in the land.
  27. Synonyms: broadcast, trumpet
  28. Antonyms: hide, conceal, cover up, bury
  29. ______(v.) to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts
  30. If you______pennies from the cash drawer, you are unlikely, after a while, to be satisfied with only pennies.
  31. Synonyms: pilfer, purloin, swipe
  32. ______(v.) to whip, punish severely; (n.) a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism
  33. Jonathan Swift used wit to______the British government for its cruel treatment of Ireland

Competing teams consider my daughter to be the ______of the soccer field.

  1. Synonyms: (v.) flog, beat; (n.) bane, plague, pestilence
  2. Antonyms: (n.) godsend, boon, blessing

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