E48 20 New Words

E48 20 New Words by LB

Meager

(of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality | scanty, paltry, inadequate

Muster

assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle; also, summon up (a feeling, attitude, or response) | gather, assemble, convene

Myopia

nearsightedness | shortsightedness, lack of foresight, narrow

Negates

nullify; make ineffective | invalidate, nullify, cancel

Nuisances

a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance | annoyance, bother, irritant

Panacea

a solution or remedy for all ills or difficulties | cure

Perilous

full of danger or risk | dangerous, hazardous, risky

Resentful

feeling or expressing bitterness or indignation at having been treated unfairly | bitter, indignant, aggrieved

Scant

barely sufficient or adequate | meager, limited, sparse

Scourges

a whip used as an instrument of punishment; also, a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering | affliction, plague, bane

Scramble

make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep slope or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet | clamber, struggle, compete

Specious

superficially plausible, but actually wrong | misleading, deceptive, fallacious

Tardy

delayed beyond the expected or proper time | late, unpunctual, delayed

Teeming

be full of or swarming with | overflowing, abundant, swarming

Thawed

(of ice, snow, or another frozen substance) become liquid or soft as a result of warming | melt, unfreeze, dissolve

Turpitude

depravity; wickedness | depravity, baseness, vileness

Vigilant

keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties | watchful, alert, observant

Hysterics

a wildly emotional and exaggerated reaction | frenzy, outburst, fit

Inapposite

out of place; inappropriate | inappropriate, unsuitable, irrelevant

Inducements

a thing that persuades or influences someone to do something | incentive, enticement, lure