Unit 6 : SPORT

Based on the Oxford Dictionary

1. Applied:
Syn: functional, useful, practical
Ant: theoretical

2. Chivalry:
Syn: brave, courage, courteous, gallant, generous

Ant: cowardly, rude, timorous,unmannerly

3. Conviction:
Syn: criminal, culprit, felon, malefactor
Ant: absolve, acquit, exonerate, pardon

4. Egalitarian:
Syn: democratic, open, free
Ant: repressive

5. Factor:
Syn: actor, agent, attorney, delegate, manager, deputy
Ant: retain

6. Intellectual:
Syn: thinker, academic, brain

7. Loops:
Syn: curve, bend, arc, twist

8. Negate:
Syn: cancel out, reverse, wipe out
9. Nicking:
Syn: cut, a small V-shaped cut or indentation in an edge or surface

10. Noble:
Syn: aristocratic, august, dignified, elevated, grand
Ant: object, base, ignoble, low, servile

11. Pedagogue:

     Syn: teacher ,master

12. Pitch:
Syn: cast, chuck, fling, heave, hurl, launch

Ant: catch, grab, and receive

13. Promising:
Syn: affirmation, agreement, assurance, contract, oath, pledge

14. Reform:
Syn:  better, correct, improve

Ant: aggravate, corrupt, damage, impair, rein

15. Renounce:
Syn: abandon, abdicate, desert, drop, sacrifice
Ant: maintain, preserve, persist, and remain

16. Spreading:
Syn: circulate, diffuse, dispense, open, extend
Ant: collect, conceal, condense, suppress

17. Springboard:
Syn: launch pad, catalyst

18. Stele:
Syn: epitaph, an inscription on a tombstone or monument commemorating the person buried there

19. Summit:
Syn: height, top, peak, zenith
Ant: nadir, depth