1. Lesson 15 Vocabulary
By: Julian Dakdouk

2. Noxious Harmful to the health Syn: injurious Ant: harmless
Smoking is a noxious deed that causes cancer.

3. Connive To cooperate secretly in wrongdoing Syn:conspire
President bush cooperated in conniving acts such as saving the poor from tax cuts. .

4. Chutzpah Nerve; audacity Syn: brazenness; effrontery Ant: timidity
The Guns and Ammo store had the Chutzpah to go on sale.

5. Liege A lord, master, or sovereign Syn: king Ant: commoner; servant
There are many different kind of lieges in the world.

6. Odium Hatred Syn: abhorrence Ant:love; adoration
The chef must have a great odium for his job.

7. Crass Coarse; tasteless Syn: crude Ant: refined
Dick Cheney and Harry Reid were described as crass on television.

8. Hypercritical Overcritical; too severe in judgement Syn: faultfinding
Ant: lax
The judge was hypercritical in his ruling for the child.

9. Fallacy A mistaken notion; a misconception Ant: truth
The fallacy is that you need to lose weight.

10. Complacent Self-satisfied; smug Syn:assured; confident Ant: humble
Simon Cowell is complacent of his judging “skills.”

11. Befuddle To confuse; to perplex Syn:bewilder; fluster
Ant:clarify; elucidate
Mazes are meant to befuddle you but when you reach the end the reward might be worth it.

12. Pandemonium A wild disorder, noise, or confusion
Syn: chaos; tumult; din
Ant: order; calm
There is so much pandemonium in this photo.

13. Parsimonious Excessively thrifty; stingy Syn: cheap; frugal
Ant: extravagant
This is the equation of getting a Parsimonious dinner.

14. Verbose Using more words than are needed; wordy Syn:prolix
Ant:terse; concise; succinct
The man spoke in a verbose manner which got the employee annoyed.

15. Laudable Worthy of praise; commendable Syn:admirable Ant: execrable
Obama is a laudable person due to the amount of supporters he has.

16. Indiscreet Not wise or judicious; imprudent, as in speech or action
Syn:flagrant
Ant:prudent
The robbers were very indiscreet of breaking into the bank.