Vocabulary Workshop Level G - Unit 10 11 12

Askance

(adv.) with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval

Synonyms: distrustfully, suspiciously

Antonyms: -

Attenutate

(v.) to make thin or slender; to weaken or lessen in force, intensity, or value

Synonyms: thin out, dilute, water down

Antonyms: thicken, strengthen, bolster

Benign

(adj.) gentle, kind; forgiving, understanding; having a favorable or beneficial effect; not malignant

Synonyms: benevolent, salubrious, harmless

Antonyms: malevolent, deleterious

Cavil

(v.) to find fault in a petty way, carp; (n.) a trivial objection or criticism

Synonyms: (v.) to nitpick

Antonyms: -

Charlatan

(n.) one who feigns over knowledge or ability; a pretender, imposter, or quack

Synonyms: mountebank

Antonyms: -

Decimate

(v.) to kill or destroy a large part of

Synonyms: devastate

Antonyms: -

Foible

(n.) a weak point, falling, minor flaw

Synonyms: shortcoming, quirk

Antonyms: forte, virtue

Forgo

(v.) to do without, abstain from, give up

Synonyms: refrain from, renounce

Antonyms: indulge in, partake of

Fraught

(adj.) full of or loaded with; accompanied by

Synonyms: charged with

Antonyms: devoided of, lacking, deficient in

Inure

(v.) to toughen, harden; to render used to something by long subjection or exposure

Synonyms: accustom, acclimate

Antonyms: -

Lumionous

(adj.) emitting or reflecting light, glowing; illuminating

Synonyms: bright, refulgent, lustrous

Antonyms: dark, opaque, dim, murky

Obsequious

(adj.) marked by slavish attentiveness; excessively submissive, often for purely self-interested reasons

Synonyms: fawning, servile, sycopathetic, mealymouthed

Antonyms: assertive, bumptious, candid, frank, independent

Obtuse

(adj.) blunt, but not coming to a point; slow or dull in understanding; measuring between 90º and 180º; not causing a sharp impression

Synonyms: dumb, thick, mild, dull-witted

Antonyms: perceptive, quick-witted

Oscillate

(v.) to swing back and forth with a steady rhythm; to fluctuate or waver

Synonyms: vibrate

Antonyms: -

Penitent

(adj.) regretful for one's sins or mistakes; (n.) one who is sorry for wrongdoing

Synonyms: (adj.) remorseful, regretful, rueful

Antonyms: (adj.) remorseless

Peremptory

(adj.) having the nature of a command that leaves no opportunity for debate, denial, or refusal; offensively self-assured, dictatorial, determined resolute

Synonyms: unconditional;

Antonyms: irresolute, mild, unassuming

Rebuff

(v.) to snub; to repel, drive away; (n.) a curt rejection, a check

Synonyms: (v.) repulse, reject; (n.) setback

Antonyms: (v.) accept, welcome

Reconnoiter

(v.) to engage in reconnaissance; to make a preliminary inspection

Synonyms: scout

Antonyms: -

Shambles

(n.) a slaughterhouse; a place of mass bloodshed; a state of complete disorder and confusion, mess

Synonyms: -

Antonyms: -

Sporadic

(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order

Synonyms: intermittent, spasmodic

Antonyms: steady, continuous, uniterrupted

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: -

Aesthetic

(adj.) pertaining to beauty; sensitive or responsive to beauty

Synonyms: artistic

Antonyms: -

Defunct

(adj.) no longer in existence or functioning, dead

Synonyms: extinct, nonexistent

Antonyms: alive

Discomfit

(v.) to frustrate, thwart, or defeat; to confuse, perplex, or embarrass

Synonyms: nonplus, foil

Antonyms: -

Espouse

(v.) to take up and support; to become attached to, adopt; to marry

Synonyms: embrace, wed

Antonyms: repudiate, disavow, renounce

Fetish

(n.) an object believed to have magical powers; an object of unreasoning devotion or reverence

Synonyms: charm, obsession

Antonyms: -

Gregarious

(adj.) living together in a herd or group; sociable seeking the company of others

Synonyms: outgoing, extroverted

Antonyms: aloof, introverted, reclusive

Hapless

(adj.) marked by a persistent absence of good luck

Synonyms: unlucky, ill-starred, unfortunate

Antonyms: lucky, charmed, fortunate

Impeccable

(adj.) faultless, beyond criticism or blame

Synonyms: flawless, spotless, immaculate

Antonyms: grimy, soiled, spotted

Importune

(v.) to trouble with demands; to beg for insistently

Synonyms: implore, dun, tax

Antonyms: -

Interpolate

(v.) to insert between other parts or things; to present as an addition or correction

Synonyms: interpose, introduce

Antonyms: -

Irreparable

(adj.) incapable of being repaired or rectified

Synonyms: irremediable

Antonyms: remediable, fixable, reversible

Laconic

(adj.) concise, using few words

Synonyms: succinct, pithy, compact

Antonyms: garrulous, prolix, loquacious

Languish

(v.) to become weak, feeble, or dull; to droop; to be depressed or dispirited; to suffer neglect

Synonyms: flag, fade, pine

Antonyms: -

Mendacious

(adj.) given to lying or deception; untrue

Synonyms: untruthful, false

Antonyms: veracious

Nadir

(n.) the lowest point

Synonyms: rock bottom

Antonyms: pinnacle, zenith

Omnipresent

(adj.) present in all places at all times

Synonyms: ubiquitous, ever-present

Antonyms: -

Perfunctory

(adj.) done in a superficial or halfhearted manner; without interest or enthusiasm

Synonyms: slapdash, shallow

Antonyms: thorough, assiduous, diligent, meticulous

Plaintive

(adj.) expressive of sorrow or woe, melancholy

Synonyms: sad, lugubrious

Antonyms: cheerful, blithe, joyous, merry

Requite

(v.) to make suitable payment, as for a kindness, service, or favor; to make retaliation, as for an injury or wrong; to reciprocate

Synonyms: reimburse, avenge

Antonyms: -

Tantamount

(adj.) equivalent, having the same meaning, value, or effect

Synonyms: indistinguishable from

Antonyms: -