Vocabulary Level G Unit 11

Abrogate

(v) to repeal, cancel, declare null and void

(s) annul, revoke

(a) reaffirm, renew, ratify

Ambient

(adj) completely surrounding, encompassing

Asperity

(n) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness

(s) rigor, harshness

(a) mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

Burnish

(v) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish

(n) gloss, brightness, luster

(s) shine, buff

(a) tarnish, dull, abrade

Cabal

(n) a small group working in secret

(s) clique, ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

Delectable

(adj) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory

(n) an appealing or appetizing food or dish

(s) delicious, scrumptious

(a) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful

Deprecate

(v) to express mild disapproval; to belittle

(s) deplore, frown upon

(a) smile on, countenance, approve

Detritus

(n) loose bits and pieces of material resulting from the disintegration or wearing away; fragments that result from any destruction

(s) debris, wreckage, ruins, rubble

Ebullient

(adj) overflowing with enthusiasm and excitement; boiling, bubbling

(s) exhilarated, elated, exuberant

(a) gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blase

Eclectic

(adj) drawing from different sources

(n) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources

(s) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose

(a) uniform, monolith

Flaccid

(adj) limp, not firm; lacking vigor or effectiveness

(s) soft, flabby

(a) hard, firm, solid

Impecunious

(adj) having little or no money

(s) penniless, impoverished, indigent

(a) affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

Inexorable

(adj) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding

(s) inescapable, ineluctable, obdurate

(a) avoidable, yielding, pliant

Moribund

(adj) dying, on the way out

(s) obsolescent

(a) flourishing, thriving

Necromancer

(n) one who claims to reveal or influence the future through magic, especially communication with the dead; in general, a magician or wizard

(s) sorcerer, conjurer

Onerous

(adj) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

(s) oppressive, weighty

(a) light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

Rife

(adj) common, prevalent, widespread, happening often; full, abounding; plentiful, abundant, replete

(a) devoid of, lacking

Rudiments

(n) the parts of a subject or discipline that are learned first; the earliest stages of anything

(s) fundamentals, basics

Sequester

(v) to set apart, separate for a special purpose; to take possession of or hold in custody

(s) seclude, segregate, isolate, closet

Winnow

(v) 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

(s) sift, strain, filter, sort