1. Vocabulary Animal Farm
Terms borrowed from Advanced Placement Strategies, Inc.
Mrs. Gillmore English 11
Spring Utopia vs. Dystopia Thematic Unit

2. Apathy A lack of concern or feeling, indifference Synonym: Stoicism
Antonym: Enthusiasm devotion
The man looked upon the turn of events with apathy.

3. Benevolence Kindness, generosity, charity
Antonyms: Antagonism, malevolence
His benevolence was shown when he set up soup kitchens for the poor.

4. Collaborate To work together Antonym: to work alone
Sometimes singers who have never worked together will collaborate to make a new album.

5. Conciliate To reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship
Synonyms: Appease, mollify, placate, propitiate
Antonyms: To estrange
My husband tried conciliate me with a gift of roses.

6. Cryptic Mysterious, secret Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, obscure
Antonyms: clear, revealed
I did not understand his cryptic message.

7. Din Loud and discordant noises Synonym: Antonyms: Euphony
The din in the senate was so great that I could not hear the speaker.

8. Enmity En muh tee Absolute hatred
Synonym: antagonism, hostility, rancor
Antonyms: love, admiration
I have a lot of enmity for people who provide illegal drugs to children.

9. Ensconce en SKONS To settle comfortably Synonym: Antonyms: to uproot
Before the game started, he ensconced himself in the easy chair.

10. Graphic Vivid. Synonym: descriptive Antonyms: simple, unadorned
I have trouble looking at graphic films of concentration camps.

11. Ignominy IG nuh min ee Disgraceful or dishonorable conduct
Synonym: disgrace, disrepute, infamy
Antonyms: honor
Treason is an ignominy.

12. Indefatigable in deh FAT uh guh ble
Tireless, incapable of being fatigued.
Synonym:
Antonyms: easily tired
The indefatigable army moved ahead steadily over the many days without rest.

13. Indignation Anger as a result of something unjust.
Synonym: fury, ire, rage, wrath
Antonyms: serenity
I have much indignation about the light sentence given to the drunk driver.

14. Malign To utter injuriously misleading reports about.
Synonym: asperse, defame
Antonyms: to extol
Several old gossips in the neighborhood had maligned the woman.

15. Maxim
A saying of proverbial nature; a general truth or principle; rule of conduct.
Synonym: proverb
Antonyms:
The maxim “a penny saved is a penny earned” is a favorite with many people.

16. Preeminence Superiority to all others. Synonym: Antonyms: inferiority
Receiving a Nobel prize signifies preeminence in a field.

17. Reproach To blame for something; a disgrace
Synonyms: chasten, chide, rebuke
Antonyms: to praise, accolade
Her conduct was so good that it was beyond reproach.

18. Uproarious Making great noise (not necessarily negative)
Synonym: tumultuous
Antonyms: soft, quiet
The Beatles usually played to uproarious crowds.