Vocabulary Level F Unit 3 Part 1

To have an intense dislike or hatred for

SYN: To REEDEM himself after hurting his sibling's feelings. 

ANT: The navigation system provided a DIRECT route to the destination. 

ANT: Dexter sat in TRANQUILITY before taking a nap after his walk. 

SYN: The judge ADJURED the assailant with a restraining order. 

SYN: An additional fee to ACCELERATE the time of delivery. 

ANT: He FELT NO SYMPATHY FOR the girl crying over her breakup as a result of his bitterness to love. 

Resulting from chance rather than from an inherent cause or character; accidental

To direct or order; to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way; to prohibit 

The modification of the social patterns, traits, or structures of one group or society by contact with those of another

ANT: A CONGENITAL condition acquired at birth. 

To sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

ANT: She loved to volunteer, and SAVORED the full-heart feeling after reading to residents in the nursing home. 

To make easy, cause to progress faster

Roundabout, not direct

To assign or refer to (as a cause or source), attribute

A state of great excitement, agitation, or turbulence; to be in or work into such a state

SYN: The celebrity CREDITED her success to her support system. 

SYN: The ADAPTATION of the people to meet the needs of life after the volcanic eruption. 

To make amends, make up for; to avert