AP LIT VOCAB: Garden Growth

Supplant

Supersede and replace, take the place of

Antonyms: Surrender, keep, permit, allow

Implant

Insert or fix in a person’s body, especially by surgery; to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set; to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter

Antonyms: dislodge, uproot, eject, detach, expel

Florescence

The process of flowering; a state or time of great activity, thriving or achievement

Antonyms: decay, downfall, nadir, wilting, withering

Florid

Having a red or flushed complexion, elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated, full of fine words and fancy expressions

Antonyms: austere, dark, unadorned, unpretentious, prosaic, unpoetic, doughy, pallid, pasty, sallow, wan, ashed

Defoliate

Remove leaves from a tree, plant or area or land, for agricultural purposes or military tactic

Antonyms: N/A

Foliation

The process of splitting into thin sheets or laminae

Antonyms: N/A

Herbicide

A substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation

Antonyms: dressing, fertilizer, compost, manure

Herbivorous

Plant eating animals, vegetarian

Antonyms: predaceous, rapacious, carnivorous, aggressive, ferocious, savage

Eradicate

Destroy completely, put an end to

Antonyms: conserve, protect, fabricate, fashion, renew, renovate, revamp

Radical

Being very far from the center or public opinion, not bound by traditional ways or beliefs, a person who advocates complete political or social reform

Antonyms: unrevolutionary, conservative, temperate, orthodox, progressive, hidebound, stodgy, strict, dogmatic, bigoted, reactionary

Pummel

Strike repeatedly with the fists, criticize adversely

Antonyms: compliment, surrender, fail, praise, tap

Pomade

A scented ointment or oil applied to the hair

Antonyms: N/A

Nucleus

The central and most important part of an object, movement or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth

Antonyms: exterior, outside, periphery

Nuclear

Relating to the nucleus of an atom, to become wildly excited or upset

Antonyms: lucid, rational, judicious, unneurotic, balanced, sane, uncrazy

Fruition

The state or action of producing fruit, the point at which a plan or project is realized, the state of being actual or complete

Antonyms: naught, nonfufillment, defeat, failure, fizzle

Fructify

Bear fruit or become productive, make something fruitful or productive

Antonyms: Worsen, inadvisable

Disseminate

Spread something (especially information) widely, spread throughout an organ or the body

Antonyms: cloak, enshroud, mask, obscure, secrete, veil, limit, strict

Seminal

A work event, moment, or figure strongly influencing later moments; relating to or denoting semen

Antonyms: Negligible, inconsequential, trifling, trivial, anonymous, obscure, paltry, petty

Colonize

Send a group of settlers to a place and establish political control over it, to supply with inhabitants

Antonyms: depopulate, unpeople, leave

Cultivate

Prepare and use lands for crops or gardening, try to acquire or develop a quantity, sentiment, or skill; to help the growth or development of]

Antonyms: abandon, desert, jettison, junk, scrap, slough, lose, hinder, interdict, squelch, stifle, encumber, fetter, extirpate, kill, uproot