Unit 6 Vocab

(ADJ) embarrassed, ashamed, or nonplussed

Ant: unembarrassed, unashamed

• articulate

• abashed

• aloof

• anguish

(N) great mental suffering, distress, or pain; (V) to cause deep pain or sorrow

Syn: (N) misery, woe, torment

Ant: (N) joy, delight, peace of mind

• forthright

• ostracize

• anguish

• aloof

(V) to be in, or expose oneself to, pleasant warmth; to take pleasure in or derive enjoyment from

Syn: wallow, revel

• finesse

• genial

• flaunt

• bask

(N) delicate skill; tact and cleverness; (V) to accomplish something by cleverness, good judgement, or skillful evasion

Syn: (N) delicacy, subtlety

Ant: (N) clumsiness, awkward

• flaunt

• finesse

• instill

• ostracize

(ADJ) frank, direct, straightforward

Syn: candid, blunt

Ant: indirect, evasive, deceitful, two-faced

• forthright

• flaunt

• genial

• repercussion

(V) to add gradually; to introduce or cause to be taken in

Syn: implant, infuse, inculate

Ant: root out, eradicate, extirpate

• instill

• flaunt

• defect

• aloof

(N) forewarning or foreboding of a future event

Syn: presentiment

• repercussion

• premonition

• pseudonym

• rehabilitate

(V) to wash away impurities, clean up; (N) the process of getting rid of something or someone decisively

Syn: (V) cleanse, purify

Ant: (V) pollute, contaminate, defile

• retentive

• repercussion

• resolute

• purge

(N) an effect or consequence of some action or event, result; an echo or reverberation

Ant: cause, source

• pseudonym

• scapegoat

• repercussion

• resolute

(ADJ) able to hold, keep, or recall; retaining knowledge easily

Ant: porous, forgetful

• retentive

• resolute

• purge

• premonition