Vocab 4-6 for vocab test

Abject

Abject

(adj.) degraded; base, contemptible; cringing, servile; complete and unrelieved

Syn: Wrethed, miserable, ignoble, sheer, utter

Ant: lofty, noble, exalted

Agnostic

(n.) one who believes that nothing can be known about God; a skeptic; (adj.) without faith, skeptical

Syn:(n.) Doubter

Ant: (n.) Believer

Complicity

(n.) involvement in wrongdoing; the state of being an accomplice

Syn: Connivance, collusion

Ant: noninvolvement, innocence

Derelict

(n.) someone or something that is abandoned or neglected; (adj.) left abandoned; neglectful of duty

Syn: (n.) vagrant; (adj.) remiss, delinquent

Ant: (adj.) punctilious, conscientious, scrupulous

Diatribe

(n.) a bitter and prolonged verbal attack

Syn: harangue, tirade

Ant: Panegyric, encomium, eulogy

Effigy

(n.) a crude image of a despised person

Syn: figure, figurine, likeness

Equity

(n.) the state or quality of being just, fair, or impartial; fair and equal treatment; something that is fair; the money value of a property above and beyond any mortgage or other claim

Syn: justice, fairness, impartiality

Ant: injustice, unfairness, bias, prejudice

Inane

(adj.) silly, empty of meaning or value

Syn: vapid, idiotic, moronic, fatuous

Ant: Sensible, meaningful, profound

Indictment

(n.) the act of accusing; a formal accusation

Syn: Charge, accusation

indubitable

(adj.) certain, not to be doubted or denied

Syn: unquestionable, indisputable

Ant: questionable, debatable, dubious

intermittent

(adj.)Stopping and beginning again, Sporadic

Syn: fitful, spasmodic, random

Ant: Continuous, uninterrupted

Moot

(adj.) open to discussion and debate, unresolved; (v.) to bring up for discussion; (n.) a hypothetical law case argued by students

Syn: (adj.) debatable, questionable; (v.) broach

Ant: (adj.) undebatable, indisputable, self-evident

Motif

(n.) a principal idea, feature, theme, or element; a repeated or dominant figure in a design

Neophyte

(n.) a new convert, beginner, novice

Syn: tenderfoot, tyro, rookie

Ant: veteran, past master, expert, pro

Perspicacity

(n.) keenness in observing and understanding

Syn: acuity, acumen, discernment

Ant: dullness, obtuseness

Plenary

(adj.) complete in all aspects or essentials; absolute; attended by all qualified members

Syn: unlimited, unrestricted

Ant: Limited, restricted, incomplete

Surveillance

(n.) a watch kept over a person; careful, close, and disciplined observation

Syn: observation, scrutiny, monitoring

Sylvan

(adj.) pertaining to or characteristic of forests; living or located in a forest; wooded, woody

Syn: forested, arcadian

Testy

(adj.) easily irritated; characterized by impatience and exasperation

Syn: irritable, peevish, waspish, petulant

Travesty

(n.) a grotesque or grossly inferior imitation; a disguise, especially the clothing of the opposite sex; (v.) to ridicule by imitating in a broad or burlesque fashion

Syn: (n.) burlesque, parody, caricature, farce

Acuity

(n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses)

