Vocabulary you must know for the SLO

Determination

• the act of coming to a decision or of fixing or settling a purpose.

boldness, bravery, certainty, conviction, courage, dedication,

Yet there was something moving in his determination to keep on working.

Solitude

• the state of being or living alone; seclusion

His solitude did not help his case as he tried to raise funds.

confinement, detachment, emptiness, isolation, loneliness, peace and quiet, privacy, seclusion, separateness, silence, solitariness, withdrawal

Bewilderment

• state of surprise, shock or confusion

amazement, astoundment, awe, confusion, dumbfoundment, shock, stupefaction, wonder, wonderment

And when the realization hits, the response usually is one of bewilderment .

Relaxation

• abatement or relief from bodily or mental work, effort, application, etc.

But it also brings on a relaxation quality, they use it for meditation.

alleviation, amusement, assuagement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, loosening, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, requiescence, rest

Visage

• 1. the face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.; countenance.

• 2. aspect; appearance.

The strain was increasingly evident in his gaunt and saddened visageaspect, cast, demeanor, expression, face, features, kisser, look, looks, mask, mien, mug, poker face, potato, puss, visage

Invaluable

• beyond calculable or appraisable value; of inestimable worth; priceless:

beyond price, costly, dear, expensive, helpful, inestimable, precious, serviceable, valuable

The opportunity to give early information is an invaluable way of enhancing your service to your readership.

Nostalgic

• experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.

Though, the colonial-style lobby and grand staircase retain the hotel's nostalgic charm.

down memory lane, drippy, homesick, like yesterday, lonesome, longing, mushy, regretful, sappy*, sentimental, sloppy, syrupy, wistful, yearning

Envious

• full of, feeling, or expressing envy or jealousy: envious of a person's success;

begrudging, coveting, craving, desiring, desirous, distrustful, greedy, green with envy, green-eyed, grudging, longing for, wishful, yearning , jealous, resentful

People were not envious of him being rich, never, because he was generous.

Appreciative

• feeling or showing appreciation

The audience was a large, first-night gathering, appreciative of the many excellences of the performance.

Somber

• gloomy, depressing, or dismal

Sometimes it's frantic and up-tempo and other times it's jumpy and swinging and other times it's slow and somber .

black, bleak, blue*, caliginous, cloudy, dark, depressive, dim, dingy, dire, dismal, dispiriting, doleful, down, drab, dragged, dreary, dull, dusky, earnest, funereal, gloomy, grave, grim, hurting, joyless, lugubrious, melancholy, mournful, sedate, sepulchral, serious, shadowy, shady, sober, solemn, sourpuss, staid, tenebrous, weighty

Fleeting

• swift; rapid They range from fleeting glimpses of bears to close encounters.

ambiguous, baffling, cagey, deceptive, difficult to catch, elusory, illusory, imponderable, incomprehensible, indefinable, insubstantial, intangible, misleading, puzzling, shifty, shy, slippery, stonewalling, subtle, transient, transitory, tricky, unspecific, volatile

Endurance

• the ability or strength to continue or last, especially despite fatigue, stress, or other adverse conditions; stamina: He has amazing physical endurance.

Running long distances gives me the power of endurance .

ability, backbone, capacity, continuing, courage, enduring, forebearance, fortitude, grit, guts, heart*, moxie*, patience, perseverance, persistence, resignation, resistance, resolution, spunk, stamina, standing, starch, strength, tenacity, tolerance, undergoing, vitality, will, withstanding

Civil Disobedience• the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for

the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes.

If you're afraid of the consequences, you can't really engage in civil disobedience.

action, antagonism, antithesis, aversion, clash, combat, competition, con, conflict, confronting, contention, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, counteraction, counterattack, prevention, repugnance, repulsion, resistance, rivalry, skirmish, strife, struggle, unfriendliness, violation, war, warfare

Complacency

• a feeling of quiet pleasure or security, often while unaware of some potential danger, defect, or the like; self-satisfaction or smug satisfaction with an existing situation, condition, etc.

It's all too easy to get lulled into complacency by the easy visual pickings.

arrogance, complacence, consequence, immodesty, narcissism, pomposity, pride, self-admiration, self-conceit, self-exaltation, self-importance, self-love, self-regard, smugness, snottiness, stuffiness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vainness, vanity

Apartheid

• any system or practice that separates people according to race, caste, etc.

(in the Republic of South Africa) a rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population.

bias, bigotry, discrimination, illiberality, one-sidedness, partiality, racialism, sectarianism, segregation, unfairness

Indignities

• an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.

His bald head gleamed, as if still feverish under the indignity of second place on the ticket. embarrassment, humiliation, abuse, affront, backhanded compliment, discourtesy, dishonor, disrespect, insult, outrage, put-down, reproach, slap, slight, slur, snub, take-down, taunt

Plight

• a condition, state, or situation, especially an unfavorable or unfortunate one: to find oneself in a sorry plight.

• Many hands have been wrung about the plight of overextended kids.

• bad news, circumstances, condition, corner*, double trouble, extremity, fix*, hole*, impasse, jam, perplexity, pickle, pinch*, predicament, quandary, scrape*, spot*, state*, straits, tight situation, trouble

Indifference

• lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.

It was his refusal to be labelled as angry, or as anything else, and his indifference to literary acclaim.

aloofness, apathy, callousness, carelessness, cold shoulder, cold-blooded, detachment, disdain, disinterest, disregard, impassivity, inattention, lack, lethargy, listlessness, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, noninterference, unconcern, unmindfulness

Ascertain

• to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to make certain or clear

I'd ask to speak with the student about the quiz and try to ascertain what the word meant to the student.catch on, confirm, determine, discover, double-check, establish, find out, fix, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, identify, learn, learn the ropes, look-see, make certain, make sure, peg, pick up on, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, size up, tell, verify

Delineated

• to portray in words; describe or outline with precision: In her speech she delineated the city plan with great care.

The aims of these groups could be politically delineated .

characterize, chart, define, depict, detail, draft, draw, figure, lay out, limn, mark, plot, portray, represent, sketch out, trace

Revenue

• the return or yield from any kind of property, patent, service, etc.; income.

The three main sources of general revenue are personal income, sales and corporate income taxes.

income, profit

Proactive

• serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.

It's a very powerful proactive way to deal with health.

full of enthusiasm, fired up, intense, keyed up, lively, passionate

Derelict

• a person abandoned by society, especially a person without a permanent home and means of support; vagrant; bum.

• Nautical . a vessel abandoned in open water by its crew without any hope or intention of returning.

On land, unwanted buildings are left derelict or torn down.

She dressed like a derelict .

Negligent

• guilty of or characterized by neglect, as of duty; lazily careless; offhand:

Because no plaintiff can claim ignorance of tobacco's hazards, its manufacturers cannot be held negligent for selling it.

careless, indifferent

Convey

• to communicate; impart; make known:

The purpose of writing papers is to convey a message.

announce, come out, communicate, convey, disclose, divulge, impart, inform, let out, make public, pass on, proclaim, reveal, tell, transmit

Integral

• necessary to the completeness of the whole

After all, the house is meant to be an integral part of the land.

necessary, basic

Deforestation

• to divest or clear of forests or trees:

Cutting down trees to fire primitive cook stoves is also a cause of deforestation

clear-cutting