Post on 25-Dec-2015
Unit 11 Vocabulary
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Abrogate
• Verb– To repeal, cancel, declare null and void
• Synonyms: annul, revoke• Antonyms: reaffirm, renew, ratify
Ambient
• Adjective– Completely surrounding, encompassing
Asperity
• Noun – Roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
• Synonyms: rigor, harshness• Antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness,
lenience
Burnish
• Verb– To make smooth or
glossy by rubbing, polish; • Noun– gloss, brightness, luster
• Synonyms: shine, buff• Antonyms: tarnish, dull,
abrade
Cabal
• Verb– A small group working in
secret
• Synonyms: clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy
Delectable
• Adjective– Delightful, highly enjoyable;
deliciously flavored, savory• Verb
– An appealing or appetizing food or dish
• Synonyms: delicious, scrumptious
• Antonyms: repugnant, repulsive, distasteful
Deprecate
• Verb– To express mild
disapproval; to belittle
• Synonyms: deplore, frown upon
• Antonyms: smile on, countenance, approve
Detritus
• Noun– Loose bits and pieces of
material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction
• Synonyms: debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble
Ebullient
• Adjective– Overflowing with
enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling
• Synonyms: exhilarated, elated, exuberant
• Antonyms: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé
Eclectic
• Adjective– Drawn from different sources;
• Noun – One whose beliefs are drawn
from various sources
• Synonyms: selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose
• Antonyms: uniform, monolithic
Flaccid
• Adjective– Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness
• Synonyms: soft, flabby• Antonyms: hard, firm, solid
Impecunious
• Adjective– Having little or no money
• Synonyms: penniless, impoverished, indigent
• Antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich
Inexorable
• Adjective– Inflexible, beyond
influence; relentless, unyielding
• Synonyms: inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate
• Antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant
Moribund
• Adjective– Dying, on the way out
• Synonyms: obsolescent• Antonyms: flourishing,
thriving
Necromancer
• Noun– One who claims to reveal
or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard
• Synonyms: sorcerer, conjurer
Onerous
• Adjective– Burdensome; involving
hardship or difficulty
• Synonyms: oppressive, weighty
• Antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing
Rife
• Adjective– Common, prevalent,
widespread, happening often; full, abounding, plentiful, abundant, replete
• Antonyms: devoid of, lacking
Rudiments
• Noun– The parts of any subject or
discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything
• Synonyms: fundamentals, basics
Sequester
• Verb– To set apart, separate
for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody
• Synonyms: seclude, segregate, isolate, closet
Winnow
• Verb– To get rid of something
unwanted, delete; to sift through to obtain what is desirable; to remove the chaff from the wheat by blowing air on it; to blow on, fan
• Synonyms: sift, strain, filter, sort