Week 7



Alleviate

Definition: to lessen; to relieve, usually temporarily or incompletely; to make bearable

Sentence: Rapunzel used her powers to alleviate Flynn's pain.



Antonym: aggravate

Antonym sentence: Jafar was aggravated with the hyenas.




Negligence

Definition: carelessness

Sentence: Some may say that Cinderella showed negligence when she left her shoe behind.



Antonym: Care

Antonym sentence: belle treated her father with care.




Conspicuous

Definition: standing out; obvious

Sentence: belle was very conspicuous in her village.



Antonym: Inconspicuous

Antonym sentence: Jasmine tried to be inconspicuous when she was in disguise.




Advocate

Definition: to speak in favor of; to support

Sentence: the Genie, in disguise, acted as Aladdin's advocate.



Antonym: Opponent

Antonym sentence: Randall and Sully were opponents.





Ascetic

Definition: hermitlike; practicing self-denial

Sentence: Tinkerbell became ascetic when she was angry.

Antonym: Friendly

Antonym sentence: Max was a very friendly dog.




Profound

Definition: deep; insightful

Sentence: Grandmother willow gave very profound advice.



Antonym: superficial

Antonym sentence: Governor Ratcliffe and the other explorers had a superficial viewpoint of native Americans.




Ironic

Definition: satiric; unexpected

Sentence: it was ironic for Ariel to ask the question, "what would i give if i could live out of these waters". Eventually, she ends up giving her voice.



Antonym: expected

Antonym sentence: Timon and Pumba expected simba to grow up eventually.




Dogmatic

Definition: arrogantly assertive of unproven ideas; arrogantly claiming that something (often a system of beliefs) is beyond dispute

Sentence: Mother Gothel was dogmatic when Rapunzel asked to leave the tower.






Antonym: open-minded

Antonym sentence: Carl and Ellie were very open-minded when it came to deciding what adventures they would take.




Condone

Definition: to overlook; to permit to happen

Sentence: The Sultan condoned Jasmine to marry Aladdin.






Antonym: forbid

Antonym sentence: King Triton forbid Ariel from going to the water surface.






Dissent

Definition: disagreement

Sentence: Buzz and Woody were still friends despite their regular dissents.






Antonym: Agree

Antonym sentence: Rapunzel and Flynn agreed that they wanted to get married.






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