Vocabulary Workshop Level F: Unit 10

Accrue

(v.) To grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

Synonyms: collect, accumulate, proceed from

Antonyms: dwindle, decrease, diminish, lessen

Annotation

(n.) A critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work

Bedlam

(n.) A state or scene of uproar and confusion

Synonyms: commotion, pandemonium, chaos, anarchy

Antonyms: peace and quiet, order, tranquility

Covert

(adj.) Hidden, disguised, purposefully kept secret; sheltered, secluded; (n.) a sheltered place, a hiding place

Synonyms: (adj.) undercover, clandestine, sub-rosa

Antonyms: (adj.) open, overt, undisguised

Debonair

(adj.) Pleasant, courteous, lighthearted; smooth and polished in manner and appearance

Synonyms: carefree, jaunty, gracious, suave, urbane

Antonyms: distraught, agitated, boorish, churlish

Dun

(v.) To demand insistently, especially in payment of a debt

(n.) A creditor

(adj.) Dark, dull, drab, dingy

Synonyms: (v.) hound, harass, nag

Efficacious

(adj.) Effective, producing results

Synonyms: effectual, efficient, potent, powerful

Antonyms: ineffective, worthless, useless

Equanimity

(n.) Calmness, composure, refusal to

Synonyms: tranquility, imperturbability

Antonyms: excitability, flappability, agitation

Fortuitous

(adj.) Accidental, occurring by a happy chance

Synonyms: unintentional, unplanned, random, lucky

Antonyms: intentional, deliberate, premeditated

Gist

(n.) The essential part, main point, or essence

Synonyms: substance, core, nucleus

Gratuitous

(adj.) Freely given; not called for by circumstances, unwarranted

Synonyms: voluntary, unjustified, uncalled-for

Antonyms: justified, warranted

Imperious

(adj.) Overbearing, arrogant; seeking to dominate; pressing, compelling

Synonyms: domineering, magisterial, urgent, imperative

Antonyms: fawning, obsequious, humble, unassuming

Invective

(n.) A strong denunciation or condemnation; abusive language

Synonyms: (n.) vituperation, abuse, diatribe, philippic

Antonyms: (n.) tribute, panegyric, encomium

Motley

(adj.) Showing great variety; composed of different elements or many colors

(n.) A jester's costume; a jester

Synonyms: (adj.) variegated, heterogeneous, diverse; (n.) fool

Antonyms: (adj.) homogeneous, monochromatic

Munificent

(adj.) Extremely generous, lavish

Synonyms: bounteous, liberal

Antonyms: stingy, miserly, tightfisted, parsimonious

Procrastinate

(v.) To delay, put off until later

Synonyms: stall, temporize, dillydally

Provocative

(adj.) Tending to produce a strong feeling or response; arousing desire or appetite; irritating, annoying

Synonyms: stimulating, arousing, vexing, galling

Antonyms: dull, insipid, bland, unstimulating

Recondite

(adj.) Exceeding ordinary knowledge and understanding

Synonyms: esoteric, arcane, profound, abstruse

Antonyms: simple, uncomplicated

Reprobate

(n.) A depraved, vicious, or unprincipled person, scoundrel; (adj.) corrupt or unprincipled;

(v.) To disapprove of, condemn

Synonyms: (n.) scoundrel, blackguard; (adj.) immoral, corrupt

Antonyms: (n.) saint, (adj.) upright, virtuous, moral

Sedentary

(adj.) Characterized by or calling for continued sitting; remaining in one place

Synonyms: seated, stationary, static

Antonyms: active, peripatetic, migratory