Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop Level G Unit 11

ambient

(adj.) completely surrounding, encompassing.

abrogate

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

synonyms: annul, revoke

antonyms: renew, ratify

asperity

(n.) roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness.

synonyms: rigor, harshness

antonyms: mildness, blandness, softness, lenience

burnish

(v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish; (n.) gloss, brightness, luster.

synonyms: (v.) shine, buff

antonyms: (v.) dull, abrade

cabal

(n.) a small group working in secret.

synonyms: ring, gang, plot, conspiracy

delectable

(adj.) delightful, highly enjoyable; deliciously flavored, savory; (n.) an appealing or appetizing food or dish.

synonym: (adj.) scrumptious

antonyms: (adj.) repugnant, repulsive, distasteful

deprecate

(v.) to express mild disapproval; to belittle.

synonyms: deplore, frown upon

antonyms: smile on, approve

detritus

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

synonyms: wreckage, ruins, rubble

ebullient

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

synonyms: exhilarated, elated

antonyms: gloomy, morose, sullen, apathetic, blasé

eclectic

(adj.) drawn from different sources; (n.) one whose beliefs are drawn from various sources.

synonyms: (adj.) selective, synthetic, pick-and-choose

antonyms: (adj.) uniform, monolithic

flaccid

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

synonyms: soft, flabby

antonyms: hard, solid

impecunious

(adj.) having little or no money.

synonyms: impoverished, indigent

antonyms: affluent, wealthy, prosperous, rich

inexorable

(adj.) inflexible, beyond influence; relentless, unyielding.

synonyms: ineluctable, obdurate

antonyms: avoidable, yielding, pliant

moribund

(adj.) dying, on the way out.

synonym: obsolescent

antonym: 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.

synonyms: sorcerer, conjurer

onerous

(adj.) burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty.

synonym: weighty

antonyms: light, easy, undemanding, untaxing

rife

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

antonyms: devoid of, lacking

rudiments

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

synonyms: basics, fundamentals

sequester

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

synonyms: 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.

synonyms: sift, strain, filter, sort