Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 11 SYNONYMS

impecunious

penniless, impoverished, indigent

winnow

to sift, strain, filter, sort out

deprecate

to deplore, frown upon, look askance at

inexorable

inescapable, ineluctable; obdurate

eclectic

selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose

cabal

a clique, ring, gang; a plot, conspiracy

ebullient

exhilarated, elated, exuberant

necromancer

a sorcerer, conjurer, wizard

burnish

to polish, shine, buff

moribund

dying, on the wane, obsolescent

asperity

rigor, severity, harshness, roughness

delectable

delightful, delicious, enjoyable

flaccid

soft, flabby, limp

rudiments

fundamentals, basics, first principles

onerous

burdensome, oppressive

abrogate

to annul, revoke, cancel

detritus

debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble

rife

widespread, prevalent; abundant

ambient

encompassing, surrounding