1. Livery: distinctive clothing. From Sonnet 2. “proud livery”
2. Celestial; adj. Relating to heaven; 1 a celestial body: (in) space, heavenly, astronomical, extraterrestrial, stellar, astral, planetary. ANTONYMS earthly, terrestrial.
3. Contented: adj. Satisfied, happy, cheerful, glad; unworried, untroubled, at ease, at peace, tranquil, serene. ANTONYMS discontented, dissatisfied.
4. Damasked; patterned, A rich patterned fabric of cotton, linen, silk, or wool. Or the greyish-pink color of the damask rose.
5. Temperate. Adj. M mild, temperate climates: mild, clement, benign, gentle, balmy. ANTONYMS extreme.
6. Obsequious: Adj. attentive, an elderly gentlemen surrounded by obsequious heirs: servile, ingratiating, sycophantic, fawning, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, groveling, cringing, subservient, submissive, slavish; informal brown-nosing, bootlicking, smarmy. ANTONYMS domineering.
7. oblation. Thing offered to god; he poured the first oblation to the household gods: religious offering, burnt offering, gift of thanks.
8. novel. Original. a novel way of making money: new, original, unusual, unfamiliar, unconventional.
9. gilding. Gild, verb. To apply gold. She gilded the picture frame: gold-plate; cover with gold, paint gold.
10. drudge. Noun. a household drudge: menial worker, slave, lackey, servant, laborer.
11. besiege. Verb. To surround. the Romans besieged Carthage: lay siege to, beleaguer, blockade, surround; archaic invest.
12. replete. Adj. 1 the guests were replete: well-fed, sated, satiated, full, full up; glutted, gorged; informal stuffed.
13. beauteous. Adj. - (poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight.
14. impeached. Verb. Congressional moves to impeach the president: indict, accuse, charge, lay charges against, arraign, take to court, put on trial, prosecute.
15. belied. Verb. his eyes belied his words: contradict, be at odds with, call into question, show/prove to be false, disprove, debunk, discredit, controvert, negate; formal confute. ANTONYMS testify to, reveal.
16. Foist. Verb. Why are you trying to foist your crummy old furniture on me? impose on, force on, thrust on, offload on, unload on, dump on, palm off on; pass off on; saddle someone with, land someone with.
17. Dun: Adjective. a dun cow: grayish-brown, brownish, mousy, muddy, khaki, umber.
18. Dote. Verb. She doted on the boy: adore, love dearly, be devoted to, idolize, treasure, cherish, worship, hold dear; indulge, spoil, pamper.
19. forbear. Verb. Can you forbear from drinking? refrain from, abstain from, desist from, keep from, restrain oneself from, stop oneself from, hold back from, withhold from; resist the temptation to (be); eschew, avoid, decline to (be). ANTONYMS persist.
20. bereft. Adjective. Are you totally bereft of common sense? deprived of, robbed of, stripped of, devoid of, bankrupt of; wanting, in need of, lacking, without; informal minus, sans, clean out of.
1. ali, allo, alter---other
altruism
alias, alibi, alien,alloy,alter, alter ego,
2. arch chief, --first, rule
English IV WS Sonnet Vocabulary Unit
Greek and Latin Roots for the SATs:
archangel, architect, archaic, monarchy
3. belli ---war
rebellion, belligerent, casus belli, bellicose
4. brev
short
abbreviate, brief
5. cad, cas
to fall
cadaver, cadence, cascade
6. Deca- Ten- Decade, decathlon
7. Derm- Skin- Dermatology, taxidermy
8. Dent- Tooth- Dental, Dentures
9. Equi- Equal- Equinox, equilibrium
10. Erg- Work- Engery, allergy
11. Hydro--water
12. Geo--earth
13. Tact--touch
14. tele--far off
15. gen--birth
16. Poly--many
17. post--after
18. pre--before
19. super--abundant, more than
20. sym--together
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