English III HH Finals Vocab

bruh - ps: loathe/ loath and abyss/abysmal are different cards

alacrity

(n) cheerful willingness, readiness, liveliness - syn: eagerness/ ant: indifference

aversion

(n) strong dislike, repugnance, antipathy - syn: dislike of/ ant: desire

loathe

(v) have an intense aversion to; detest - syn: hate/ ant: love

loath

(n) unwilling, averse; disinclined, reluctant - syn: hesitant/ ant: eager

acme

(n) highest point, pinnacle, summit - syn: peak / ant: base

consummate

(adj) perfect, superb; carried to the highest degree - syn: masterful / ant: unskilled

eminent

(adj) standing out, notable, famous - syn: illustrious / ant: unimportant

ethereal

(adj) of the heavens, celestial, airy, delicate, intangible - syn: unreal / ant: tangible, worldly

exalt

(v) lift up with joy or pride - syn: elate / ant: humiliate

• raise in rank, dignity, extol - syn: glorify / ant: disparage

sublime

(adj) elevated, noble, exalted, uplifting - syn: majestic / ant: ordinary

zenith

(n) highest point, culmination, peak - syn: peak / ant: bottom

• point in the heavens, direct overhead - syn: acme / ant: nadir

abject

(adj) - (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree

• (of a person/behavior) completely without pride or dignity; self abasing - syn: obsequious / ant: proud

abysmal

(adj) deep, profound; immeasurably great - syn: endless / ant: shallow

abyss

(n) bottomless depth; immeasurably great - syn: vast

nadir

(n) the lowest point in the fortunes of a person or organization syn: all-time low / ant: zenith

plumb

(v) measure (a depth of a body of water)

• test (an upright surface) to determine the vertical

(adj/adv) vertical/vertically

consanguinity

(n) blood relationship - syn: affiliation / unrelated

• (adj) consanguineous - having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood - syn: kinship / ant: unrelated

gentility

(n) good manners; the gentry/upper class - syn: respectability / ant: vulgarity

nepotism

(n) favoritism to relatives by those in power - syn: favoritism / ant: impartiality

progeny

(n) offspring, descendants - syn: children / ant: ancestor

pungent

(adj) sharp in smell or taste, acrid, biting, stimulating - syn: strong, pervsive / ant: bland, mild

putrid

(adj) stinking from decay; extremely bad, corrupt - syn: rotten / ant: fresh

unsavory

(adj) unpleasant to taste or smell; morally offensive - syn: unpleasant / pleasant

callow

(adj) young and inexperienced; unfledged - syn: immature / ant: sophisticated

decrepit

(adj) weakened by old age - syn: weak / ant: strong

obsolete

(adj) no longer in use; out-of-date - syn: outdated / ant: contemporary

posthumous

(adj) published after the author’s death / occurring after death - syn: postmortem / ant: antemortem

pristine

(adj) in original, long-ago state; uncorrupted - syn: immaculate / ant: dirty

puerile

(adj) foolish for a grown person to say or do; childish - syn: immature / ant: mature

• (n) puerility

abstemious

(adj) sparing in eating and drinking; temperate, abstinent - self-disciplined / ant: indulgent

carousal

(n) the act of celebrating and enjoying yourself, usually by drinking alcohol and speaking and laughing loudly with people - syn: revelry / ant: sobriety

doldrums

(n) windless part of the ocean near the equator; listlessness - syn: inactive / ant: busy

carrion

(n) decaying flesh of a carcass - syn: carcass, corpse

dross

(n) waste, refuse - syn: trash / ant: valuable

expurgate

(v) remove objectionable material from a book, bowdlerize, purify - syn: censor / ant: approve

sully

(n) tarnish, besmirch, defile - syn: defile, taint / ant: purify

juxtapose

(v) put side by side; put close together - syn: appose / ant: disconnect

propinquity

(n) kinship; nearness of place, proximity - syn: closeness / ant: distance

cogitate

(v) think over; consider with care, ponder, deliberate - syn: contemplate / ant: overlook

dogmatic

(adj) asserting opinions as if they were facts, opinionated, asserted without proof, doctrinaire - syn: opinionated / ant: wavering

amorphous

(adj) without a clearly defined shape or form - syn: shapeless / ant: shaped

malleable

(adj) capable of being shaped by hammering, as a metal; adaptable, plant - syn: ductile / ant: hard

paltry

(adj) practically worthless, trashy, pudding, petty - syn: insignificant - ant: big

paramount

(adj) chief, above others, supreme - syn: predominant / ant: insignificant

diffident

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staid

egoism

vainglorious