1. Vocabulary Level F
Unit # 5

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3. amnesty
(noun) pardon for an offense against the government; any act of forgiveness
pardon
I hope that she receives amnesty for her crime because it was truly an accident.

4. autonomy
(noun) self-government; political control
independence
home rule
self-governed
Toddlers enjoy a sense of autonomy as soon as they begin to walk on their own.

5. axiomatic (adj) self-evident; expressing a universally accepted idea
taken for grated
obvious
The passengers on the Axiom spaceship in the movie “Wall-e”, never questioned their axiomatic existence living in space for generations.

6. blazon (Verb) to adorn or embellish; to publish or proclaim widely
broadcast
trumpet
She couldn’t wait to blazon her “In a Relationship” status on Facebook.

7. caveat
(noun) a warning to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior
word to the wise
admonition
The teacher tried subtle caveats to let the students know that they needed to settle down and get to work.

8. equitable (adj) fair, just, embodying principles of justice
right
reasonable
even handed
$50 for a day’s work washing windows seemed equitable.

9. extricate (verb) to free from entanglement; to remove with effort
extract
disentangle
It took all afternoon to extricate the cat from the tree.

10. filch (verb) to steal, especially in a sneaky way. swipe purloin
Pilfer
I was shocked to discover he had been filching money from his little sister’s piggy bank,

11. flout (verb) to mock, treat with contempt sneer at scorn scoff at
She flouted the Homecoming tradition and refused to wear a mum.

12. fractious (adj) unruly; quarrelsome, tending to be troublesome
recalcitrant
peevish
One fractious student in a class can cause everyone to be miserable; it is best to remove him.

13. precept (noun) a rule of conduct or action
principle
maxim
Mrs. Zellmer has rather strict precepts for classroom behavior.

14. salutary (adj) beneficial, helpful, healthful
wholesome
curative
salubrious
Daily exercise will have a salutary effect on your weight and stress levels.

15. scathing (adj) bitterly severe, causing great harm
ferocious
harsh
searing
After reading the scathing comments about the applicant, we certainly didn’t want to hire him.

16. scourge (verb) to whip or punish severely (noun) a cause of suffering
flog
beat
plague
pestilence
You should not scourge the donkey to get him to behave.
The one freshman in the group was a scourge to their mature conversation.

17. sepulchral (adj) typical of the tomb/grave; extremely gloomy
doleful
lugubrious
mournful
The sepulchral background music in the commercial made me even more depressed.

18. soporific (adj) tending to cause sleep
(noun) something that causes sleep
narcotic
anesthetic
My husband will not attend the ballet with me because he feels it is soporific.

19. straitlaced
(adj) extremely strict in moral standards; prudish; puritanical
overly strict
stuffy
The straitlaced student would not feel comfortable at a wild, permissive party.

20. transient George and Lennie were transient farm workers.
(adj) lasting only a short time
(noun) one who stays only a short time.
impermanent
ephemeral
George and Lennie were transient farm workers.

21. unwieldy
(adj) not easily carried or managed because of size or complexity
cumbersome
bulky
impractical
The giant sack of football equipment was too unwieldy for one guy to carry.

22. vapid
(adj) dull, uninteresting; lacking in sharpness, flavor, or liveliness
bland
lifeless
boring
insipid
I was totally bored by the play because most of the actors were just plain vapid.