Syn: Keenness, acuteness

Ant: Dullness, obtuseness

Delineate

(v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially

Syn: Depict, picture, render

Depraved

(adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles

Syn: perverted, degenerate, vicious, corrupt

Ant: moral, virtuous, upright, uncorrupted

Enervate

(v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring

Syn: impair, cripple, paralyze

Ant: invigorate, strengthen, buttress

Esoteric

(adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret

Syn: occult, cryptic, arcane, recondite

Ant: accessible, comprehensible, intelligible

Fecund

(adj.)fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive

Syn: fertile, teeming, prolific

Ant: infertile, barren, unproductive

Fiat

(n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness

Syn: edict, dictum, ukase

Figment

(n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion

syn: creation, invention, fancy

Garner

(v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use

syn: collect, accumulate, accrue

ant: scatter, squander, waste, dissipate

Hallow

(v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere

syn: venerate, bless

ant: desecrate, defile, profane

idiosyncrasy

(n.)a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify

Syn: eccentricity, quirk, mannerism

Ignominy

(n.) shame and disgrace

Syn: dishonor, humiliation, disrepute, odium

Ant: honor, glory, acclaim

Mundane

(adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary

Syn: prosaic, humdrum, routine, sublunary

ant: heavenly, unworldly, spiritual, transcendental

Nuance

(n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference

Syn: shade, nicety, refinement

Overweening

(adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate

syn: arrogant, unbridled, inflated

ant: restrained, understated, modest, meek

Penchant

(n.)a strong attraction or inclination

syn: proclivity, propensity, predilection

ant: disinclination, aversion

Reputed

(adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged

syn: putative, reputable, supposed

ant: proven, corroborated, authenticated

Sophistry

(n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy

Syn: specious reasoning

Sumptuous

(adj.) costly, rich, magnificent

Syn: lavish, munificent, opulent, splendid

Ant: skimpy, meager, stingy, niggardly, spartan

Ubiquitous

(adj.) Present or existing everywhere

Syn: omnipresent, pervasive, universal

ant: restricted, limited, rare, scarce

Atrophy

(n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away

SYNONYMS: (n.) degeneration, deterioration; (v.) wither

ANTONYMS: (n.) growth, development; (v.) mature, develop

Bastion

(n.) a fortified place, stronghold

SYNONYMS: citadel, rampart, bulwark, parapet

Concord

(n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant

ANTONYMS: disagreement, strife, discord

Consummate

(adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection

SYNONYMS: (adj.) masterful; (v.) clinch, conclude

ANTONYMS: (v.) launch, initiate, begin, kick of

Disarray

(n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder

SYNONYMS: (n.) disorganization; (v.) dishevel, mess up

ANTONYMS: (n.) organization, order, tidiness

exigency

(n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency

SYNONYM: requirement, crisis

Flotsam

(n.) Floating debris; homeless, impoverished people.

SYNONYM: floating wreckage

Frenetic

(adj.)frenzied, highly agitated

SYNONYMS: frantic, overwrought

ANTONYMS: calm, controlled, relaxed, leisurely

Glean

(v.)to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers

SYNONYMS: collect, cull, pick up

Grouse

(n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble

SYNONYMS: (v.) gripe, kvetch, bellyache

incarcerate

(v.)to imprison, confine, jail

SYNONYMS: intern, immure

ANTONYMS: liberate, release, free

incumbent

(adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of

SYNONYMS: (adj.) mandatory, necessary

ANTONYMS: (adj.) optional, unnecessary

jocular

(adj.)humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

SYNONYMS: Waggish, facetious, droll, witty

ANTONYMS: humorless, solemn, grave, earnest, grim

Ludicrous

(adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd

SYNONYMS: risible, preposterous

ANTONYMS: heartrending, poignant, pathetic

Mordant

(adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh

SYNONYMS: acrimonious, acidulous, sardonic, scathing

ANTONYMS: bland, mild, gentle, soothing

nettle

(n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely

SYNONYMS: (v.) peeve, annoy, incense, gall, irk

ANTONYMS: (v.) please, delight, soothe, pacify

Pecuniary

(adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money

SYNONYMS: monetary, financial

pussillanimous

(adj.)contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited

SYNONYMS: craven , lily-livered

ANTONYMS: stouthearted, courageous, daring

Recumbent

(adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting

SYNONYMS: prone, prostrate, supine, inactive

ANTONYMS: erect, upright, energetic, dynamic

Stratagem

(n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end

SYNONYMS: ruse, trick, ploy, subterfuge