1. Lessons 1-14 Vocabulary Review
English 12
Lessons 1-14 Vocabulary Review

2. desiccate To dry out; to remove moisture
Janet desiccates flowers and then uses them to make wreaths

3. truncate
To shorten
The candidate truncated his campaign because of a family illness.

4. usurp To take over; to seize power Syn: commandeer; seizer; co-opt
Ant: abdicate; relinquish

5. vacillate To waver; to sway indecisively Syn: fluctuate; swing; waffle
Ant: decide

6. expurgate To remove vulgar or objectionable material
Syn: censor; bowdlerize; sanitize

7. inundate
To overwhelm; to fill beyond capacity
Syn: flood; overwhelm

8. revere To regard with respect, awe, or adoration
Syn: venerate; respect; honor
Ant: revile

9. estrange
To alienate
Syn: disaffect; antagonize
Ant: unite; endear

10. expiate
To make amends for
Syn: atone; correct; rectify

11. comprise To include or consist of ; contain
Syn: constitute; encompass; incorporate
Ant: exclude; lack

12. foist
To pass off as genuine or valuable
Syn: fob

13. disconcert To frustrate; confuse Syn: agitate; fluster; perplex
Ant: enlighten; delight; comfort; encourage

14. contrive
To plan cleverly; to devise
syn: concoct; design; engineer

15. Venerate To respect or revere Syn: glorify, treasure
Ant: abhor, despise

16. Prognosticate
To predict
Syn: forecast; foreshadow

17. Entreat To earnestly request or petition Syn: importune; implore
Ant: demand

18. Promulgate
To announce; to make known
Syn: declare; exhibit

19. pander To exploit weakness of others; to cater to the vices of others
Syn: cajole; indulge

20. inveigh To disapprove angrily; to protest
Syn: berate; condemn; remonstrate
Ant: commend; laud; praise

21. lionize To assign great social importance to; to treat as a celebrity
Syn: acclaim; exalt; honor
Ant: ignore; overlook

22. allay To relieve; to alleviate Syn: calm; ease; pacify
Ant: excite; intensify; agitate

23. vitiate To corrupt morally; to contaminate Syn: defile; devalue; spoil
Ant: purify; clarify; cleanse

24. ameliorate To make better; to improve Syn: enhance; upgrade
Ant: weaken; damage; corrupt

25. corroborate To strengthen by adding evidence
Syn: confirm; substantiate; validate
Ant: contradict.

26. perambulate
To walk about; to stroll
Syn: saunter; wander

27. depredate To plunder and pillage Syn: pilfer; ransack, revenge
Ant: enhance

28. rhapsodize
To express oneself enthusiastically.
Syn: rave

29. Revel To enjoy; to take pleasure in. Syn: bask; delight; indulge
Ant: grieve; lament

30. implicate To involve or connect unfavorably Syn: entangle; incriminate
Ant: extricate; dissociate

31. flummox To confuse; to perplex Syn: bewilder; baffle; perplex
Ant: clarify; simplify

32. reciprocate
To give in response to receiving something.
Syn: match

33. inculcate To impress upon or teach someone by repetition.
The chemistry teacher inculcated atomic mass values into her students until they could recite the numbers without looking at a chart.