Vocab Lesson 19-21 Grade 10 (Antonyms, Synonyms, Word Parts)

Vacuous

lacking intelligence; empty of reason

brilliant; shrewd

vacuous

empty-headed

vacuous

epicurean

taking pleasure in food and drink

hedonistic; gourmet

epicurean

coup

a surprising, brilliant, and usually successful act

plot

coup

oeuvre

the complete work of an artist, composer, or writer

canon

oeuvre

verdant

fresh and green, referring to plant life

lush

verdant

arid; sere

verdant

commensurate

an equal measure; corresponding in size and measurement

equivalent; comparable

commensurate

unequal

commensurate

attrition

a wearing down over time

erosion

attrition

buildup; accretion

attrition

vagary

unpredictable action or behavior

whim; caprice

vagary

approbation

formal approval of an act

authorization

approbation

disapproval; opprobrium

approbation

burgeon

to grow, expand, or bloom

swell

burgeon

shrink; diminish

burgeon

mellifluous

having a rich, smoothly flowing sound

harmonious

mellifluous

strident; discordant

mellifluous

archetype

a prototype or original model

model

archetype

product

archetype

secular

not spiritual or religious; worldly

earthly

secular

religious

secular

confluence

a meeting or gathering together

convergence; concourse

confluence

divergence

confluence

arbiter

a person with the ability to resolve a disagreement; a judge

cogn

to know

ped

foot

ject

to throw

inter-

between

in-

not

de-

down

im-

on, against

demur

to disapprove or to take exception

object; disagree

demur

agree; acquiesce

demur

fixed

stuck in place or position

immovable; rigid; stationary

fixed

changeable; variable

fixed

dissident

someone who disagrees

renegade

dissident

supporter

dissident

stipulate

to specify a required part of an agreement

require

stipulate

tenet

a belief or principle held to be true

cornerstone; creed

tenet

ruminate

to think deeply or repeatedly

ponder; reflect

ruminate

vigilant

alert at all times; watchful

alert

vigilant

oblivious

vigilant

proliferate

to grow or reproduce rapidly

multiply

proliferate

diminish

proliferate

accolade

an award or honor

kudos; recognition

accolade

opprobrium

accolade

belligerent

ready to fight or argue

hostile; combative

belligerent

friendly; agreeable

belligerent

invidious

tending to cause discontent, harm, or resentment; offensively unfair

malicious

invidious

conciliatory

ant. - invidious

derivative

not the original; coming from another source

offspring; branch

derivative

zeitgeist

the general spirit of time

insouciant

not concerned; free from care

nonchalant

insouciant

worried

insouciant

limpid

transparent; clear

murky

limpid

cord and card

heart or mind

quis and quir

to seek

ac-

towards

in-

into

cata-

down or thouroughly

tonia

paralysis

clysm

flood or disaster

asinine

exhibiting poor judgment or intelligence

foolish; boorish; silly

asinine

sagacious

asinine

indefatigable

tireless; incapable of being fatigued

exhausted

indefatigable

ancillary

subsidiary; providing assistance

osmosis

a gradual, often unconscious, process of absorption

autodidact

a self-taught person

self-educated

autodidact