act/sat vocabulary unit 14
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ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14. (only one more to go…). Amenable. ( adj ) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible Syn : agreeable, compliant Ant: resistant , recalcitrant. Berate. (v) to scold sharply Syn : chide, rebuke - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ACT/SAT Vocabulary Unit 14(only one more to go…)
Amenable
• (adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be held responsible – Syn: agreeable, compliant– Ant: resistant, recalcitrant
Berate
• (v) to scold sharply– Syn: chide, rebuke– Ant: praise, compliment
Credulous
• (adj) too ready to believe, easily deceived– Syn: gullible– Ant: dubious, skeptical
Deplete
• (v) to use up as a result of spending or consumption– Syn: exhaust, drain– Ant: replenish, refill
Expatiate
• (v) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely – Syn: elaborate, expound– Ant: summarize, condense
Obdurate
• (adj) stubborn, unyielding – Syn: obstinate, intractable– Ant: yielding, flexible
Sadistic
• (adj) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel– Syn: brutal, vicious– Ant: merciful, humane
Challenge Word: Extraneous(adj) coming from
the outside, foreign; present but not essential irrelevant – Syn: incidental,
extrinsic– Ant: relevant,
pertinent
Challenge Word:Inception
• (n) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc. – Syn: commencement, outset– Ant: conclusion, termination
ChallengeWord:Jejune
• (adj) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance; immature, juvenile – Syn: insipid, puerile– Ant: mature