Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 11

Abrogate

(v.) to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

Synonyms: annul, revoke

Antonyms: renew, ratify

Ambient

(adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing

Synonyms: -

Antonyms: -

Asperity

(n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

Synonyms: rigor, harshness

Antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

Burnish

(v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster

Synonyms: (v.) shine, buff

Antonyms: (v.) dull, abrade

Cabal

(n.) a small group working in secret

Synonyms: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

Antonyms: -

Delectable

(adj.) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n.) an appealing or appetizing food or dish

Synonyms: (adj.) scrumptious

Antonyms: (adj.) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful

Deprecate

(v.) to expres mild disapproval; to belittle

Synonyms: deplore, frown upon

Antonyms: smile on, approve

Detritus

(n.) loose bits and pieces of material resulting from disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction

Synonyms: wreckage, ruins, rubble

Antonyms: -

Ebullient

(adj.) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

Synonyms: exhilarated, elated

Antonyms: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé

Eclectic

(adj.) draw from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

Synonyms: (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose

Antonyms: (adj.) uniform, monolithic

Flaccid

(adj.) limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

Synonyms: soft, flabby;

Antonyms: hard, solid

Impecunious

(adj.) having little or no money

Synonyms: impoverished, indigent

Antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

Inexorable

(adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

Synonyms: ineluctable, obdurate

Antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant

Moribund

(adj.) dying, on the way out

Synonyms: obsolescent;

Antonyms: thriving

Necromancer

(n.) 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

Antonyms: -

Onerous

(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

Synonyms: weighty;

Antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

Rife

(adj.) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often, full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

Synonyms: -

Antonyms: devoid of, lacking

Rudiments

(n. pl.) the parts of any subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

Synonyms: basics, fundamentals

Antonyms: -

Sequester

(v.) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of and hold in custody

Synonyms: segregate, isolat, closet

Antonyms: -

Winnow

(v.) 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

Antonyms: -