Unit 9

• awry (adjective, adverb) in a turned or twisted position or direction; wrong, out of the right or hoped-for course

  Synonym: crooked

  Antonym: straight
• bludgeon (noun) a short club used as a weapon.

  Synonym: cudgel

  
  

  (verb) to strike with a heavy club; to use force or strong arguments to gain some point.

  Synonym: clobber, clout
• chafe (verb) to warm by rubbing; to wear sore by rubbing; to feel annoyance or dissatisfaction, annoy, irk, to strain or press against

  Synonym: Irritate

  Antonym: soothe

  (noun) a sore or injury caused by rubbing
• dire (adjective) dreadful, causing fear or suffering; warning of trouble to come; demanding immediate action to avoid disaster

  Synonym: disastrous

  Antonym: beneficial
• encroach (verb) to advance beyond the usual or proper limits, trespass

  Synonym: intrude
• fend (verb) to ward off, resist; to get along, manage

  Synonym: cope
• mien (noun) air, manner; appearance; expression

  Synonym: look
• predominant (adjective) the greatest in strength or power; most common

  Synonym: chief

  Antonym: secondary
• recluse (noun) a person who leads a life shut up or withdrawn from the world

  Synonym: hermit
• specific( adjective) special or particular; clearly presented or stated

  Synonym: precise

  Antonym: general
• apt (adjective) suitable, fitting, likely; quick to learn

  Synonym: appropriate

  Antonym: inappropriate
• capitulate (verb) to end resistance, give up, throw in the towel

  Synonym: persist
• defile ( verb, transitive) to make unclean or dirty, destroy the purity of

  Synonym: pollute

  Antonym: purify

  (verb, intransitive) to march in a single line or in columns

  (noun) a narrow passage; gorge, canyon
• disarming (adjective) charmin, tending to soften unfriendliness or suspicion

  Synonym: endearing

  Antonym: alarming
• disgruntled (adjective, participal) in bad humour, discontented, annoyed

  Synonym: grumpy

  Antonym: satisfied
• endow (verb) to furnish, equip, provide with funds or some other desirable thing or quality

  Synonym: grant

  Antonym: deprive
• impunity (noun) freedom from punishment

  Synonym: immunity
• pertinent (adjective) related to the matter at hand, to the point

  Synonym: germane

  Antonym: irrelevant
• prodigy (noun) something wonderful or marvelous; an unusual feat; a child or young person with extraordinary ability or talent

  Synonym: genius
• renown (noun) fame, glory

  Synonym: celebrity

  Antonym: obscurity