Sadlier Level G - Unit 11

Abrogate

(VERB) To repeal, cancel, declare null and void.

(SYN: annul, revoke)

(ANT: renew, ratify)

Ambient

(ADJECTIVE) Completely surrounding, encompassing.

Asperity

(NOUN) Roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness.

(SYN: rigor, harshness)

(ANT: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience)

Burnish

(VERB) To make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (NOUN) gloss, brightness, luster.

(SYN: shine, buff)

(ANT: dull, abrade)

Cabal

(NOUN) A small group working in secret.

(SYN: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy)

Delectable

(ADJECTIVE) Delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (NOUN) an appealing or appetizing food or dish.

(SYN: scrumptious)

(ANT: repugnant, repulsive, distasteful)

Deprecate

(VERB) To express mild disapproval; to belittle.

(SYN: deplore, frown upon)

(ANT: smile on, approve)

Detritus

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

(SYN: wreckage, ruins, rubble)

Ebullient

(ADJECTIVE) Overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling.

(SYN: exhilarated, elated)

(ANT: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blase)

Eclectic

(ADJECTIVE) Drawn from different sources; (NOUN) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources.

(SYN: selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose)

(ANT: uniform, monolithic)

Flaccid

(ADJECTIVE) Limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness.

(SYN: soft, flabby)

(ANT: hard, solid)

Impecunious

(ADJECTIVE) Having little or no money.

(SYN: impoverished, indigent)

(ANT: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich)

Inexorable

(ADJECTIVE) Inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding.

(SYN: ineluctable, obdurate)

(ANT: avoidable, yielding, pilant)

Moribund

(ADJECTIVE) Dying, on the way out.

(SYN: obsolescent)

(ANT: 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.

(SYN: sorcerer, conjurer)

Onerous

(ADJECTIVE) Burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty.

(SYN: weighty)

(ANT: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing)

Rife

(ADJECTIVE) Common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete.

(ANT: devoid of, lacking)

Rudiments

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

(SYN: basics, fundamentals)

Sequester

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

(SYN: 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.

(SYN: sift, strain, filter, sort)