Monday, April 14, 2014

Vocabulary for LOG: Year 12

Some words you can use for your creative/expository/persuasive pieces.....

Galileo Words LJL
Diffident
Physicist
Compromised
Paradoxical
Dichotomous
Progressive
Elusive
Seduced
Intellectual
Belligerent
Naive
Pugnacious
Bellicose
Academically antagonistic
Heretic
Nonconformist 
Dissenter person who holds different belief
Recusant
Schismatic
Schismatist
Antipathetic : opposing
Creationism
Fundamentalists
Evolution
Darwinian
Literal
Scientific
 
 
 
Play
Didactic
Parable
Exemplum
Historical
Fictionalised
Allegorical
Analogy
Brectian
Ver
 
Conflict:
 
Synonyms:
altercation, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, brawl, cacophony, clamor, clash, collision, commotion, contention, difference, disagreement, discord, discordancy, disharmony, dissension, dissidence, dissonance, enmity, feud, friction, harshness, hassle, hostility, hubbub, imbroglio, raucousness, riot, row, squabble, squall, strife, tension, warfare.
 
confrontation (noun)
Synonyms:
challenge, confrontation, defiance, dispute, encounter, engagement.
 
confutation (noun)
Synonyms:
abnegation, abrogation, confutation, contradiction, denial, disaffirmation, disavowal, invalidation, rebuttal, refutation, rejoinder, repeal, repudiation.
 
contention (noun)
Synonyms:
argument, contrariety, controversy, opposition, resistance.
 
difference (noun)
Synonyms:
aberration, abnormality, asymmetry, counterpoint, deviation, discrepancy, disparity, dissemblance, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctness, disunity, divergence, diversity, inequality, mismatch, non-uniformity, variance, variation, variety.
 
disagreement (noun)
Synonyms:
complaint, disaccord, divisiveness, nonagreement, rejection.
 
discordance (noun)
Synonyms:
discordance, incompatibility.
 
enmity (noun)
Synonyms:
adverseness, alienation, averseness, bad blood, bitterness, coldness, combativeness, coolness, dislike, hard feelings, hatred, inharmoniousness, inimicality, loathing, malevolence, malice, polarity, quarrelsomeness, rancor, resentment, spitefulness, surliness, unfriendliness, wrath.
 
opposition (noun)
Synonyms:
adversary, counteraction, hindrance, impediment, inhibition, interference, objection, obstinacy, obstruction, repression, repulsion, suppression.
 
warfare (noun)
Synonyms:
aggression, bloodshed, crusade, guerre, jihad, offensive, war, warpath.
 
battle (verb)
Synonyms:
battle, campaign, combat, contest, drive, engage, fight, scramble, scuffle, struggle, tussle.
 
conflict (verb)
Synonyms:
altercate, antagonize, bicker, blast, broil, collide, contend, differ, disagree, dissent, spar.
 
confute (verb)
Synonyms:
abnegate, abrogate, confute, contradict, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disprove, invalidate, negate, rebut, refute, rejoin, repudiate.
 
contend (verb)
Synonyms:
argue, confront, contrast, defend, face, oppose, protest, quarrel, resist, stand, vie, withstand, wrangle, wrestle.
 
contrast (verb)
Synonyms:
deviate, differentiate, diverge, diversify.
 
disagree (verb)
Synonyms:
complain, defy, demur, object, reject.
 
oppose (verb)
Synonyms:
check, counter, counteract, counterattack, cross, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interfere, meddle, obstruct, oppress, rebuff, repel, repress, repulse, suppress.
 
 
 

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