Vocab Unit 11 Review

The setting, surroundings, environment

Synonyms: probe, investigate

Synonyms: divert, amused

"No one is saying anything as ____ as that," Martha said.

High-spirited; lively; bold, saucy; jaunty

Causing great misfortune

Jenner reasoned that the pox contracted by dairymaids could be used to ____ immunity to others.

t was hoped that the defeat of Germany, and the end of the Third Reich, would soon ____

Synonyms: arbitrate, umpire, referee, settle

Antonyms: hardworking, ambitious

Heroic courage; respect and courtesy; an act or statement marked by high level of courtesy.

Antonyms: decontaminate, cleanse

Synonyms: entice, entrap

Antonyms: outlandish, bizarre, unorthodox

Antonyms: foolish, thoughtless, ill-considered

Synonyms: peculiarity, oddity, eccentricity

Antonyms: early, ahead of time

He came to help her, to ____ his guilt once and for all.

Synonyms: refer to, enumerate, subpoena

Antonyms: meek, unassuming, self-effacing