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AP Synonyms and Antonyms for A-C definitions
For Ms. Stroh
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English
11th Grade
09/12/2011

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Term
austerity
Definition

S: ascetic, astringent, mortified, sterness

A: none

Term
coercion
Definition

S: compulsion, constraint, duress, violence

A: none

Term
bequeath
Definition

S: leave, devise, legate, hand on, pass on, transmit

A: none

 

Term
censorious
Definition

S: captious, carping, cabiling, cavillous, critic, faultfinding, hypercritical, overcirtical

A: eulogistic

 

Term

blasphemy

 

Definition

S: cursing, cussing, excecration, imprecation, profanity, swearing, desecration, sacrilege, violation

A: adoration

Term

conciliatory

 

Definition

S: appeasing, assuage, mollify, placate, propitiate, sweeten

A: antagonizing

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brevity

 

Definition

S: briefness, shortness, compendious, curt, laconic, summary, succinct, terse

A: none

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concise
Definition

S: breviloquent, brief, compendiary, compendious,  curt, laconic, short, short and sweet, succinct, summary, terse

A: redundant, verbose

Term
capricious
Definition

S: changeable, fickle, lubricious, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, unstable, varable, volatile

A: steadfast

 

Term
clemency
Definition

S: caritas, charity, grace, lenity, indulgence, lenience, leniency, mercifulness, tolerance, toleration

A: harshness

Term
benign
Definition

S: benignant, good-hearted, kindly, auspicious, bright, dexter, fortunate, white, propitious

A: malign

 

Term
banal
Definition

S: bland, flat, milk-and-water, namby-pamby, sapless, vapid, waterish, watery, wishy-washy

A: original

 

Term
censure
Definition

S: blame, condemn, denounce, denunciate, knock, rap, reprehend, reprobate, skin

A: commend

Term
augment
Definition

S: build, compound, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, multiply

A: none

Term

cajole

 

Definition

S: banter, blandish, blarney, con, sweet-talk, wheedle

A: none

Term
compliance
Definition

S: conformity, resignation

A: frowardness

Term

atrophy

 

Definition

S: decadence, declension, declination, degeneration

A: none

Term
benevolent
Definition

S: big, chivalrous, consideratem greathearted, lofty, magnanimous, altruistic, good, humane

A: malevolent

 

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