Vocab 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

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: hound, pester, harass, nag

efficacious

(adj.) Effective, producing results

SYNONYMS: effectual, efficient, potent, powerful

ANTONYMS: ineffective, worthless, useless

equanimity

(n.) Calmness, composure, refusal to panic

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.) uniform, 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

(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